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New York Mets selected Butch Benton in first round (sixth pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1975.

New York Mets selected Darryl Strawberry in first round (first pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Rick Ownbey in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Billy Beane in first round (23rd pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Ronn Reynolds in fifth round of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected John Gibbons in first round (24th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Gregg Jefferies in first round (20th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1985.

New York Mets selected Bill Pulsipher in second round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Jason Jacome in 12th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Joe Crawford in 17th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Jason Isringhausen in 44th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Vance Wilson in 44th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1993.

New York Mets selected Benny Agbayani in 30th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1993.

New York Mets selected Tyler Walker in second round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Eric Cammack in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Jason Phillips in 24th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Jason Roach in 20th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Lastings Milledge in first round (12th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 2003.

New York Mets selected Brian Bannister in seventh round of free agent draft on June 3, 2003.

New York Mets selected Carlos Muniz in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 2003.

New York Mets released Chan Ho Park on June 3, 2007.

New York Mets selected Brett Baty in first round (12th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 2019.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

	The Mets Have Found Speed By Trading Slowness Away Newsday, December 15, 1975 Joe Gergen of Newsday generally approves of the deal that sent Rusty Staub to Detroit for Mickey Lolich. He even speculates that Lolich might displace Jerry Koosman in 1976.
Tags: Jerry Koosman, Mickey Lolich, Rusty Staub.

Randomly selected Met Player

Victor Diaz Born: December 10, 1981 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Years with Mets: 2004 - 2006 110 games. 15 hr, 48 rbi, 0.260 49 runs, 6 stolen bases

Mets vs. San Francisco Giants 1992 Game Results
05/22	Giants 7, Mets 6	Burke (L, 1-2)
05/23	Mets 6, Giants 3	Gooden (W, 4-4)
05/24	Mets 6, Giants 0	Cone (W, 5-2)
06/01	Mets 14, Giants 1	Fernandez (W, 4-5)
06/02	Mets 4, Giants 3	Whitehurst (W, 1-2)
07/16	Giants 6, Mets 4	Gooden (L, 6-9)
07/17	Mets 1, Giants 0	Cone (W, 10-4)
07/18	Mets 3, Giants 0	Fernandez (W, 8-8)
07/19	Mets 8, Giants 4	Schourek (W, 2-3)
08/24	Mets 4, Giants 1	Gooden (W, 7-11)
08/25	Mets 2, Giants 1	Fernandez (W, 11-9)
08/26	Mets 5, Giants 3	Hillman (W, 2-0)
1992 totals: 10 wins, 2 losses