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San Diego Padres signed Eric Gunderson of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 24, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Dellin Betances of the New York Yankees on December 24, 2019.

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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Art Shamsky
Born: October 14, 1941
at St. Louis, Mo.
Shamsky
Years with Mets: 1968 - 1971

406 games. 42 hr, 162 rbi, 0.266
133 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1967 Game Results
04/28 Reds 7, Mets 1 Shaw (L, 0-3)
04/29 Reds 7, Mets 0 Denehy (L, 0-3)
04/30 Mets 2, Reds 0 Cardwell (W, 2-1)
04/30 Reds 3, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 2-1)
05/09 Mets 3, Reds 2 Fisher (W, 2-2)
05/10 Reds 7, Mets 4 Cardwell (L, 2-3)
06/13 Reds 6, Mets 0 Denehy (L, 1-6)
06/13 Mets 7, Reds 3 Seaver (W, 5-3)
06/14 Mets 4, Reds 0 Shaw (W, 2-5)
07/13 Mets 7, Reds 3 Hendley (W, 1-1)
07/13 Reds 6, Mets 3 Shaw (L, 2-9)
07/14 Reds 1, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 6-10)
07/15 Reds 6, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 8-6)
09/04 Reds 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 12-12)
09/08 Reds 3, Mets 0 Frisella (L, 1-4)
09/08 Mets 5, Reds 4 Seaver (W, 13-12)
09/09 Reds 2, Mets 0 Graham (L, 0-2)
09/10 Reds 5, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 0-1)
1967 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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