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New York Mets traded Tom Hall to the Kansas City Royals for Bryan Jones on May 7, 1976.

New York Mets claimed Chico Walker on waivers from the Chicago Cubs on May 7, 1992.

New York Mets claimed Tom Milone on waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers on May 7, 2017.

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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Chico Fernandez
Born: March 2, 1932
at Havana, Cuba
Died: June 11, 2016 at Sunrise, Fla.
Fernandez
Years with Mets: 1963

58 games. 1 hr, 9 rbi, 0.200
12 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1973 Game Results
04/21 Mets 5, Expos 0 Parker (W, 2-0)
04/22 Expos 2, Mets 1 Hennigan (L, 0-1)
04/22 Mets 13, Expos 3 McAndrew (W, 1-2)
05/16 Mets 8, Expos 3 Parker (W, 4-0)
07/02 Expos 2, Mets 1 Capra (L, 0-3)
07/03 Expos 19, Mets 8 McAndrew (L, 3-7)
07/04 Expos 7, Mets 5 Capra (L, 0-4)
07/05 Mets 7, Expos 3 Matlack (W, 6-10)
07/28 Mets 11, Expos 3 Stone (W, 6-3)
07/29 Expos 6, Mets 4 Sadecki (L, 1-1)
07/30 Expos 1, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 7-14)
07/30 Expos 5, Mets 2 Capra (L, 1-5)
09/07 Mets 1, Expos 0 Matlack (W, 12-15)
09/07 Mets 4, Expos 2 McGraw (W, 3-6)
09/08 Expos 3, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 16-9)
09/09 Mets 3, Expos 0 Stone (W, 10-3)
09/25 Mets 2, Expos 1 Koosman (W, 13-15)
09/26 Expos 8, Mets 5 Parker (L, 8-4)
1973 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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