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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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Bud Harrelson Worked Hard to Work Things Out
New York Daily News, March 25, 1976
Bud Harrelson has endured a bad knee, a broken marriage (his wife ran off with a younger man) and a failed business, but in spring 1976 he feels things are looking up.
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Cal Koonce
Born: November 18, 1940
at Fayetteville, N.C.
Died: October 28, 1993 at Winston-Salem, N.C.
Koonce
Years with Mets: 1967 - 1970

119 games. 15 - 12, 3.43
132 strikeouts, 7 saves


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1967 Game Results
05/12 Cardinals 7, Mets 5 Shaw (L, 1-2)
05/14 Mets 3, Cardinals 1 Fisher (W, 3-2)
05/19 Cardinals 6, Mets 3 Fisher (L, 3-3)
05/20 Cardinals 11, Mets 9 Shaw (L, 0-4)
05/21 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Cardwell (L, 2-5)
06/30 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Shaw (L, 2-7)
07/01 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Reniff (W, 1-0)
07/02 Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Reniff (W, 2-0)
07/02 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Lamabe (L, 0-2)
07/16 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Bennett (W, 1-0)
07/16 Mets 8, Cardinals 5 Shaw (W, 3-9)
07/17 Cardinals 6, Mets 4 Cardwell (L, 3-7)
08/28 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 Fisher (W, 9-15)
08/28 Cardinals 6, Mets 0 Hendley (L, 3-3)
08/29 Mets 2, Cardinals 0 Koonce (W, 3-1)
08/30 Cardinals 2, Mets 0 Frisella (L, 1-2)
09/06 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 9-17)
09/07 Cardinals 9, Mets 2 Koonce (L, 3-3)
1967 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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