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New York Mets traded Ken Henderson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dale Murray on May 19, 1978.

New York Mets signed free agent Abraham Nunez on May 19, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Matt Festa on May 19, 2024.

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Gil Hodges
Born: April 4, 1924
at Princeton, Ind.
Died: April 2, 1972 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

65 games. 9 hr, 20 rbi, 0.248
17 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1998 Game Results
04/07 Mets 3, Cubs 2 Leiter (W, 1-1)
04/09 Cubs 8, Mets 7 Reed (L, 0-1)
04/14 Mets 6, Cubs 0 Leiter (W, 2-1)
04/15 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Reed (W, 1-1)
04/16 Cubs 8, Mets 4 Mlicki (L, 0-2)
07/24 Mets 5, Cubs 0 Reynoso (W, 1-0)
07/24 Mets 7, Cubs 3 Cook (W, 6-3)
07/25 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Franco (L, 0-5)
07/26 Cubs 3, Mets 1 Reed (L, 11-7)
1998 totals: 5 wins, 4 losses



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