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Today is April 7

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New York Mets signed free agent Clint Hurdle on April 7, 1983.

New York Mets signed free agent Bob Gibson on April 7, 1987.

Cincinnati Reds claimed Pete Schourek of the New York Mets on waivers on April 7, 1994.

Philadelphia Phillies claimed Nelson Figueroa of the New York Mets on waivers on April 7, 2010.

New York Mets purchased Adonis Medina from the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 7, 2022.

Los Angeles Dodgers signed Dellin Betances of the New York Mets as a free agent on April 7, 2022.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets 'Usher' in Jerry Koosman
Memphis Press Scimitar, May 14, 1968
A wire article published in a Memphis paper profiles young Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman and relates the story about how the Mets scouting department was tipped off to Koosman by a Polo Grounds usher.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Donn Clendenon
Born: July 15, 1935
at Neosho, Mo.
Died: September 17, 2005 at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Clendenon
Years with Mets: 1969 - 1971

281 games. 45 hr, 171 rbi, 0.267
125 runs, 8 stolen bases


All-Time Mets Leaders
Runs
1. David Wright 949 Wright
2. Jose Reyes 885
3. Darryl Strawberry 662
4. Howard Johnson 627
5. Edgardo Alfonzo 614
6. Mookie Wilson 592 Reyes
7. Cleon Jones 563
8. Carlos Beltran 551
9. Ed Kranepool 536
10. Mike Piazza 532



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