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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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Little Buddy Could Make Big Difference
Newsday, May 31, 1990
As Bud Harrelson takes the helm as Mets manager, Newsday columnist Joe Gergen looks back at how Buddy got to where he is, and also at what may lie ahead. Gergen points out that Bud is the only one of Gil Hodges' Mets players to become a manager.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Gil Hodges.


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Jim Bethke
Born: November 5, 1946
at Falls City, Neb.
Bethke
Years with Mets: 1965

25 games. 2 - 0, 4.28
19 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1965 Game Results
05/28 Pirates 6, Mets 1 Spahn (L, 4-5)
05/29 Pirates 7, Mets 4 Lary (L, 1-1)
05/30 Pirates 9, Mets 1 Jackson (L, 2-6)
05/30 Pirates 12, Mets 0 Parsons (L, 0-3)
06/03 Mets 8, Pirates 6 Cisco (W, 1-2)
06/04 Mets 2, Pirates 1 Fisher (W, 5-4)
06/05 Pirates 9, Mets 0 Kroll (L, 3-3)
06/06 Pirates 5, Mets 3 Jackson (L, 2-7)
06/06 Pirates 3, Mets 0 Spahn (L, 4-6)
07/21 Mets 1, Pirates 0 Jackson (W, 5-12)
08/03 Pirates 7, Mets 0 Cisco (L, 3-7)
08/04 Pirates 3, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 7-13)
08/05 Pirates 11, Mets 3 Jackson (L, 5-15)
09/20 Pirates 10, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 8-22)
09/21 Pirates 6, Mets 5 Eilers (L, 1-1)
09/22 Pirates 6, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 2-7)
09/28 Mets 1, Pirates 0 Sutherland (W, 3-1)
09/29 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Selma (L, 2-1)
1965 totals: 4 wins, 14 losses



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