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New York Mets signed free agent Endy Chavez on April 29, 1996.

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In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Mets vs. Houston Astros
1998 Game Results
04/21 Astros 6, Mets 0 Reed (L, 1-2)
04/22 Mets 10, Astros 7 Cook (W, 2-0)
04/27 Astros 4, Mets 3 Franco (L, 0-1)
04/28 Astros 4, Mets 3 Hudek (L, 0-1)
04/29 Astros 6, Mets 1 Mlicki (L, 0-3)
09/14 Mets 7, Astros 4 McMichael (W, 4-3)
09/15 Astros 6, Mets 5 Tam (L, 1-1)
09/15 Mets 8, Astros 4 Leiter (W, 16-5)
09/16 Mets 4, Astros 3 McMichael (W, 5-3)
1998 totals: 4 wins, 5 losses



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