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Today is July 16

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New York Mets traded Jack Lamabe to the St. Louis Cardinals for Al Jackson on July 16, 1967.

New York Mets purchased John Strohmayer from the Montreal Expos on July 16, 1973.

New York Mets traded Dave Cochrane to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Paciorek on July 16, 1985.

New York Mets traded Armando Benitez to the New York Yankees for Jason Anderson, Anderson Garcia and Ryan Bicondoa on July 16, 2003.

New York Mets released Julio Franco on July 16, 2007.

New York Mets released Stephen Tarpley on July 16, 2021.

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Randomly selected Met Player

Octavio Dotel
Born: November 25, 1973
at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dotel
Years with Mets: 1999

19 games. 8 - 3, 5.38
85 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Houston Astros
1973 Game Results
04/24 Astros 4, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 1-3)
04/25 Mets 5, Astros 2 Koosman (W, 3-0)
04/26 Mets 2, Astros 1 McAndrew (W, 2-2)
05/04 Astros 9, Mets 5 Hennigan (L, 0-2)
05/05 Astros 9, Mets 2 McAndrew (L, 2-3)
05/06 Astros 14, Mets 8 McGraw (L, 0-1)
07/09 Mets 2, Astros 1 Parker (W, 6-2)
07/10 Mets 1, Astros 0 Matlack (W, 7-10)
07/11 Astros 7, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 7-8)
07/20 Astros 6, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 7-12)
07/21 Mets 5, Astros 3 Koosman (W, 8-9)
07/22 Mets 3, Astros 2 Seaver (W, 11-5)
1973 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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