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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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Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects
New York Daily News, December 11, 1971
At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.


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Jay Hook
Born: November 18, 1936
at Waukegan, Ill.
Hook
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1964

81 games. 12 - 34, 5.22
207 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1973 Game Results
06/01 Padres 4, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 5-4)
06/02 Padres 3, Mets 0 Stone (L, 1-1)
06/03 Mets 9, Padres 2 Seaver (W, 7-3)
06/15 Mets 5, Padres 2 Matlack (W, 4-8)
06/16 Mets 10, Padres 2 Koosman (W, 6-5)
06/17 Mets 3, Padres 1 Stone (W, 2-2)
08/13 Padres 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 9-15)
08/14 Padres 9, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 8-14)
08/15 Mets 7, Padres 0 Seaver (W, 15-6)
08/27 Mets 6, Padres 5 Stone (W, 8-3)
08/28 Mets 8, Padres 6 Matlack (W, 11-15)
08/29 Mets 3, Padres 0 Koosman (W, 11-14)
1973 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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