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New York Mets traded George Stone to the Texas Rangers for Bill Hands on February 24, 1976.

New York Mets signed free agent Rod Barajas of the Toronto Blue Jays on February 24, 2010.

Atlanta Braves claimed Guillermo Heredia of the New York Mets on waivers on February 24, 2021.

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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Johnny Lewis
Born: August 10, 1939
at Greenville, Ala.
Died: July 28, 2018 at Pensacola, Fla.
Lewis
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1967

226 games. 20 hr, 67 rbi, 0.226
87 runs, 6 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1967 Game Results
04/20 Mets 6, Cubs 1 Seaver (W, 1-0)
04/25 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Seaver (W, 2-0)
04/27 Cubs 3, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 1-2)
06/09 Cubs 6, Mets 5 Taylor (L, 0-1)
06/11 Cubs 5, Mets 3 Taylor (L, 0-2)
06/11 Cubs 18, Mets 10 Willhite (L, 0-1)
06/16 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Shaw (L, 2-3)
06/17 Cubs 9, Mets 1 Denehy (L, 1-7)
06/18 Mets 4, Cubs 3 Fisher (W, 4-7)
06/18 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 5-4)
08/27 Cubs 3, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 12-11)
08/31 Cubs 2, Mets 1 Taylor (L, 3-5)
09/01 Cubs 8, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 9-16)
09/01 Mets 3, Cubs 0 Cardwell (W, 5-9)
09/02 Cubs 5, Mets 0 Koonce (L, 3-2)
09/02 Mets 5, Cubs 4 Selma (W, 2-2)
09/03 Cubs 4, Mets 0 Graham (L, 0-1)
09/03 Cubs 6, Mets 3 Frisella (L, 1-3)
1967 totals: 5 wins, 13 losses



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