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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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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Darryl Hamilton
Born: December 3, 1964
at Baton Rouge, La.
Died: June 21, 2015 at Pearland, Tex.
Hamilton
Years with Mets: 1999 - 2001

150 games. 7 hr, 32 rbi, 0.283
54 runs, 7 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1983 Game Results
05/17 Mets 6, Padres 4 Seaver (W, 3-2)
05/18 Mets 2, Padres 1 Torrez (W, 2-5)
05/19 Padres 3, Mets 2 Holman (L, 0-2)
05/27 Padres 4, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 3-4)
05/28 Padres 5, Mets 4 Torrez (L, 2-6)
05/29 Mets 3, Padres 2 Lynch (W, 3-2)
08/22 Padres 4, Mets 3 Swan (L, 2-7)
08/23 Mets 8, Padres 3 Terrell (W, 5-5)
08/24 Padres 3, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 7-12)
09/02 Mets 7, Padres 3 Terrell (W, 6-6)
09/03 Mets 4, Padres 3 Gorman (W, 1-4)
09/04 Padres 7, Mets 5 Lynch (L, 9-9)
1983 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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