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New York Mets sold Brad Emaus to the Toronto Blue Jays on April 21, 2011.

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New York Daily News, July 28, 1959
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Jim Fregosi
Born: April 4, 1942
at San Francisco, Cal.
Died: February 14, 2014 at Miami, Fla.
Fregosi
Years with Mets: 1972, 1973

146 games. 5 hr, 43 rbi, 0.233
38 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies
1968 Game Results
04/30 Mets 1, Phillies 0 Cardwell (W, 1-2)
05/01 Phillies 7, Mets 2 Taylor (L, 0-1)
05/02 Mets 3, Phillies 0 Ryan (W, 2-2)
05/22 Phillies 8, Mets 0 Cardwell (L, 1-5)
07/05 Phillies 3, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 7-6)
07/06 Mets 11, Phillies 6 Jackson (W, 2-3)
07/07 Phillies 4, Mets 3 Taylor (L, 1-2)
07/07 Mets 4, Phillies 2 Frisella (W, 2-3)
07/14 Phillies 5, Mets 3 Jackson (L, 2-4)
07/14 Phillies 9, Mets 2 Frisella (L, 2-4)
07/15 Phillies 5, Mets 3 Ryan (L, 6-8)
09/20 Mets 3, Phillies 2 Seaver (W, 15-11)
09/20 Mets 5, Phillies 4 Koonce (W, 6-4)
09/21 Phillies 4, Mets 3 Selma (L, 9-10)
09/22 Mets 5, Phillies 2 McAndrew (W, 4-7)
09/27 Phillies 3, Mets 2 Taylor (L, 1-5)
09/28 Mets 3, Phillies 1 Koosman (W, 19-12)
09/29 Phillies 10, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 16-12)
1968 totals: 8 wins, 10 losses



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