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New York Mets sold Duke Snider to the San Francisco Giants on April 14, 1964.

New York Mets released Grant Roberts on April 14, 2005.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Says Grant: Seaver Is Forcing Me To Trade Him
New York Daily News, May 8, 1977
Daily News columnist Dick Young firmly sided with the team in its dispute with Tom Seaver in 1977, and played a big part in Seaver's decision to ask to be traded. We see one of his anti-Seaver columns here, plus a typically bizarre Basement Bertha cartoon by Bill Gallo and an article about manager Joe Frazier's many attempts to find a productive lineup.
Tags: Tom Seaver.


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Dennis Ribant
Born: September 20, 1941
at Detroit, Mich.
Died: April 24, 2023 at Newport Coast, Cal.
Ribant
Years with Mets: 1964 - 1966

72 games. 13 - 17, 3.68
132 strikeouts, 0 saves


All-Time Mets Leaders
Runs
1. David Wright 949 Wright
2. Jose Reyes 885
3. Darryl Strawberry 662
4. Howard Johnson 627
5. Edgardo Alfonzo 614
6. Mookie Wilson 592 Reyes
7. Cleon Jones 563
8. Carlos Beltran 551
9. Ed Kranepool 536
10. Mike Piazza 532



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