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New York Mets purchased Duke Snider from the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 1, 1963.

New York Mets traded Eddie Bressoud and Danny Napoleon to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jerry Buchek, Art Mahaffey and Tony Martinez on April 1, 1967.

New York Mets released Bruce Boisclair on April 1, 1980.

New York Mets traded Lee Mazzilli to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell on April 1, 1982.

New York Mets traded Tucker Ashford to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Edens on April 1, 1984.

New York Mets released Tom Gorman on April 1, 1986.

New York Mets traded John Gibbons to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Craig Shipley on April 1, 1988.

New York Mets released Kelly Stinnett on April 1, 2005.

Seattle Mariners claimed Wilson Valdez of the New York Mets on waivers on April 1, 2005.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

On The Path Of Hodges
Newsday, June 1, 1990
New Mets manager Bud Harrelson sees Gil Hodges as the role model for the kind of manager he'd like to be. Newsday's Steve Jacobsen looks back at Hodges, and speculates how Harrelson might handle a player like Darryl Strawberry differently than Davey Johnson did.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Gil Hodges, Davey Johnson, Darryl Strawberry.


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Kris Benson
Born: November 7, 1974
at Superior, Wis.
Benson
Years with Mets: 2004, 2005

39 games. 14 - 12, 4.23
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Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1993 Game Results
04/16 Mets 3, Reds 1 Schourek (W, 1-1)
04/17 Mets 4, Reds 1 Tanana (W, 1-0)
04/18 Reds 3, Mets 2 Saberhagen (L, 2-1)
05/28 Reds 5, Mets 2 Young (L, 0-5)
05/29 Mets 4, Reds 3 Tanana (W, 3-3)
05/30 Reds 8, Mets 4 Schourek (L, 2-6)
08/16 Mets 6, Reds 2 Fernandez (W, 2-3)
08/17 Reds 6, Mets 0 Gooden (L, 11-13)
08/18 Mets 12, Reds 2 Tanana (W, 6-12)
08/23 Reds 6, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 11-14)
08/24 Mets 5, Reds 4 Maddux (W, 2-6)
08/25 Reds 4, Mets 1 Hillman (L, 1-7)
1993 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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