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New York Mets traded Gary Bennett to the Colorado Rockies for Ender Chavez on August 23, 2001.

New York Mets released Brian Dozier on August 23, 2020.

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New Jersey Record (Bergen, NJ), April 25, 1962
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Jerry Grote
Born: October 6, 1942
at San Antonio, Tex.
Died: April 7, 2024 at Austin, Tex.
Grote
Years with Mets: 1966 - 1977

1235 games. 35 hr, 357 rbi, 0.256
314 runs, 14 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1991 Game Results
05/21 Mets 8, Cubs 6 Gooden (W, 5-3)
05/22 Cubs 5, Mets 2 Viola (L, 5-2)
05/23 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Franco (L, 1-3)
05/27 Mets 3, Cubs 1 Viola (W, 6-2)
05/28 Mets 9, Cubs 8 Pena (W, 1-0)
05/29 Mets 8, Cubs 1 Cone (W, 5-3)
08/02 Cubs 4, Mets 2 Pena (L, 6-1)
08/03 Cubs 9, Mets 2 Viola (L, 11-8)
08/04 Cubs 8, Mets 3 Cone (L, 10-8)
08/05 Cubs 7, Mets 2 Schourek (L, 2-2)
08/09 Cubs 5, Mets 4 Cone (L, 10-9)
08/10 Cubs 6, Mets 2 Burke (L, 1-2)
08/11 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Schourek (L, 2-3)
08/12 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Burke (L, 1-3)
09/11 Mets 4, Cubs 1 Castillo (W, 1-0)
09/12 Mets 6, Cubs 3 Young (W, 2-1)
09/18 Cubs 4, Mets 1 Viola (L, 12-15)
1991 totals: 6 wins, 11 losses



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