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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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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. San Francisco Giants
1972 Game Results
05/01 Mets 7, Giants 4 Seaver (W, 4-0)
05/02 Mets 4, Giants 2 Gentry (W, 2-1)
05/03 Mets 8, Giants 5 Matlack (W, 3-0)
05/12 Mets 2, Giants 1 Frisella (W, 1-0)
05/13 Mets 1, Giants 0 Capra (W, 2-1)
05/14 Mets 5, Giants 4 Sadecki (W, 1-0)
07/10 Giants 5, Mets 4 McGraw (L, 3-4)
07/11 Giants 6, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 6-4)
07/12 Mets 4, Giants 0 Matlack (W, 9-5)
07/21 Mets 3, Giants 1 Koosman (W, 7-5)
07/22 Giants 2, Mets 1 Frisella (L, 3-5)
07/23 Giants 5, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 12-7)
1972 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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