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Cleveland Indians claimed Brook Fordyce of the New York Mets on waivers on May 15, 1995.

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Mets pick a Strawberry in draft
New York Daily News, June 4, 1980
Darryl Strawberry is selected by the Mets in the first round of the 1980 amateur free-agent draft. (Plus Billy Beane and John Gibbons.)
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Jerry Grote
Born: October 6, 1942
at San Antonio, Tex.
Died: April 7, 2024 at Austin, Tex.
Grote
Years with Mets: 1966 - 1977

1235 games. 35 hr, 357 rbi, 0.256
314 runs, 14 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1980 Game Results
06/10 Mets 5, Dodgers 4 Hausman (W, 2-1)
06/11 Mets 6, Dodgers 2 Swan (W, 5-4)
06/12 Mets 6, Dodgers 5 Reardon (W, 3-2)
06/20 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Zachry (L, 1-4)
06/21 Dodgers 5, Mets 0 Swan (L, 5-5)
06/22 Mets 9, Dodgers 6 Bomback (W, 4-1)
08/22 Mets 4, Dodgers 2 Burris (W, 7-7)
08/23 Dodgers 4, Mets 2 Hausman (L, 5-4)
08/24 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Zachry (L, 6-7)
09/01 Dodgers 5, Mets 2 Burris (L, 7-9)
09/02 Dodgers 6, Mets 5 Pacella (L, 3-3)
09/03 Dodgers 2, Mets 0 Zachry (L, 6-9)
1980 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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