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New York Mets traded Tom Hall to the Kansas City Royals for Bryan Jones on May 7, 1976.

New York Mets claimed Chico Walker on waivers from the Chicago Cubs on May 7, 1992.

New York Mets claimed Tom Milone on waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers on May 7, 2017.

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Joe Knows the Score; Nobody Wants Seaver
New York Daily News, June 1, 1977
As Joe Torre is hired as Mets manager, Daily News columnist Dick Young continues his vendetta that would eventually lead Tom Seaver to be traded to Cincinnati.
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Joe Christopher
Born: December 13, 1935
at Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Died: October 3, 2023 at Edgewood, Md.
Christopher
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1965

485 games. 28 hr, 156 rbi, 0.265
171 runs, 22 stolen bases


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1. Jerry Koosman 137 Koosman
2. Tom Seaver 124
3. Dwight Gooden 85
4. Jon Matlack 81
5. Al Jackson 80
6. Sid Fernandez 78 Seaver
7. Jack Fisher 73
8. Craig Swan 71
9. Ron Darling 70
10. Al Leiter 67



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