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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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Old Friends Pay Their Respects
Newsday, September 19, 1963
The Polo Grounds, where so much history was made by the New York Giants, from John McGraw and Christy Mathewson to Willie Mays and Bobby Thompson, closes with little fanfare. The Mets go quietly against the Phillies and a chapter of baseball history comes to an end.


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Donn Clendenon
Born: July 15, 1935
at Neosho, Mo.
Died: September 17, 2005 at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Clendenon
Years with Mets: 1969 - 1971

281 games. 45 hr, 171 rbi, 0.267
125 runs, 8 stolen bases


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1. Tom Seaver 198 Seaver
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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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