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New York Mets signed free agent Joe Ginsberg on January 30, 1962.

New York Mets released Dave Kingman on January 30, 1984.

New York Mets signed free agent John Valentin on January 30, 2002.

Toronto Blue Jays signed Victor Zambrano of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 30, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Robinson Cancel on January 30, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Shaun Marcum of the Milwaukee Brewers on January 30, 2013.

New York Mets signed free agent Aaron Loup of the Tampa Bay Rays on January 30, 2021.

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Bobby Smith
Born: May 28, 1934
at Hood River, Ore.
Died: November 24, 2015 at Hood River, Ore.
Smith
Years with Mets: 1962

8 games. 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0.136
1 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1972 Game Results
05/01 Mets 7, Giants 4 Seaver (W, 4-0)
05/02 Mets 4, Giants 2 Gentry (W, 2-1)
05/03 Mets 8, Giants 5 Matlack (W, 3-0)
05/12 Mets 2, Giants 1 Frisella (W, 1-0)
05/13 Mets 1, Giants 0 Capra (W, 2-1)
05/14 Mets 5, Giants 4 Sadecki (W, 1-0)
07/10 Giants 5, Mets 4 McGraw (L, 3-4)
07/11 Giants 6, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 6-4)
07/12 Mets 4, Giants 0 Matlack (W, 9-5)
07/21 Mets 3, Giants 1 Koosman (W, 7-5)
07/22 Giants 2, Mets 1 Frisella (L, 3-5)
07/23 Giants 5, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 12-7)
1972 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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