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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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City Welcomes Mets; Debut at PG Today
New York Daily News, April 13, 1962
The day before their first home game at the Polo Grounds, the Mets were honored with a ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan's Canyon of Heroes.
Tags: Casey Stengel.


Randomly selected Met Player

Donn Clendenon
Born: July 15, 1935
at Neosho, Mo.
Died: September 17, 2005 at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Clendenon
Years with Mets: 1969 - 1971

281 games. 45 hr, 171 rbi, 0.267
125 runs, 8 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1963 Game Results
04/26 Pirates 5, Mets 2 Jackson (L, 1-2)
04/27 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Hook (L, 0-3)
04/28 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Stallard (L, 0-3)
05/31 Pirates 2, Mets 0 Willey (L, 4-4)
06/01 Pirates 10, Mets 1 Cisco (L, 2-5)
06/02 Mets 2, Pirates 1 Bearnarth (W, 2-1)
06/02 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Hook (W, 3-5)
06/28 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Craig (L, 2-12)
06/29 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Bearnarth (L, 2-3)
06/30 Pirates 3, Mets 0 Stallard (L, 3-5)
07/05 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Stallard (L, 3-6)
07/06 Pirates 11, Mets 3 Jackson (L, 6-9)
07/07 Pirates 11, Mets 5 Hook (L, 3-10)
08/14 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Jackson (W, 8-14)
08/15 Pirates 8, Mets 2 Cisco (L, 7-12)
08/27 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Cisco (L, 7-14)
08/28 Pirates 7, Mets 2 Jackson (L, 8-16)
08/29 Mets 7, Pirates 4 Craig (W, 4-20)
1963 totals: 4 wins, 14 losses



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