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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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John Stearns
Born: August 21, 1951
at Denver, Colo.
Died: September 15, 2022 at Denver, Colo.
Stearns
Years with Mets: 1975 - 1984

809 games. 46 hr, 312 rbi, 0.259
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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1964 Game Results
04/17 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Bauta (L, 0-1)
04/18 Pirates 9, Mets 5 Bearnarth (L, 0-1)
04/19 Mets 6, Pirates 0 Jackson (W, 1-1)
04/24 Pirates 9, Mets 4 Jackson (L, 1-2)
04/25 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Fisher (L, 0-1)
04/26 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Bearnarth (L, 0-2)
04/26 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Stallard (W, 1-2)
06/16 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 4-5)
06/17 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Stallard (L, 4-8)
06/18 Pirates 10, Mets 0 Jackson (L, 3-10)
06/23 Pirates 5, Mets 1 Willey (L, 0-1)
06/24 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Cisco (L, 3-9)
06/25 Pirates 8, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 5-6)
08/11 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Fisher (W, 8-14)
08/12 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Ribant (L, 0-1)
08/17 Mets 5, Pirates 0 Ribant (W, 1-1)
08/18 Mets 7, Pirates 3 Jackson (W, 7-12)
08/19 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Stallard (W, 7-16)
1964 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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