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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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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
1966 Game Results
05/27 Dodgers 4, Mets 0 Hamilton (L, 4-4)
05/28 Dodgers 7, Mets 1 Ribant (L, 1-1)
05/29 Mets 7, Dodgers 6 Arrigo (W, 1-0)
06/03 Mets 6, Dodgers 2 Fisher (W, 3-5)
06/04 Dodgers 6, Mets 3 Hamilton (L, 4-5)
06/05 Dodgers 16, Mets 3 Arrigo (L, 1-1)
06/05 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Bearnarth (W, 2-2)
07/14 Dodgers 4, Mets 2 Shaw (L, 5-4)
07/15 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Hamilton (L, 4-9)
07/16 Dodgers 7, Mets 1 Ribant (L, 4-4)
07/22 Mets 3, Dodgers 0 Friend (W, 3-1)
07/23 Dodgers 6, Mets 2 Shaw (L, 6-5)
07/24 Dodgers 5, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 7-10)
07/24 Dodgers 6, Mets 0 Arrigo (L, 3-2)
08/29 Mets 5, Dodgers 3 Shaw (W, 9-7)
08/30 Mets 10, Dodgers 4 Friend (W, 5-5)
09/12 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 2-8)
09/13 Dodgers 8, Mets 3 Friend (L, 5-7)
1966 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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