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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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Mets' Owner Is a Diamond's Best Friend
Newsday, April 12, 1962
A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
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Jose Moreno
Born: November 1, 1957
at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died: September 6, 2019 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Moreno
Years with Mets: 1980

37 games. 2 hr, 9 rbi, 0.196
6 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Houston Astros
1966 Game Results
05/10 Mets 7, Astros 4 Selma (W, 2-1)
05/11 Astros 6, Mets 4 McGraw (L, 1-3)
05/24 Astros 5, Mets 3 Fisher (L, 1-5)
05/25 Astros 7, Mets 1 Gardner (L, 2-2)
07/17 Mets 4, Astros 2 Arrigo (W, 3-1)
07/17 Mets 7, Astros 5 Friend (W, 2-1)
07/18 Mets 4, Astros 1 Hamilton (W, 5-9)
07/18 Mets 6, Astros 3 Shaw (W, 6-4)
07/25 Mets 6, Astros 4 Ribant (W, 6-4)
07/26 Mets 5, Astros 4 Shaw (W, 7-5)
07/27 Mets 3, Astros 2 Friend (W, 4-1)
09/18 Astros 9, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 0-1)
09/18 Astros 6, Mets 5 McGraw (L, 2-9)
09/19 Mets 1, Astros 0 Shaw (W, 10-9)
09/20 Mets 3, Astros 0 Fisher (W, 10-14)
09/30 Mets 1, Astros 0 Fisher (W, 11-14)
10/02 Astros 6, Mets 1 Shaw (L, 11-10)
10/02 Astros 8, Mets 2 Gardner (L, 4-8)
1966 totals: 11 wins, 7 losses



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