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New York Mets released Bobby Bonilla on January 3, 2000.

Houston Astros signed Jim Mann of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 3, 2001.

Texas Rangers signed John Thomson of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 3, 2003.

New York Yankees signed Pedro Feliciano of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 3, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Taylor Buchholz of the Toronto Blue Jays on January 3, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Chris Capuano of the Milwaukee Braves on January 3, 2011.

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Mets Land Foy to Play 3d, Send Otis, Johnson to KC
New York Daily News, December 4, 1969
One of the Mets earliest regrettable trades was the one that sent Amos Otis to the Royals for Joe Foy. Otis would go on to play 14 seasons in Kansas City, winning three Gold Gloves and making five All-Star teams. Foy was... less successful.
Tags: Joe Foy, Bob Johnson, Amos Otis.


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Jack Lamabe
Born: October 3, 1936
at Farmingdale, N.Y.
Died: December 21, 2007 at Baton Rouge, La.
Lamabe
Years with Mets: 1967

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All-Time Mets Leaders
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1. John Franco 276 Franco
2. Armando Benitez 160
3. Jeurys Familia 124
4. Edwin Diaz 116
5. Jesse Orosco 107
6. Billy Wagner 101 Benitez
7. Tug McGraw 85
8. Roger McDowell 84
9. Francisco Rodriguez 83
10. Neil Allen 69



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