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New York Mets purchased Dave Eilers from the Milwaukee Braves on August 18, 1965.

New York Mets traded Brett Butler to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Scott Hunter and Dwight Maness on August 18, 1995.

New York Mets claimed Yolmer Sanchez on waivers from the Boston Red Sox on August 18, 2022.

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Newsday, April 12, 1962
A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
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Willie Mays
Born: May 6, 1931
at Westfield, Ala.
Died: June 18, 2024
Mays
Years with Mets: 1972, 1973

135 games. 14 hr, 44 rbi, 0.238
51 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies
2008 Game Results
04/08 Phillies 5, Mets 2 Schoeneweis (L, 0-1)
04/09 Mets 8, Phillies 2 Pelfrey (W, 1-0)
04/10 Mets 4, Phillies 3 Sosa (W, 1-0)
04/18 Mets 6, Phillies 4 Santana (W, 2-2)
04/19 Mets 4, Phillies 2 Perez (W, 2-0)
04/20 Phillies 5, Mets 4 Feliciano (L, 0-1)
07/04 Phillies 3, Mets 2 Sanchez (L, 3-1)
07/05 Mets 9, Phillies 4 Feliciano (W, 1-2)
07/06 Mets 4, Phillies 2 Smith (W, 1-1)
07/07 Mets 10, Phillies 9 Martinez (W, 3-2)
07/22 Phillies 8, Mets 6 Smith (L, 1-2)
07/23 Mets 6, Phillies 3 Maine (W, 9-7)
07/24 Mets 3, Phillies 1 Heilman (W, 1-3)
08/26 Phillies 8, Mets 7 Schoeneweis (L, 2-3)
08/27 Mets 6, Phillies 3 Stokes (W, 1-0)
09/05 Phillies 3, Mets 0 Pelfrey (L, 13-9)
09/07 Phillies 6, Mets 2 Martinez (L, 5-4)
09/07 Mets 6, Phillies 3 Santana (W, 13-7)
2008 totals: 11 wins, 7 losses



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