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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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Pete Rose: A Professional Player All the Way
New York Daily News, October 11, 1973
After the legendary dustup between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose, M. Donald Grant of the Mets and Bob Howsam of the Reds tried to arrange a home-plate handshake between the two players. Harrelson reluctantly agreed, but Rose nixed the idea.
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Tony Phillips
Born: April 25, 1959
at Atlanta, Ga.
Died: February 17, 2016 at Scottsdale, Ariz.
Phillips
Years with Mets: 1998

52 games. 3 hr, 14 rbi, 0.223
25 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1997 Game Results
05/02 Mets 7, Cardinals 4 McMichael (W, 2-2)
05/03 Mets 5, Cardinals 1 Reed (W, 3-1)
05/04 Cardinals 8, Mets 2 Clark (L, 3-2)
05/09 Mets 10, Cardinals 3 Clark (W, 4-2)
05/10 Mets 2, Cardinals 0 Jones (W, 6-2)
05/11 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Lidle (W, 1-0)
08/04 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 Reed (W, 10-4)
08/05 Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Lidle (W, 5-1)
08/12 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Mlicki (L, 5-9)
08/13 Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Lidle (W, 6-1)
08/14 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Jones (W, 13-7)
1997 totals: 9 wins, 2 losses



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