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Tampa Bay Devil Rays claimed Brian Rose of the New York Mets on waivers on April 24, 2001.

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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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Frank Thomas
Born: June 11, 1929
at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Died: January 16, 2023 at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Thomas
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1964

342 games. 52 hr, 173 rbi, 0.262
122 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets vs. Houston Astros
1999 Game Results
05/03 Mets 5, Astros 3 Reed (W, 2-0)
05/04 Astros 6, Mets 1 Leiter (L, 1-3)
05/05 Astros 5, Mets 4 Benitez (L, 0-1)
08/23 Mets 3, Astros 2 Benitez (W, 3-2)
08/24 Astros 5, Mets 1 Cook (L, 10-3)
08/25 Mets 4, Astros 0 Rogers (W, 3-0)
08/30 Mets 17, Astros 1 Yoshii (W, 9-8)
08/31 Astros 6, Mets 2 Wendell (L, 3-2)
09/01 Mets 9, Astros 5 Dotel (W, 6-1)
1999 totals: 5 wins, 4 losses



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