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New York Mets traded Larry Foss to the Milwaukee Braves for Chico Fernandez on May 8, 1963.

New York Mets traded Jay Hook and Adrian Garrett to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy McMillan on May 8, 1964.

New York Mets released Dick Tidrow on May 8, 1984.

New York Mets traded Matt Harvey to the Cincinnati Reds for Devin Mesoraco on May 8, 2018.

New York Mets released Robinson Cano on May 8, 2022.

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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Dick Smith
Born: May 17, 1939
at Lebanon, Ore.
Died: February 19, 2012 at Medford, Ore.
Smith
Years with Mets: 1963, 1964

66 games. 0 hr, 6 rbi, 0.228
18 runs, 9 stolen bases


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1. Tom Seaver 198 Seaver
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3. Jerry Koosman 140
4. Ron Darling 99
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6. Al Leiter 95 Gooden
7. Jon Matlack 82
Jacob deGrom 82
9. David Cone 81
10. Bobby Jones 74



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