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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 pick a Strawberry in draft
New York Daily News, June 4, 1980
Darryl Strawberry is selected by the Mets in the first round of the 1980 amateur free-agent draft. (Plus Billy Beane and John Gibbons.)
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Willard Hunter
Born: March 8, 1934
at Newark, N.J.
Died: February 3, 2021 at Omaha, Neb.
Hunter
Years with Mets: 1962, 1964

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Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1974 Game Results
06/11 Braves 4, Mets 3 Apodaca (L, 1-4)
06/12 Braves 1, Mets 0 Parker (L, 1-5)
06/17 Braves 8, Mets 1 Parker (L, 1-6)
06/18 Braves 6, Mets 1 Stone (L, 2-5)
06/19 Braves 5, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 5-5)
08/23 Braves 4, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 4-7)
08/23 Braves 6, Mets 0 Parker (L, 4-12)
08/24 Braves 4, Mets 3 Miller (L, 2-2)
08/25 Mets 1, Braves 0 Sadecki (W, 5-7)
08/30 Mets 4, Braves 2 Sadecki (W, 6-7)
08/31 Mets 6, Braves 5 Apodaca (W, 5-5)
09/01 Mets 3, Braves 0 McGraw (W, 6-7)
1974 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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