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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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Losing a Legend; Don Zimmer, 83, dies after 66 years in baseball
Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Florida), June 5, 2014
It would be hard to find someone who was more of a baseball "lifer" than Don Zimmer. The Mets were just one of many teams who employed him over his long career.
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Kurt Abbott
Born: June 2, 1969
at Zanesville, O.
Abbott
Years with Mets: 2000

79 games. 6 hr, 12 rbi, 0.217
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Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1977 Game Results
05/20 Reds 6, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 4-3)
05/21 Reds 8, Mets 7 Apodaca (L, 0-2)
05/22 Reds 8, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 3-5)
05/22 Mets 4, Reds 3 Todd (W, 2-0)
06/07 Mets 8, Reds 0 Seaver (W, 6-3)
06/08 Reds 5, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 4-6)
08/19 Reds 4, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 6-14)
08/19 Reds 4, Mets 3 Espinosa (L, 6-10)
08/20 Reds 8, Mets 2 Swan (L, 8-8)
08/21 Reds 5, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 8-16)
08/24 Reds 11, Mets 4 Matlack (L, 6-15)
08/25 Reds 3, Mets 2 Apodaca (L, 3-6)
1977 totals: 2 wins, 10 losses



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