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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 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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Lenny Harris
Born: October 28, 1964
at Miami, Fla.
Harris
Years with Mets: 1998, 2000, 2001

261 games. 9 hr, 39 rbi, 0.252
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Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
2004 Game Results
04/27 Mets 9, Dodgers 5 Glavine (W, 3-1)
04/28 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Trachsel (L, 2-3)
04/29 Mets 6, Dodgers 1 Seo (W, 1-3)
08/27 Mets 9, Dodgers 2 Glavine (W, 9-10)
08/28 Dodgers 4, Mets 2 Stanton (L, 2-6)
08/29 Dodgers 10, Mets 2 Benson (L, 2-3)
2004 totals: 3 wins, 3 losses



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