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New York Mets purchased Mike Phillips from the San Francisco Giants on May 3, 1975.

New York Mets released Travis d'Arnaud on May 3, 2019.

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METS SOLD: Record $21.1 million paid by Doubleday-Pickett group
New York Daily News, January 25, 1980
The Mets are sold for the first time in their history. Plus, "Mets present a big task for Doubleday".
Tags: Lorinda de Roulet, Nelson Doubleday.


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Tommy Davis
Born: March 21, 1939
at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died: April 3, 2022 at Phoenix, Ariz.
Davis
Years with Mets: 1967

154 games. 16 hr, 73 rbi, 0.302
72 runs, 9 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1974 Game Results
04/20 Mets 5, Pirates 2 Koosman (W, 2-0)
04/21 Pirates 7, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 0-2)
05/24 Pirates 4, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 5-2)
05/25 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Koosman (W, 5-2)
05/26 Mets 5, Pirates 3 Sadecki (W, 2-1)
07/30 Pirates 6, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 9-8)
07/30 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Koosman (W, 11-7)
07/31 Pirates 8, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 7-7)
08/06 Pirates 9, Mets 8 McGraw (L, 2-6)
08/07 Pirates 10, Mets 1 Parker (L, 3-10)
08/08 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Matlack (L, 10-9)
09/20 Pirates 4, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 6-10)
09/21 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Koosman (W, 14-10)
09/22 Mets 4, Pirates 0 Matlack (W, 13-13)
09/26 Pirates 11, Mets 5 Koosman (L, 14-11)
09/27 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 13-14)
09/28 Pirates 7, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 6-11)
09/29 Mets 7, Pirates 2 Apodaca (W, 6-6)
1974 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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