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Mets pick a Strawberry in draft
New York Daily News, June 4, 1980
Darryl Strawberry is selected by the Mets in the first round of the 1980 amateur free-agent draft. (Plus Billy Beane and John Gibbons.)
Tags: Billy Beane, John Gibbons, Darryl Strawberry.


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Leo Foster
Born: February 2, 1951
at Covington, Ky.
Foster
Years with Mets: 1976, 1977

60 games. 1 hr, 21 rbi, 0.216
17 runs, 6 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1970 Game Results
04/28 Mets 5, Giants 2 Gentry (W, 2-0)
04/29 Giants 8, Mets 6 Taylor (L, 1-2)
04/30 Mets 4, Giants 1 Ryan (W, 2-1)
05/08 Giants 7, Mets 1 Gentry (L, 3-1)
05/09 Mets 14, Giants 5 Koosman (W, 1-2)
05/10 Giants 11, Mets 7 Ryan (L, 2-3)
07/19 Giants 5, Mets 3 Taylor (L, 3-4)
07/19 Mets 7, Giants 6 Taylor (W, 4-4)
07/20 Giants 7, Mets 4 Folkers (L, 0-1)
07/27 Mets 5, Giants 3 Seaver (W, 15-5)
07/28 Mets 12, Giants 2 McAndrew (W, 6-8)
07/29 Giants 4, Mets 2 Folkers (L, 0-2)
1970 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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