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New York Mets traded Chico Fernandez and Bobby Catton to the Chicago White Sox for Charley Smith on April 23, 1964.

New York Mets claimed Jeff Kaiser on waivers from the Cincinnati Reds on April 23, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Gerald Williams on April 23, 2004.

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On The Path Of Hodges
Newsday, June 1, 1990
New Mets manager Bud Harrelson sees Gil Hodges as the role model for the kind of manager he'd like to be. Newsday's Steve Jacobsen looks back at Hodges, and speculates how Harrelson might handle a player like Darryl Strawberry differently than Davey Johnson did.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Gil Hodges, Davey Johnson, Darryl Strawberry.


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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. Pittsburgh Pirates
1977 Game Results
04/22 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Myrick (L, 0-1)
04/23 Pirates 6, Mets 5 Sadecki (L, 0-1)
05/24 Pirates 5, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 3-5)
07/15 Pirates 7, Mets 1 Zachry (L, 1-3)
07/15 Mets 6, Pirates 1 Espinosa (W, 5-7)
07/16 Mets 5, Pirates 3 Swan (W, 5-6)
07/17 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 4-12)
07/17 Mets 9, Pirates 3 Koosman (W, 7-11)
08/11 Pirates 9, Mets 1 Zachry (L, 2-5)
08/12 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 8-14)
08/12 Pirates 6, Mets 5 Siebert (L, 2-1)
08/13 Pirates 2, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 6-13)
08/14 Pirates 6, Mets 3 Espinosa (L, 6-9)
09/20 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Espinosa (L, 8-13)
09/21 Pirates 4, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 8-20)
09/27 Mets 7, Pirates 1 Espinosa (W, 9-13)
09/28 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Swan (L, 9-10)
09/29 Pirates 5, Mets 2 Medich (L, 0-1)
1977 totals: 4 wins, 14 losses



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