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Toronto Blue Jays claimed Pete Walker of the New York Mets on waivers on May 4, 2002.

New York Mets purchased Logan Verrett from the Texas Rangers on May 4, 2015.

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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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Rey Ordonez
Born: January 11, 1971
at Havana, Cuba
Ordonez
Years with Mets: 1996 - 2002

916 games. 8 hr, 260 rbi, 0.245
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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1980 Game Results
05/30 Mets 5, Pirates 1 Zachry (W, 1-2)
05/31 Pirates 5, Mets 0 Swan (L, 3-4)
06/01 Pirates 13, Mets 3 Falcone (L, 3-4)
06/06 Mets 9, Pirates 4 Hausman (W, 1-1)
06/07 Mets 6, Pirates 5 Allen (W, 3-4)
06/08 Mets 6, Pirates 4 Burris (W, 4-4)
06/08 Pirates 3, Mets 0 Bomback (L, 3-1)
07/10 Mets 2, Pirates 0 Zachry (W, 3-5)
07/11 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Swan (L, 5-7)
08/11 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Jackson (L, 1-3)
08/12 Mets 3, Pirates 1 Burris (W, 6-6)
08/13 Mets 5, Pirates 3 Hausman (W, 5-3)
09/19 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 1-1)
09/20 Mets 9, Pirates 6 Allen (W, 7-8)
09/21 Pirates 9, Mets 4 Burris (L, 7-12)
09/29 Mets 5, Pirates 4 Reardon (W, 8-7)
09/30 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Falcone (W, 7-9)
10/01 Pirates 10, Mets 5 Burris (L, 7-13)
1980 totals: 10 wins, 8 losses



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