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New York Mets released Gil Hodges on May 22, 1963.

New York Mets traded Preston Wilson, Geoff Goetz and Ed Yarnall to the Florida Marlins for Mike Piazza on May 22, 1998.

New York Mets released Scott Strickland on May 22, 2005.

New York Mets released Jorge Sosa on May 22, 2008.

New York Mets sold Keon Broxton to the Baltimore Orioles on May 22, 2019.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets Land Foy to Play 3d, Send Otis, Johnson to KC
New York Daily News, December 4, 1969
One of the Mets earliest regrettable trades was the one that sent Amos Otis to the Royals for Joe Foy. Otis would go on to play 14 seasons in Kansas City, winning three Gold Gloves and making five All-Star teams. Foy was... less successful.
Tags: Joe Foy, Bob Johnson, Amos Otis.


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Jay Payton
Born: November 22, 1972
at Zanesville, O.
Payton
Years with Mets: 1998 - 2002

368 games. 33 hr, 128 rbi, 0.278
143 runs, 14 stolen bases


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1. Ed Kranepool 1853 Kranepool
2. David Wright 1585
3. Jose Reyes 1365
4. Bud Harrelson 1322
5. Jerry Grote 1235
6. Cleon Jones 1201 Wright
7. Howard Johnson 1154
8. Mookie Wilson 1116
9. Darryl Strawberry 1109
10. Edgardo Alfonzo 1086



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