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New York Mets traded Ray Searage to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Veryzer on January 8, 1982.

New York Mets signed free agent Tim Spehr of the Atlanta Braves on January 8, 1998.

New York Mets released Joe Crawford on January 8, 1998.

New York Mets signed free agent Dae-Sung Koo on January 8, 2005.

Atlanta Braves signed Kelly Johnson of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 8, 2016.

New York Mets claimed Stephen Tarpley on waivers from the Miami Marlins on January 8, 2021.

Seattle Mariners signed Paul Sewald of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 8, 2021.

New York Mets signed free agent Alex Claudio on January 8, 2022.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets Ready to Swing Davis-for-Agee Deal
New York Daily News, December 14, 1967
With the trade deadline approaching, the Mets and White Sox are working on a deal that would send Tommy Davis to Chicago in exchange for former Rookie-of-the-Year Tommie Agee.
Tags: Tommie Agee, Tommy Davis.


Randomly selected Met Player

Gary Sheffield
Born: November 18, 1968
at Tampa, Fla.
Sheffield
Years with Mets: 2009

100 games. 10 hr, 43 rbi, 0.276
44 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1965 Game Results
05/11 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Spahn (L, 2-3)
05/12 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Fisher (W, 2-3)
05/21 Cardinals 5, Mets 4 Ribant (L, 1-2)
05/22 Cardinals 5, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 3-4)
05/23 Cardinals 8, Mets 7 Parsons (L, 0-2)
07/02 Cardinals 6, Mets 3 Lary (L, 1-3)
07/03 Cardinals 2, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 6-9)
07/04 Cardinals 6, Mets 2 Cisco (L, 1-5)
07/15 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Bearnarth (L, 3-2)
07/16 Cardinals 8, Mets 5 Jackson (L, 4-12)
07/17 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Miller (L, 1-1)
08/20 Cardinals 8, Mets 1 Jackson (L, 6-17)
08/21 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Fisher (W, 8-16)
08/22 Mets 7, Cardinals 5 Richardson (W, 1-1)
08/22 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 McGraw (W, 1-2)
09/03 Mets 6, Cardinals 3 Selma (W, 1-0)
09/05 Cardinals 3, Mets 0 McGraw (L, 2-4)
09/05 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Gardner (L, 0-2)
1965 totals: 5 wins, 13 losses



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