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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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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Braden Looper
Born: October 28, 1974
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Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1969 Game Results
04/11 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Koosman (L, 0-1)
04/12 Cardinals 1, Mets 0 Cardwell (L, 0-1)
04/13 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 0-1)
04/19 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Seaver (W, 1-1)
04/20 Mets 11, Cardinals 3 Ryan (W, 1-0)
06/20 Mets 4, Cardinals 3 Ryan (W, 3-0)
06/21 Cardinals 5, Mets 3 DiLauro (L, 0-2)
06/22 Mets 5, Cardinals 1 Gentry (W, 7-5)
06/22 Mets 1, Cardinals 0 Koosman (W, 5-4)
06/30 Mets 10, Cardinals 2 McAndrew (W, 2-2)
07/01 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Ryan (L, 3-1)
07/01 Cardinals 8, Mets 5 DiLauro (L, 0-3)
07/02 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 McGraw (W, 5-1)
07/03 Mets 8, Cardinals 1 Gentry (W, 8-6)
09/15 Mets 4, Cardinals 3 McGraw (W, 8-3)
09/22 Mets 3, Cardinals 1 Seaver (W, 24-7)
09/23 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 McGraw (W, 9-3)
09/24 Mets 6, Cardinals 0 Gentry (W, 12-12)
1969 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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