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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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The Times (Munster, Indiana), July 9, 1970
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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. Cincinnati Reds
1985 Game Results
04/12 Mets 1, Reds 0 Berenyi (W, 1-0)
04/13 Mets 2, Reds 1 McDowell (W, 2-0)
04/14 Mets 4, Reds 0 Gooden (W, 1-0)
05/03 Mets 9, Reds 4 Lynch (W, 1-1)
05/04 Reds 14, Mets 2 McDowell (L, 2-1)
05/05 Mets 3, Reds 2 Gooden (W, 4-1)
07/08 Mets 7, Reds 5 Lynch (W, 6-5)
07/09 Mets 11, Reds 2 Gooden (W, 12-3)
07/10 Mets 2, Reds 1 Aguilera (W, 3-2)
07/22 Reds 5, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 3-6)
07/23 Reds 4, Mets 0 Darling (L, 10-3)
07/24 Reds 3, Mets 2 McDowell (L, 5-4)
1985 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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