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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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Exit of Man Who Wasn't Here; In city that never sleeps, he did
Newsday, July 2, 2003
Roberto Alomar, traded to the White Sox, was a disappointing Met. But Wally Backman, managing a White Sox farm team, has praise for Royce Ring, one of the players coming to the Mets from Chicago.
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Wally Backman
Born: September 22, 1959
at Hillsboro, Ore.
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Years with Mets: 1980 - 1988

765 games. 7 hr, 165 rbi, 0.283
359 runs, 106 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1974 Game Results
04/16 Expos 4, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 0-1)
04/17 Expos 7, Mets 4 Stone (L, 0-1)
04/18 Expos 8, Mets 5 Sadecki (L, 0-1)
05/17 Mets 5, Expos 0 Seaver (W, 2-4)
05/18 Mets 6, Expos 0 Matlack (W, 5-1)
05/19 Expos 7, Mets 4 Swan (L, 1-3)
05/19 Expos 5, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 4-2)
07/27 Mets 8, Expos 5 Apodaca (W, 3-5)
07/28 Mets 4, Expos 1 McGraw (W, 1-4)
07/29 Mets 4, Expos 3 Aker (W, 2-1)
08/03 Mets 3, Expos 0 Matlack (W, 10-8)
08/05 Mets 10, Expos 4 McGraw (W, 2-5)
09/09 Mets 7, Expos 1 Sadecki (W, 8-7)
09/10 Expos 6, Mets 4 McGraw (L, 6-8)
09/16 Expos 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 13-10)
09/16 Mets 3, Expos 2 Sterling (W, 1-0)
09/18 Expos 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 12-13)
09/18 Expos 4, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 11-9)
1974 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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