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New York Mets purchased Jim Piersall from the Washington Senators on May 23, 1963.

New York Mets claimed Aaron Altherr on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 23, 2019.

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A true original: Hobie Landrith, the first Met and a close friend of Willie Mays, dies at 93
Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), April 12, 2023
Obituary for Hobie Landrith, the first player that the Mets selected in the 1961 expansion draft.
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Rick Cerone
Born: May 19, 1954
at Newark, N.J.
Cerone
Years with Mets: 1991

90 games. 2 hr, 16 rbi, 0.273
18 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1989 Game Results
04/07 Expos 7, Mets 3 Darling (L, 0-1)
04/08 Expos 3, Mets 2 Cone (L, 0-1)
04/09 Mets 2, Expos 1 Gooden (W, 2-0)
06/19 Mets 5, Expos 3 Gooden (W, 9-2)
06/20 Expos 8, Mets 5 Aguilera (L, 3-2)
06/21 Mets 2, Expos 0 Cone (W, 4-5)
06/26 Expos 5, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 9-3)
06/27 Expos 3, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 3-3)
06/28 Expos 4, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 5-7)
08/04 Mets 11, Expos 5 Ojeda (W, 7-9)
08/05 Mets 3, Expos 2 Darling (W, 9-9)
08/06 Mets 2, Expos 1 Musselman (W, 1-1)
09/15 Mets 5, Expos 0 Cone (W, 13-7)
09/16 Expos 10, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 11-5)
09/17 Expos 1, Mets 0 Darling (L, 13-13)
09/22 Mets 3, Expos 2 Darling (W, 14-13)
09/23 Mets 13, Expos 6 Viola (W, 4-5)
09/24 Expos 6, Mets 5 Machado (L, 0-1)
1989 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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