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New York Mets purchased Jim Piersall from the Washington Senators on May 23, 1963.

New York Mets claimed Aaron Altherr on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 23, 2019.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Who Will Mets Get Next? Khrushchev?
Newsday, November 24, 1964
Newsday columnist Stan Isaacs is harshly critical of the Mets acquisition of Warren Spahn. The reference to Nikita Khrushchev in the headline may have made a lot more sense in 1964 than it does now.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Gil Hodges
Born: April 4, 1924
at Princeton, Ind.
Died: April 2, 1972 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

65 games. 9 hr, 20 rbi, 0.248
17 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1988 Game Results
06/02 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Myers (W, 4-0)
06/03 Cubs 5, Mets 0 Ojeda (L, 4-5)
06/04 Mets 6, Cubs 5 Innis (W, 1-1)
06/05 Mets 11, Cubs 3 Gooden (W, 9-1)
06/23 Cubs 4, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 3-6)
06/24 Mets 8, Cubs 3 Cone (W, 9-1)
06/25 Cubs 5, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 0-3)
06/26 Cubs 6, Mets 3 Darling (L, 8-5)
08/02 Mets 3, Cubs 1 Cone (W, 11-2)
08/03 Cubs 3, Mets 1 Ojeda (L, 8-9)
08/04 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 6-9)
08/09 Cubs 6, Mets 4 Fernandez (L, 6-10)
08/10 Cubs 6, Mets 5 Darling (L, 12-8)
08/11 Mets 9, Cubs 6 Leach (W, 5-1)
09/07 Cubs 9, Mets 8 McDowell (L, 5-4)
09/08 Mets 13, Cubs 6 Gooden (W, 17-6)
09/14 Mets 3, Cubs 1 Fernandez (W, 9-10)
09/15 Mets 4, Cubs 1 Cone (W, 17-3)
1988 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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