Vincent Pugliese/Getty ImagesIke Davis became part of a select group of Mets to be traded in April, after the season had started.NEW YORK -- The Mets have made no shortage of deals on the eve of Opening Day, including an April 1, 1982 trade that sent Lee Mazzilli to the Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell. But making an April trade once the season begins, as the Mets did when they sent Ike Davis to Pittsburgh on Friday, is uncommon.
Here is a chronological list of the Mets' April trades in their franchise history that occurred once the season had started:
April 18, 2014: Traded Davis to Pirates for Zack Thornton and PTBN
April 5, 2002: Traded Bruce Chen, Luis Figueroa, Dicky Gonzalez and PTBN (Saul Rivera) to Expos for Scott Strickland, Matt Watson and Phil Seibel
April 3, 2002: Traded Gary Matthews to Orioles for John Bale
April 26, 2000: Sent Curtis Pride to Red Sox as part of conditional deal
April 30, 1997: Traded John Carter and Erick Ojeda to Pirates for Wes Chamberlain and Ramon Espinosa
April 8, 1996: Traded PTBN (Chris DeWitt) to Cubs for Matt Franco
April 12, 1992: Traded Julio Valera to Angels for Dick Schofield and PTBN (Julian Vasquez)
April 25, 1986: Traded Joe Redfield to Orioles for Rick Lockwood
April 5, 1984: Sold Gary Rajsich to Cardinals
April 18, 1983: Traded Steve Ray and PTBN (Felix Perdomo) to Yankees for Tucker Ashford
April 19, 1979: Traded Greg Field and Tim Foli to Pirates for Frank Taveras
April 26, 1977: Traded PTBN (Rick Auerbach) and cash to Rangers for Lenny Randle
April 28, 1975: Sold Jerry Moses to Padres
April 15, 1975: Traded Mac Scarce to Reds for Tom Hall
April 10, 1970: Traded PTBN (Bobby Pfeil) to Phillies for Ron Allen
April 26, 1967: Received Jack Lamabe from White Sox as part of conditional deal
April 23, 1964: Traded Bobby Catton, Chico Fernandez and cash to White Sox for Charley Smith
April 14, 1964: Sold Duke Snider to Giants
April 26, 1962: Traded Bobby Smith to Cubs for Sammy Taylor
April 26, 1962: Purchased Harry Chiti from Indians
April 26, 1962: Purchased Dave Hillman from Red Sox