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New York Mets released Ray Sadecki on May 2, 1977.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Castillo on May 2, 1988.

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Newsday, August 24, 1964
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John Stearns
Born: August 21, 1951
at Denver, Colo.
Died: September 15, 2022 at Denver, Colo.
Stearns
Years with Mets: 1975 - 1984

809 games. 46 hr, 312 rbi, 0.259
334 runs, 91 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1980 Game Results
05/26 Cardinals 8, Mets 5 Falcone (L, 3-3)
05/27 Mets 9, Cardinals 5 Bomback (W, 3-0)
05/28 Mets 6, Cardinals 5 Kobel (W, 1-4)
06/03 Cardinals 8, Mets 1 Burris (L, 3-4)
06/04 Cardinals 1, Mets 0 Allen (L, 2-4)
06/05 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Swan (W, 4-4)
07/12 Cardinals 8, Mets 6 Glynn (L, 3-2)
07/13 Mets 7, Cardinals 4 Falcone (W, 5-5)
07/13 Mets 10, Cardinals 4 Bomback (W, 6-2)
08/08 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Reardon (W, 7-6)
08/09 Cardinals 9, Mets 6 Hausman (L, 4-3)
08/10 Mets 4, Cardinals 1 Bomback (W, 9-3)
09/26 Cardinals 5, Mets 1 Allen (L, 7-10)
09/27 Cardinals 4, Mets 2 Bomback (L, 9-8)
09/28 Mets 8, Cardinals 0 Scott (W, 1-1)
10/03 Cardinals 6, Mets 4 Jackson (L, 1-7)
10/04 Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Bomback (W, 10-8)
10/05 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Falcone (L, 7-10)
1980 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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