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New York Mets traded Don Zimmer to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Miller and Cliff Cook on May 6, 1962.

New York Mets traded Jim Marshall to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vinegar Bend Mizell on May 6, 1962.

New York Mets traded Neraldo Catalina to the Tampa Bay Rays for Wilmer Font on May 6, 2019.

New York Mets traded Pedro Quintana to the Milwaukee Braves for Billy McKinney on May 6, 2021.

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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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Willie Mays
Born: May 6, 1931
at Westfield, Ala.
Died: June 18, 2024 at Paolo Alto, Cal.
Mays
Years with Mets: 1972, 1973

135 games. 14 hr, 44 rbi, 0.238
51 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1973 Game Results
04/27 Braves 2, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 2-2)
04/28 Mets 4, Braves 2 Matlack (W, 2-3)
04/29 Mets 1, Braves 0 Koosman (W, 4-0)
05/07 Mets 7, Braves 2 Seaver (W, 3-3)
05/08 Braves 10, Mets 6 Matlack (L, 2-5)
05/09 Mets 8, Braves 1 Koosman (W, 5-0)
07/06 Braves 2, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 7-7)
07/07 Braves 9, Mets 8 McGraw (L, 0-4)
07/08 Braves 4, Mets 2 Stone (L, 4-3)
07/16 Braves 8, Mets 6 Koosman (L, 7-9)
07/17 Mets 8, Braves 7 Capra (W, 1-4)
07/18 Mets 12, Braves 2 Seaver (W, 10-5)
1973 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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