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Obituaries for Ed Kranepool, Jerry Grote, Willie Mays, Frank Thomas, Roger Craig, Joe Christopher, Pat Zachry, Jim McAndrew, Whitey Herzog, Ron Hodges, Lenny Randle, Mike Cubbage, Jesus Alou, Eddie Bressoud, Dave Hillman, Joe Hicks, Wayne Graham, and last but also first, the original original Met, Hobie Landrith.

This Date in Mets History

Today is June 9

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New York Mets released Tim Corcoran on June 9, 1986.

New York Mets traded Terry Leach to the Kansas City Royals for Aguedo Vasquez on June 9, 1989.

New York Mets signed free agent Lou Thornton on June 9, 1989.

New York Mets signed free agent Doug Sisk on June 9, 1990.

New York Mets traded Tim Burke to the New York Yankees for Lee Guetterman on June 9, 1992.

New York Mets traded Blas Minor to the Seattle Mariners for Randy Vickers on June 9, 1996.

New York Mets traded Kazuo Matsui to the Colorado Rockies for Eli Marrero on June 9, 2006.

New York Mets selected Steven Matz in second round of free agent draft on June 9, 2009.

New York Mets selected Darrell Ceciliani in fourth round of free agent draft on June 9, 2009.

New York Mets selected Kevin Kaczmarski in ninth round of free agent draft on June 9, 2015.

New York Mets selected Patrick Mazeika in eighth round of free agent draft on June 9, 2015.

New York Mets selected Thomas Szapucki in fifth round of free agent draft on June 9, 2015.

New York Mets selected Pete Alonso in second round of free agent draft on June 9, 2016.

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Randomly selected Met Player

Gary Carter Born: April 8, 1954 at Culver City, Cal. Died: February 16, 2012 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Years with Mets: 1985 - 1989 600 games. 89 hr, 349 rbi, 0.249 272 runs, 2 stolen bases

Mets vs. Atlanta Braves 1991 Game Results
06/11	Mets 2, Braves 1	Viola (W, 7-3)
06/12	Braves 6, Mets 1	Darling (L, 2-4)
06/13	Braves 3, Mets 2	Whitehurst (L, 3-3)
06/20	Mets 9, Braves 7	Gooden (W, 7-5)
06/21	Braves 4, Mets 2	Viola (L, 7-5)
06/22	Mets 7, Braves 2	Darling (W, 4-4)
06/23	Braves 4, Mets 3	Whitehurst (L, 3-4)
08/28	Braves 3, Mets 1	Viola (L, 12-12)
08/29	Braves 2, Mets 0	Young (L, 0-1)
09/06	Braves 4, Mets 2	Whitehurst (L, 6-11)
09/07	Braves 6, Mets 1	Viola (L, 12-14)
09/08	Braves 7, Mets 5	Franco (L, 4-8)
1991 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses