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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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A true original: Hobie Landrith, the first Met and a close friend of Willie Mays, dies at 93
Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), April 12, 2023
Obituary for Hobie Landrith, the first player that the Mets selected in the 1961 expansion draft.
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Randomly selected Met Player

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. San Francisco Giants
1979 Game Results
04/24 Mets 10, Giants 3 Scott (W, 1-0)
04/25 Mets 2, Giants 0 Swan (W, 2-2)
05/03 Giants 7, Mets 5 Falcone (L, 0-2)
05/04 Giants 4, Mets 3 Lockwood (L, 0-3)
05/05 Giants 6, Mets 4 Orosco (L, 1-1)
05/06 Mets 5, Giants 4 Murray (W, 2-3)
07/13 Mets 7, Giants 6 Kobel (W, 4-4)
07/13 Mets 5, Giants 2 Hassler (W, 3-2)
07/14 Mets 3, Giants 2 Hausman (W, 1-4)
07/15 Giants 4, Mets 0 Swan (L, 8-8)
07/24 Mets 6, Giants 5 Twitchell (W, 4-2)
07/25 Mets 3, Giants 0 Swan (W, 9-9)
1979 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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