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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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Foli is cool as Joe goes to Chapman
New York Daily News, March 3, 1979
It's spring training 1979, and a "mature" Tim Foli is about to lose his starting shortstop job to Kelvin Chapman. Foli would be dealt to Pittsburgh in the coming weeks.
Tags: Kelvin Chapman, Tim Foli, Joe Torre.


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Ed Kranepool
Born: November 8, 1944
at New York, N.Y.
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Years with Mets: 1962 - 1979

1853 games. 118 hr, 614 rbi, 0.261
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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1992 Game Results
06/04 Pirates 7, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 4-6)
06/05 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Innis (L, 4-2)
06/06 Mets 15, Pirates 1 Fernandez (W, 5-5)
06/07 Pirates 3, Mets 0 Schourek (L, 0-2)
06/12 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 5-6)
06/13 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Whitehurst (L, 1-3)
06/14 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Innis (L, 4-3)
08/04 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Filer (L, 0-1)
08/05 Pirates 6, Mets 2 Schourek (L, 3-5)
08/10 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Guetterman (L, 2-2)
08/11 Mets 2, Pirates 0 Hillman (W, 1-0)
08/12 Pirates 7, Mets 6 Franco (L, 6-2)
09/25 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 13-11)
09/26 Pirates 19, Mets 2 Hillman (L, 2-2)
09/27 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Schourek (L, 5-8)
10/02 Mets 6, Pirates 3 Schourek (W, 6-8)
10/03 Mets 2, Pirates 1 Gooden (W, 10-13)
10/04 Pirates 2, Mets 0 Saberhagen (L, 3-5)
1992 totals: 4 wins, 14 losses



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