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New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.

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Pirates Ship Taveras to Mets, Acquire Foli: Tanner Seeking to Bolster Buc Defense
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 20, 1979
The Tim Foli/Frank Taveras trade, as reported from Pittsburgh. From this perspective, Taveras is a poor defensive player who was just "peddled" to the Mets.
Tags: Tim Foli, Frank Taveras.


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Born: September 11, 1944
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1985 Game Results
06/14 Expos 5, Mets 4 Sisk (L, 1-5)
06/15 Expos 3, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 1-4)
06/16 Expos 7, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 1-1)
06/21 Mets 6, Expos 3 Sisk (W, 2-5)
06/22 Expos 5, Mets 4 McDowell (L, 5-2)
06/23 Expos 5, Mets 1 Lynch (L, 4-4)
07/29 Mets 3, Expos 2 Aguilera (W, 4-3)
07/30 Mets 2, Expos 0 Gooden (W, 16-3)
07/31 Mets 5, Expos 2 Lynch (W, 8-5)
08/08 Mets 14, Expos 7 Aguilera (W, 5-3)
08/19 Mets 1, Expos 0 Darling (W, 11-5)
09/13 Expos 5, Mets 1 Aguilera (L, 7-6)
09/13 Mets 7, Expos 2 Leach (W, 3-3)
09/14 Expos 5, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 6-9)
09/15 Mets 6, Expos 2 Darling (W, 16-5)
10/04 Mets 9, Expos 4 Fernandez (W, 9-9)
10/05 Expos 8, Mets 3 Darling (L, 16-6)
10/06 Expos 2, Mets 1 Latham (L, 1-3)
1985 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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