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New York Mets traded Ken Henderson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dale Murray on May 19, 1978.

New York Mets signed free agent Abraham Nunez on May 19, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Matt Festa on May 19, 2024.

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Gibson Evens It Up
Newsday, October 10, 1988
One of the more brutal losses in Mets history, Game 4 of the 1988 NLCS against the Dodgers. Kirk Gibson's home run gets the headline on this day, but it's Mike Scioscia's home run that is remembered with more infamy.


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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. David Wright 390 Wright
2. Jose Reyes 272
3. Daniel Murphy 228
4. Ed Kranepool 225
5. Howard Johnson 214
6. Edgardo Alfonzo 212 Reyes
7. Carlos Beltran 208
8. Mike Piazza 193
9. Darryl Strawberry 187
10. Cleon Jones 182



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