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| 1957 | Not wanting to be remembered for losing the Dodgers and Giants, NYC mayor Robert Wagner appoints a four-man committee, led by a politically connected attorney, William Shea, to explore opportunities to bring an existing National League team to relocate to New York. The efforts of the "Mayor's Baseball Committee," which included former Postmaster General James A. Farley, business magnate Bernard Gimbel (father-in-law of Hank Greenberg), and Clint Blume, a prominent real estate developer and former Giants pitcher, will result in the major leagues adding four new clubs, which include the expansion team, the New York Mets. |
| 1966 | The Dodgers trade Derrell Griffith and two-time batting champ Tommy Davis, who missed most of 1965 after severely breaking his ankle, to the Mets for Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman, the franchise's all-time home run leader with 60 round-trippers. The injured outfielder continues his hitting prowess, following a solid comeback season in LA with a very productive one-year stay in New York, leading the team in almost every offensive category. |
| 1995 | Charley Smith, the player traded to the Yankees from the Cardinals for Roger Maris in 1967, dies at 57 in Reno (NV). In 1965, the Mets dealt the third baseman and southpaw Al Jackson to the Redbirds to obtain Ken Boyer. |
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