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New York Mets traded Chris DeWitt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Franco on April 8, 1996.

Cleveland Indians claimed Jason Anderson of the New York Mets on waivers on April 8, 2004.

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NL Votes Return to Gotham in '62: Houston Also Included in Expansion
New York Daily News, October 18, 1960
This serves as the official birth announcement of the New York Mets. (And also the Houston Astros.)


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Gil Hodges
Born: April 4, 1924
at Princeton, Ind.
Died: April 2, 1972 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

65 games. 9 hr, 20 rbi, 0.248
17 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1983 Game Results
06/10 Mets 4, Expos 2 Ownbey (W, 1-3)
06/11 Expos 5, Mets 2 Holman (L, 1-4)
06/12 Mets 9, Expos 1 Seaver (W, 4-5)
06/17 Expos 7, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 4-6)
06/18 Mets 6, Expos 1 Torrez (W, 3-8)
06/19 Expos 4, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 4-3)
08/02 Mets 5, Expos 2 Swan (W, 2-5)
08/03 Mets 2, Expos 1 Orosco (W, 8-5)
08/04 Expos 2, Mets 1 Lynch (L, 7-6)
08/08 Mets 6, Expos 5 Orosco (W, 10-5)
08/09 Expos 7, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 7-7)
08/10 Expos 5, Mets 3 Torrez (L, 6-13)
09/09 Mets 5, Expos 4 Seaver (W, 8-13)
09/10 Expos 10, Mets 9 Orosco (L, 13-6)
09/11 Expos 4, Mets 0 Torrez (L, 9-15)
10/01 Mets 5, Expos 4 Gaff (W, 1-0)
10/02 Mets 1, Expos 0 Terrell (W, 8-8)
10/02 Mets 5, Expos 4 Leary (W, 1-1)
1983 totals: 10 wins, 8 losses



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