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New York Mets traded Hobie Landrith to the Baltimore Orioles for Marv Throneberry on May 9, 1962.

New York Mets released Craig Swan on May 9, 1984.

New York Mets claimed Mark Dewey on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 9, 1991.

New York Mets signed free agent Doug Linton on May 9, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Brian Lawrence on May 9, 2007.

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Now, Straw's the Man Who Stirs the Mets
Newsday, June 22, 1988
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Larry Stahl
Born: June 29, 1941
at Belleville, Ill.
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Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

124 games. 4 hr, 28 rbi, 0.237
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Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1987 Game Results
04/17 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 1-2)
04/18 Cardinals 12, Mets 8 Orosco (L, 0-1)
04/19 Cardinals 4, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 2-1)
04/24 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Fernandez (W, 3-1)
04/25 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 1-1)
04/26 Cardinals 7, Mets 4 Darling (L, 2-1)
06/29 Cardinals 8, Mets 7 Orosco (L, 1-6)
06/30 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Gooden (W, 5-1)
07/01 Mets 9, Cardinals 6 Myers (W, 1-3)
07/28 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Darling (W, 6-7)
07/29 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 McDowell (W, 5-3)
07/30 Mets 5, Cardinals 3 Gooden (W, 8-3)
09/11 Cardinals 6, Mets 4 Orosco (L, 3-8)
09/12 Cardinals 8, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 13-6)
09/13 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 Cone (W, 5-3)
10/02 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Mitchell (L, 3-6)
10/03 Mets 7, Cardinals 1 Aguilera (W, 11-3)
10/04 Mets 11, Cardinals 6 Myers (W, 3-6)
1987 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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