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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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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Tug McGraw
Born: August 30, 1944
at Martinez, Cal.
Died: January 5, 2004 at Nashville, Tenn.
McGraw
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1967, 1969 - 1974

361 games. 47 - 55, 3.17
618 strikeouts, 85 saves


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1966 Game Results
04/26 Mets 14, Cubs 11 Hamilton (W, 2-1)
05/06 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Gardner (W, 1-0)
05/07 Cubs 3, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 1-2)
05/08 Cubs 3, Mets 1 Hamilton (L, 3-2)
05/08 Mets 5, Cubs 1 Ribant (W, 1-0)
06/24 Mets 4, Cubs 2 Friend (W, 1-0)
06/25 Mets 9, Cubs 3 Shaw (W, 4-0)
06/26 Cubs 7, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 5-7)
06/26 Mets 8, Cubs 2 Ribant (W, 3-3)
07/29 Cubs 7, Mets 4 Hamilton (L, 5-10)
07/30 Mets 6, Cubs 3 Ribant (W, 7-4)
07/31 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Shaw (W, 8-5)
08/22 Cubs 8, Mets 4 Selma (L, 3-5)
08/23 Mets 4, Cubs 1 Ribant (W, 9-5)
08/24 Cubs 6, Mets 5 Friend (L, 4-5)
08/25 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Hepler (L, 3-3)
09/28 Cubs 4, Mets 1 Ribant (L, 11-9)
09/28 Mets 1, Cubs 0 Shaw (W, 11-9)
1966 totals: 10 wins, 8 losses



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