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New York Mets released Clem Labine on May 1, 1962.

New York Mets released Joe Ginsberg on May 1, 1962.

New York Yankees signed Casey Fossum of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 1, 2009.

New York Mets sold Zack Short to the Boston Red Sox on May 1, 2024.

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Rusty Staub
Born: April 1, 1944
at New Orleans, La.
Died: March 29, 2018 at Palm Beach, Fla.
Staub
Years with Mets: 1972 - 1975, 1981 - 1985

942 games. 75 hr, 399 rbi, 0.276
296 runs, 6 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1988 Game Results
05/20 Mets 5, Dodgers 2 Fernandez (W, 2-3)
05/21 Mets 4, Dodgers 0 Gooden (W, 8-0)
05/22 Mets 5, Dodgers 2 Cone (W, 6-0)
05/30 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Darling (W, 6-3)
05/31 Mets 5, Dodgers 4 Myers (W, 3-0)
06/01 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 2-5)
08/22 Mets 7, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 15-6)
08/23 Mets 5, Dodgers 1 Cone (W, 13-3)
08/24 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Leach (W, 6-1)
09/02 Mets 8, Dodgers 0 Darling (W, 14-9)
09/03 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 16-6)
1988 totals: 10 wins, 1 loss



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