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New York Mets traded Gary Kroll to the Houston Astros for John Weekly on January 6, 1966.

New York Mets signed free agent Braden Looper of the Florida Marlins on January 6, 2004.

New York Mets traded Vance Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for Anderson Hernandez on January 6, 2005.

Tampa Bay Rays signed Mike DiFelice of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 6, 2008.

Cleveland Indians signed Scott Atchison of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 6, 2014.

New York Mets signed free agent Taylor Teagarden of the Baltimore Orioles on January 6, 2014.

Washington Nationals signed Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 6, 2016.

New York Mets traded Scott Manea, Luis Santana and Ross Adolph to the Houston Astros for J.D. Davis and Cody Bohanek on January 6, 2019.

New York Mets traded Kevin Plawecki to the Cleveland Indians for Walker Lockett and Sam Haggerty on January 6, 2019.

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Met Star Turns Singer: Bud Harrelson Doesn't Do Anything Halfway
Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN), December 26, 1971
Bud Harrelson performs at a country-western bar in Woodridge, New Jersey. The article includes a photo of Buddy strumming on a guitar. (This explains why Bruce Stark later pictured Bud playing shortstop with a guitar on his back in his full-color caricature in the Daily News Sunday comic section.)
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Randomly selected Met Player

Gary Gentry
Born: October 6, 1946
at Phoenix, Ariz.
Gentry
Years with Mets: 1969 - 1972

131 games. 41 - 42, 3.56
563 strikeouts, 1 saves


All-Time Mets Leaders
Runs Batted In
1. David Wright 970 Wright
2. Darryl Strawberry 733
3. Mike Piazza 655
4. Howard Johnson 629
5. Ed Kranepool 614
6. Pete Alonso 586 Strawberry
7. Carlos Beltran 559
8. Edgardo Alfonzo 538
9. Cleon Jones 521
Jose Reyes 521



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