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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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Mets' Bud Harrelson A Lover, Not a Fighter
The Times (Munster, Indiana), July 9, 1970
Three years before the now legendary fight with Pete Rose, Bud Harrelson took a few steps towards the mound and had to be restrained when he felt that Cardinals pitcher Jerry Reuss was throwing at him.
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Bobby Klaus
Born: December 27, 1937
at Spring Grove, Ill.
Klaus
Years with Mets: 1964, 1965

175 games. 4 hr, 23 rbi, 0.213
55 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1978 Game Results
06/09 Mets 3, Giants 2 Lockwood (W, 6-4)
06/10 Giants 2, Mets 1 Kobel (L, 0-1)
06/11 Giants 7, Mets 5 Espinosa (L, 5-5)
06/16 Giants 7, Mets 4 Lockwood (L, 7-5)
06/17 Mets 5, Giants 4 Zachry (W, 8-2)
06/18 Giants 3, Mets 0 Swan (L, 1-4)
06/18 Giants 4, Mets 3 Murray (L, 1-2)
08/21 Giants 4, Mets 2 Kobel (L, 2-4)
08/22 Giants 7, Mets 4 Espinosa (L, 9-12)
08/23 Giants 2, Mets 1 Lockwood (L, 7-12)
08/29 Giants 2, Mets 0 Hausman (L, 2-3)
08/30 Mets 10, Giants 4 Swan (W, 8-5)
1978 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses



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