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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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Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), August 13, 2024
Mike Cubbage was an infielder who played in 67 games with the 1981 Mets. He also spent seven seasons as a Mets coach in the 1990s, and was the club's interim manager after Bud Harrelson was fired near the end of the 1991 season. This is his obituary.
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Brian Giles
Born: April 27, 1960
at Manhattan, Kan.
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Years with Mets: 1981 - 1983

199 games. 5 hr, 37 rbi, 0.233
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Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
2001 Game Results
05/04 Mets 4, Diamondbacks 2 Reed (W, 4-1)
05/05 Mets 8, Diamondbacks 1 Rusch (W, 2-1)
05/06 Diamondbacks 8, Mets 2 Trachsel (L, 1-5)
08/03 Diamondbacks 7, Mets 0 Leiter (L, 6-9)
08/04 Mets 4, Diamondbacks 2 Appier (W, 6-10)
08/05 Diamondbacks 2, Mets 1 White (L, 3-2)
2001 totals: 3 wins, 3 losses



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