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New York Mets traded Chico Fernandez and Bobby Catton to the Chicago White Sox for Charley Smith on April 23, 1964.

New York Mets claimed Jeff Kaiser on waivers from the Cincinnati Reds on April 23, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Gerald Williams on April 23, 2004.

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Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), April 12, 2023
Obituary for Hobie Landrith, the first player that the Mets selected in the 1961 expansion draft.
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Rick Ankiel
Born: July 19, 1979
at Fort Pierce, Fla.
Ankiel
Years with Mets: 2013

20 games. 2 hr, 7 rbi, 0.182
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Mets vs. Houston Astros
1988 Game Results
05/04 Mets 8, Astros 0 Fernandez (W, 1-1)
05/09 Astros 6, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 1-2)
05/10 Mets 5, Astros 2 Cone (W, 4-0)
05/11 Mets 9, Astros 8 Leach (W, 1-0)
06/30 Mets 12, Astros 6 Ojeda (W, 6-6)
07/01 Mets 3, Astros 2 Darling (W, 9-5)
07/01 Astros 6, Mets 5 Walter (L, 0-1)
07/02 Mets 7, Astros 2 Gooden (W, 11-4)
07/03 Mets 5, Astros 0 Fernandez (W, 5-6)
07/08 Astros 4, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 11-5)
07/09 Astros 6, Mets 3 Aguilera (L, 0-4)
07/10 Astros 6, Mets 5 McDowell (L, 4-2)
1988 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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