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New York Mets purchased Mike Phillips from the San Francisco Giants on May 3, 1975.

New York Mets released Travis d'Arnaud on May 3, 2019.

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The Yale Man Passes Toughest Test of Career
Newsday, October 2, 1985
Newsday's Steve Jacobson salutes Ron Darling after he came through for the Mets in the first of three do-or-die games that the Mets would play in St. Louis as they battled the Cardinals for the division title in October 1985. Plus: Dwight Gooden says he had wanted to start that game.
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Richie Ashburn
Born: March 19, 1927
at Tilden, Neb.
Died: September 9, 1997 at New York, N.Y.
Ashburn
Years with Mets: 1962

135 games. 7 hr, 28 rbi, 0.306
60 runs, 12 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1998 Game Results
05/07 Mets 4, Cardinals 1 Yoshii (W, 2-1)
05/08 Mets 9, Cardinals 2 Reed (W, 3-2)
08/10 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 Leiter (W, 11-4)
08/11 Mets 8, Cardinals 3 Jones (W, 8-7)
08/12 Cardinals 5, Mets 4 Franco (L, 0-7)
08/20 Cardinals 2, Mets 0 Blair (L, 0-1)
08/20 Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Reed (W, 15-7)
08/21 Cardinals 10, Mets 5 Nomo (L, 3-4)
08/21 Mets 1, Cardinals 0 Reynoso (W, 5-0)
1998 totals: 6 wins, 3 losses



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