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| 1965 | As their first pick in the inaugural free-agent draft of high school and college players, the Mets select southpaw Les Rohr, who will compile only a 2-3 career mark pitching in parts of three seasons due to an arm injury the team. Later in the day, New York makes a better choice, selecting future Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan in the eighth round. |
| 1968 | Defying commissioner William Eckert's decree that canceled games only in New York and Washington, Mets vote against playing their game in San Francisco out of respect for recently assassinated New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy. When the Amazins' refused to play on the day of RFK's funeral, even under the threat of forfeiting the contest, a decision fully supported by manager Gil Hodges and the organization, the Giants postponed Bat Day at Candlestick Park. |
| 2007 | With their 3-0 victory over Detroit at Comerica Park, the Mets begin a span of 18 games to become the first team in baseball history to play six consecutive series against six different clubs that all participated in the previous playoffs season. During the stretch, New York will compile an 8-10 record while playing against the Tigers, Dodgers, Yankees, Twins, A's, and Cardinals. |
| 2011 | The Mets choose Brandon Nimmo as the 13th overall player in the MLB June Amateur Draft, making him the first Wyoming student selected in the first round. The 18-year-old, who could not play for a Cheyenne East HS team because the Equality State does not offer high school baseball programs, batted .448 with fifteen home runs and 34 stolen bases in 70 games for his American Legion Post 6 club. |
| 2016 | Kelly Johnson becomes the only second player in baseball history to be traded from one team to another in consecutive seasons when the Mets obtained him from the Braves for minor league right-hander Akeel Morris and cash. Backstop Chad Kreuter was dealt by the White Sox to the Angels in 1997 and then again in 1998. |
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