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New York Mets traded Chico Fernandez and Bobby Catton to the Chicago White Sox for Charley Smith on April 23, 1964.

New York Mets claimed Jeff Kaiser on waivers from the Cincinnati Reds on April 23, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Gerald Williams on April 23, 2004.

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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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Terry McDaniel
Born: December 6, 1966
at Kansas City, Mo.
McDaniel
Years with Mets: 1991

23 games. 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0.207
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Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1990 Game Results
04/16 Mets 10, Cubs 1 Viola (W, 2-0)
04/17 Cubs 8, Mets 6 Innis (L, 0-1)
04/18 Cubs 8, Mets 5 Cone (L, 0-1)
04/19 Mets 4, Cubs 1 Gooden (W, 1-2)
06/11 Cubs 8, Mets 5 Pena (L, 1-2)
06/12 Mets 19, Cubs 8 Gooden (W, 4-5)
06/13 Mets 15, Cubs 10 Franco (W, 3-0)
06/13 Mets 9, Cubs 6 Darling (W, 2-4)
08/10 Mets 5, Cubs 1 Fernandez (W, 8-8)
08/11 Cubs 6, Mets 3 Darling (L, 4-7)
08/12 Cubs 10, Mets 2 Viola (L, 15-7)
09/21 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Cone (L, 12-10)
09/22 Mets 11, Cubs 5 Darling (W, 6-9)
09/23 Mets 7, Cubs 3 Gooden (W, 18-6)
09/24 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Viola (L, 19-11)
09/28 Mets 7, Cubs 1 Gooden (W, 19-6)
09/29 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Viola (L, 19-12)
09/30 Cubs 6, Mets 5 Franco (L, 5-3)
1990 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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