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Toronto Blue Jays claimed Pete Walker of the New York Mets on waivers on May 4, 2002.

New York Mets purchased Logan Verrett from the Texas Rangers on May 4, 2015.

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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.)
Tags: Billy Beane, John Gibbons, Darryl Strawberry.


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Bob Johnson
Born: March 4, 1936
at Omaha, Neb.
Died: November 9, 2019 at St. Paul, Minn.
Johnson
Years with Mets: 1967

90 games. 5 hr, 27 rbi, 0.348
26 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets Records vs. Opponents in 1968
Opponent W L T Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 11 7 0 .611
Chicago Cubs 10 8 0 .556
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 9 0 .500
Cincinnati Reds 8 10 0 .444
Houston Astros 8 10 0 .444
Philadelphia Phillies 8 10 0 .444
San Francisco Giants 7 11 0 .389
St. Louis Cardinals 6 12 0 .333
Atlanta Braves 6 12 1 .333



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