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New York Mets traded Hobie Landrith to the Baltimore Orioles for Marv Throneberry on May 9, 1962.

New York Mets released Craig Swan on May 9, 1984.

New York Mets claimed Mark Dewey on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 9, 1991.

New York Mets signed free agent Doug Linton on May 9, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Brian Lawrence on May 9, 2007.

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Mets Land Foy to Play 3d, Send Otis, Johnson to KC
New York Daily News, December 4, 1969
One of the Mets earliest regrettable trades was the one that sent Amos Otis to the Royals for Joe Foy. Otis would go on to play 14 seasons in Kansas City, winning three Gold Gloves and making five All-Star teams. Foy was... less successful.
Tags: Joe Foy, Bob Johnson, Amos Otis.


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Dick Smith
Born: May 17, 1939
at Lebanon, Ore.
Died: February 19, 2012 at Medford, Ore.
Smith
Years with Mets: 1963, 1964

66 games. 0 hr, 6 rbi, 0.228
18 runs, 9 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1991 Game Results
05/24 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Cone (W, 4-3)
05/25 Cardinals 7, Mets 2 Whitehurst (L, 2-2)
05/26 Cardinals 14, Mets 4 Gooden (L, 5-4)
05/31 Mets 10, Cardinals 5 Whitehurst (W, 3-2)
06/01 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Franco (L, 1-4)
06/02 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Darling (L, 2-3)
08/13 Cardinals 7, Mets 4 Viola (L, 12-9)
08/14 Cardinals 5, Mets 4 Franco (L, 2-7)
08/15 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Whitehurst (L, 5-8)
08/21 Cardinals 7, Mets 3 Cone (L, 10-10)
08/21 Mets 8, Cardinals 0 Fernandez (W, 1-3)
08/22 Mets 6, Cardinals 0 Gooden (W, 13-7)
09/13 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 Burke (W, 2-3)
09/14 Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Cone (L, 12-13)
09/15 Cardinals 7, Mets 2 Schourek (L, 3-4)
09/20 Mets 1, Cardinals 0 Cone (W, 13-13)
09/21 Mets 5, Cardinals 3 Schourek (W, 4-4)
09/22 Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Young (L, 2-3)
1991 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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