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New York Mets signed free agent Tug McGraw on June 12, 1964.

New York Mets traded John Stephenson and Rob Gardner to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Hendley on June 12, 1967.

Los Angeles Dodgers signed Danny Heep of the New York Mets as a free agent on June 12, 1987.

New York Mets traded Wayne Housie to the Milwaukee Brewers for Josias Manzanillo on June 12, 1993.

New York Yankees claimed Darren Bragg of the New York Mets on waivers on June 12, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent T.J. Rivera on June 12, 2011.

New York Mets selected Mark Vientos in second round of free agent draft on June 12, 2017.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets Remain Alive: Score 3 in 10th after Sox get 2, force 7th game
Newsday, October 26, 1986
An especially dull headline for such a momentous game. (This article was clearly written for an early edition while the game was in progress, so we'll cut Newsday some slack here.)
Tags: Bob Ojeda.


Randomly selected Met Player

Jim Piersall
Born: November 14, 1929
at Waterbury, Conn.
Died: June 3, 2017 at Wheaton, Ill.
Piersall
Years with Mets: 1963

40 games. 1 hr, 10 rbi, 0.194
13 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1973 Game Results
06/01 Padres 4, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 5-4)
06/02 Padres 3, Mets 0 Stone (L, 1-1)
06/03 Mets 9, Padres 2 Seaver (W, 7-3)
06/15 Mets 5, Padres 2 Matlack (W, 4-8)
06/16 Mets 10, Padres 2 Koosman (W, 6-5)
06/17 Mets 3, Padres 1 Stone (W, 2-2)
08/13 Padres 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 9-15)
08/14 Padres 9, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 8-14)
08/15 Mets 7, Padres 0 Seaver (W, 15-6)
08/27 Mets 6, Padres 5 Stone (W, 8-3)
08/28 Mets 8, Padres 6 Matlack (W, 11-15)
08/29 Mets 3, Padres 0 Koosman (W, 11-14)
1973 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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