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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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Foster's $10M 2d richest pact
New York Daily News, February 11, 1982
The Mets make their new player, George Foster, the second-highest paid player in baseball. Also: "Lasorda glad he'll see less of Foster", "Mets plan to solve pitching woes next" and "Foster pact no big deal to Met board chairman".
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Hank Webb
Born: May 21, 1950
at Copiague, N.Y.
Webb
Years with Mets: 1972 - 1976

48 games. 7 - 9, 4.42
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1974 Game Results
04/16 Expos 4, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 0-1)
04/17 Expos 7, Mets 4 Stone (L, 0-1)
04/18 Expos 8, Mets 5 Sadecki (L, 0-1)
05/17 Mets 5, Expos 0 Seaver (W, 2-4)
05/18 Mets 6, Expos 0 Matlack (W, 5-1)
05/19 Expos 7, Mets 4 Swan (L, 1-3)
05/19 Expos 5, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 4-2)
07/27 Mets 8, Expos 5 Apodaca (W, 3-5)
07/28 Mets 4, Expos 1 McGraw (W, 1-4)
07/29 Mets 4, Expos 3 Aker (W, 2-1)
08/03 Mets 3, Expos 0 Matlack (W, 10-8)
08/05 Mets 10, Expos 4 McGraw (W, 2-5)
09/09 Mets 7, Expos 1 Sadecki (W, 8-7)
09/10 Expos 6, Mets 4 McGraw (L, 6-8)
09/16 Expos 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 13-10)
09/16 Mets 3, Expos 2 Sterling (W, 1-0)
09/18 Expos 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 12-13)
09/18 Expos 4, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 11-9)
1974 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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