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New York Mets signed free agent Brett Butler on April 11, 1995.

New York Mets signed free agent Claudio Vargas on April 11, 2008.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets' Owner Is a Diamond's Best Friend
Newsday, April 12, 1962
A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
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Pepe Mangual
Born: May 23, 1952
at Ponce, P.R.
Mangual
Years with Mets: 1976, 1977

49 games. 1 hr, 11 rbi, 0.183
16 runs, 7 stolen bases


All-Time Mets Leaders
Total Bases
1. David Wright 2945 Wright
2. Jose Reyes 2356
3. Ed Kranepool 2047
4. Darryl Strawberry 2028
5. Mike Piazza 1885
6. Howard Johnson 1823 Reyes
7. Edgardo Alfonzo 1736
8. Cleon Jones 1715
9. Pete Alonso 1642
10. Mookie Wilson 1586



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