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New York Mets sold Butch Metzger to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 4, 1978.

New York Mets signed free agent Miguel Batista on July 4, 2011.

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Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects
New York Daily News, December 11, 1971
At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.


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Ron Swoboda
Born: June 30, 1944
at Baltimore, Md.
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Years with Mets: 1965 - 1970

737 games. 69 hr, 304 rbi, 0.242
246 runs, 20 stolen bases


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