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New York Mets released Clem Labine on May 1, 1962.

New York Mets released Joe Ginsberg on May 1, 1962.

New York Yankees signed Casey Fossum of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 1, 2009.

New York Mets sold Zack Short to the Boston Red Sox on May 1, 2024.

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Mets get a reliever, completing Kooz deal
New York Daily News, February 8, 1979
Jesse Orosco is the player-to-be-named-later in the trade that sent Jerry Koosman to the Twins. The man who was on the mound for the last out of the 1969 World Series was traded for his 1986 counterpart.
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Cal Koonce
Born: November 18, 1940
at Fayetteville, N.C.
Died: October 28, 1993 at Winston-Salem, N.C.
Koonce
Years with Mets: 1967 - 1970

119 games. 15 - 12, 3.43
132 strikeouts, 7 saves


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1983 Game Results
04/09 Cardinals 5, Mets 0 Torrez (L, 0-1)
04/14 Cardinals 7, Mets 1 Torrez (L, 0-2)
04/15 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Holman (L, 0-1)
04/16 Cardinals 6, Mets 2 Lynch (L, 0-1)
06/20 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Swan (L, 1-3)
06/20 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Terrell (W, 1-0)
06/21 Cardinals 6, Mets 0 Gorman (L, 0-1)
06/22 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Seaver (W, 5-6)
06/22 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Torrez (W, 4-8)
06/23 Mets 7, Cardinals 5 Diaz (W, 2-1)
06/28 Mets 10, Cardinals 1 Lynch (W, 5-3)
06/28 Cardinals 8, Mets 1 Gorman (L, 0-2)
06/29 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Orosco (L, 4-3)
06/30 Cardinals 6, Mets 1 Terrell (L, 1-2)
09/14 Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 8-14)
09/15 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Lynch (W, 10-9)
09/21 Cardinals 9, Mets 3 Torrez (L, 9-17)
09/22 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Darling (L, 0-3)
1983 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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