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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 Bonilla for $29M; How Deal Was Done; Return of the Native
Newsday, December 3, 1991
Before Bobby Bonilla became the ex-player who would get a big check every July, he was a major free-agent signing for the Mets. Marty Noble, Joe Gergen, and Tom Verducci were all over the story for Newsday.
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Jose Vizcaino
Born: March 26, 1968
at San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Vizcaino
Years with Mets: 1994 - 1996

334 games. 7 hr, 121 rbi, 0.282
160 runs, 18 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1971 Game Results
04/16 Mets 1, Pirates 0 Seaver (W, 2-0)
04/17 Pirates 2, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 0-1)
04/18 Mets 5, Pirates 2 Gentry (W, 1-2)
04/18 Pirates 2, Mets 1 McGraw (L, 1-1)
05/14 Mets 8, Pirates 2 Koosman (W, 3-1)
05/15 Mets 9, Pirates 5 Sadecki (W, 1-0)
05/16 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 4-1)
06/21 Pirates 6, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 3-5)
06/22 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Williams (W, 3-1)
06/23 Pirates 6, Mets 2 Gentry (L, 6-5)
06/30 Mets 4, Pirates 0 Ryan (W, 8-4)
07/01 Pirates 3, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 4-6)
09/17 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Gentry (W, 12-10)
09/18 Pirates 4, Mets 0 Sadecki (L, 7-7)
09/19 Mets 5, Pirates 2 Williams (W, 5-6)
09/24 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 6-11)
09/25 Mets 2, Pirates 1 Frisella (W, 8-5)
09/26 Mets 3, Pirates 1 Seaver (W, 19-10)
1971 totals: 10 wins, 8 losses



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