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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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Newsday, April 12, 1962
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Gil Hodges
Born: April 4, 1924
at Princeton, Ind.
Died: April 2, 1972 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

65 games. 9 hr, 20 rbi, 0.248
17 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1989 Game Results
05/15 Dodgers 3, Mets 1 McDowell (L, 1-2)
05/17 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Aguilera (L, 1-1)
05/18 Mets 5, Dodgers 3 Gooden (W, 6-1)
05/26 Mets 8, Dodgers 2 Ojeda (W, 2-5)
05/27 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 4-2)
05/28 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 McDowell (L, 1-4)
08/18 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Cone (W, 11-5)
08/19 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Ojeda (W, 10-9)
08/20 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Aase (L, 1-4)
08/28 Mets 1, Dodgers 0 Viola (W, 2-3)
08/29 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Cone (W, 12-6)
08/30 Mets 9, Dodgers 3 Fernandez (W, 10-3)
1989 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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