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Seattle Mariners signed Mackey Sasser of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 1992.

New York Mets signed free agent Todd Pratt on December 23, 1996.

New York Mets signed free agent Craig Paquette of the Kansas City Royals on December 23, 1997.

New York Mets traded Roger Cedeno, Octavio Dotel and Kyle Kessel to the Houston Astros for Derek Bell and Mike Hampton on December 23, 1999.

Texas Rangers signed Michael Bacsik of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2003.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Padilla on December 23, 2004.

Washington Nationals signed Gustavo Molina of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Omir Santos of the Baltimore Orioles on December 23, 2008.

Milwaukee Brewers claimed Kirk Nieuwenhuis of the New York Mets on waivers on December 23, 2015.

New York Mets signed free agent Alejandro De Aza of the San Francisco Giants on December 23, 2015.

Washington Nationals signed Scott Copeland of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2018.

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Messersmith to Yanks, Foli to Mets
Newsday, December 8, 1977
The Mets have purchased the contract of Tim Foli from the Giants, bringing back one of the three players dealt to the Expos for Rusty Staub in 1972.
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Ike Hampton
Born: August 22, 1951
at Camden, S.C.
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Years with Mets: 1974

4 games. 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0.000
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Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1966 Game Results
05/27 Dodgers 4, Mets 0 Hamilton (L, 4-4)
05/28 Dodgers 7, Mets 1 Ribant (L, 1-1)
05/29 Mets 7, Dodgers 6 Arrigo (W, 1-0)
06/03 Mets 6, Dodgers 2 Fisher (W, 3-5)
06/04 Dodgers 6, Mets 3 Hamilton (L, 4-5)
06/05 Dodgers 16, Mets 3 Arrigo (L, 1-1)
06/05 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Bearnarth (W, 2-2)
07/14 Dodgers 4, Mets 2 Shaw (L, 5-4)
07/15 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Hamilton (L, 4-9)
07/16 Dodgers 7, Mets 1 Ribant (L, 4-4)
07/22 Mets 3, Dodgers 0 Friend (W, 3-1)
07/23 Dodgers 6, Mets 2 Shaw (L, 6-5)
07/24 Dodgers 5, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 7-10)
07/24 Dodgers 6, Mets 0 Arrigo (L, 3-2)
08/29 Mets 5, Dodgers 3 Shaw (W, 9-7)
08/30 Mets 10, Dodgers 4 Friend (W, 5-5)
09/12 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 2-8)
09/13 Dodgers 8, Mets 3 Friend (L, 5-7)
1966 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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