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New York Mets traded Don Zimmer to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Miller and Cliff Cook on May 6, 1962.

New York Mets traded Jim Marshall to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vinegar Bend Mizell on May 6, 1962.

New York Mets traded Neraldo Catalina to the Tampa Bay Rays for Wilmer Font on May 6, 2019.

New York Mets traded Pedro Quintana to the Milwaukee Braves for Billy McKinney on May 6, 2021.

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NL Votes Return to Gotham in '62: Houston Also Included in Expansion
New York Daily News, October 18, 1960
This serves as the official birth announcement of the New York Mets. (And also the Houston Astros.)


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Dick Smith
Born: May 17, 1939
at Lebanon, Ore.
Died: February 19, 2012 at Medford, Ore.
Smith
Years with Mets: 1963, 1964

66 games. 0 hr, 6 rbi, 0.228
18 runs, 9 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1987 Game Results
05/22 Mets 6, Dodgers 4 Leach (W, 1-0)
05/23 Dodgers 4, Mets 2 Darling (L, 2-3)
05/24 Dodgers 8, Mets 6 McDowell (L, 1-1)
06/01 Mets 5, Dodgers 2 Leach (W, 4-0)
06/02 Dodgers 6, Mets 3 Orosco (L, 1-5)
06/03 Dodgers 5, Mets 2 Darling (L, 2-4)
08/24 Mets 1, Dodgers 0 Aguilera (W, 5-2)
08/25 Dodgers 3, Mets 1 Cone (L, 3-3)
08/26 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Darling (W, 11-8)
09/04 Mets 5, Dodgers 1 Aguilera (W, 7-2)
09/05 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 Darling (W, 12-8)
09/06 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Myers (L, 2-5)
1987 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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