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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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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Elio Chacon
Born: October 26, 1936
at Caracas, Venezuela
Died: April 24, 1992 at Caracas, Venezuela
Chacon
Years with Mets: 1962

118 games. 2 hr, 27 rbi, 0.236
49 runs, 12 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
2003 Game Results
07/04 Mets 7, Reds 2 Glavine (W, 6-8)
07/05 Mets 6, Reds 2 Trachsel (W, 8-5)
07/06 Mets 7, Reds 5 Cerda (W, 1-1)
07/25 Mets 3, Reds 1 Leiter (W, 9-5)
07/26 Reds 8, Mets 3 Heilman (L, 1-3)
07/27 Reds 8, Mets 5 Trachsel (L, 9-7)
2003 totals: 4 wins, 2 losses



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