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Today is January 4

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Atlanta Braves signed Bill Pecota of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 4, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Mickey Weston on January 4, 1993.

New York Mets traded Jae Weong Seo and Tim Hamulack to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Duaner Sanchez and Steve Schmoll on January 4, 2006.

New York Mets signed free agent Omar Quintanilla of the Baltimore Orioles on January 4, 2013.

Texas Rangers signed Rafael Montero of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 4, 2019.

Washington Nationals signed Dominic Smith of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 4, 2023.

Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Says Grant: Seaver Is Forcing Me To Trade Him
New York Daily News, May 8, 1977
Daily News columnist Dick Young firmly sided with the team in its dispute with Tom Seaver in 1977, and played a big part in Seaver's decision to ask to be traded. We see one of his anti-Seaver columns here, plus a typically bizarre Basement Bertha cartoon by Bill Gallo and an article about manager Joe Frazier's many attempts to find a productive lineup.
Tags: Tom Seaver.


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Dick Tidrow
Born: May 14, 1947
at San Francisco, Cal.
Died: July 10, 2021 at Lee's Summit, Mo.
Tidrow
Years with Mets: 1984

11 games. 0 - 0, 9.19
8 strikeouts, 0 saves


All-Time Mets Leaders
Complete Games
1. Tom Seaver 171 Seaver
2. Jerry Koosman 108
3. Dwight Gooden 67
4. Jon Matlack 65
5. Al Jackson 41
6. Jack Fisher 35 Koosman
7. David Cone 34
8. Roger Craig 27
9. Craig Swan 25
Ron Darling 25



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