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New York Mets purchased Mike Phillips from the San Francisco Giants on May 3, 1975.

New York Mets released Travis d'Arnaud on May 3, 2019.

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Leiter Lights Way
Newsday, October 5, 1999
The Mets finished the 1999 season tied for the Wild Card with the Reds, forcing a do-or-die Game 163 for the right to advance to the playoffs. Al Leiter got the start, and flourished.
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Richie Ashburn
Born: March 19, 1927
at Tilden, Neb.
Died: September 9, 1997 at New York, N.Y.
Ashburn
Years with Mets: 1962

135 games. 7 hr, 28 rbi, 0.306
60 runs, 12 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1998 Game Results
05/15 Giants 3, Mets 2 McMichael (L, 1-2)
05/16 Mets 4, Giants 1 Reed (W, 4-2)
05/17 Giants 4, Mets 2 Leiter (L, 3-3)
08/04 Mets 7, Giants 6 Cook (W, 7-4)
08/05 Giants 6, Mets 4 Jones (L, 7-7)
08/06 Mets 9, Giants 8 Wendell (W, 4-0)
08/25 Giants 7, Mets 3 Reed (L, 15-8)
08/26 Mets 4, Giants 1 Nomo (W, 4-4)
08/27 Giants 11, Mets 3 Reynoso (L, 5-1)
1998 totals: 4 wins, 5 losses



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