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Today is May 22

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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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Two Guys Talkin' Sports... by Bill Gallo
New York Daily News, July 27, 1962
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Larry Stahl
Born: June 29, 1941
at Belleville, Ill.
Stahl
Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

124 games. 4 hr, 28 rbi, 0.237
24 runs, 5 stolen bases


All-Time Mets Leaders
Runs Batted In
1. David Wright 970 Wright
2. Darryl Strawberry 733
3. Mike Piazza 655
4. Howard Johnson 629
5. Pete Alonso 623
6. Ed Kranepool 614 Strawberry
7. Carlos Beltran 559
8. Edgardo Alfonzo 538
9. Cleon Jones 521
Jose Reyes 521



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