Every trade between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets

The Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets have made 28 deals with each other since 1961, 8 of them sales. The most recent, on Aug 3, 2026: Chicago Cubs traded SS Jefferson Rojas to New York Mets for RHP Clay Holmes and LF Tyrone Taylor. The first on file, on Dec 8, 1961: The New York Mets purchased Richie Ashburn from the Chicago Cubs.

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Trades between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets
Date	Deal
Aug 3, 2026	Chicago Cubs traded SS Jefferson Rojas to New York Mets for RHP Clay Holmes and LF Tyrone Taylor.
Jun 25, 2026	New York Mets traded LHP David Peterson to Chicago Cubs for 3B Cole Mathis.
Feb 25, 2025	Chicago Cubs traded LF Alexander Canario to New York Mets.
Apr 11, 2024	Chicago Cubs traded C Joe Hudson to New York Mets.
Jun 2, 2023	Chicago Cubs traded RHP Vinny Nittoli to New York Mets for Future Considerations.
Aug 2, 2022	Chicago Cubs traded RHP Mychal Givens to New York Mets for RHP Saul Gonzalez.
Jul 30, 2021	The Chicago Cubs traded Javier Báez and Trevor Williams to the New York Mets for Pete Crow-Armstrong.
May 18, 2021	The New York Mets purchased Cameron Maybin from the Chicago Cubs.
Aug 7, 2009	The New York Mets purchased Jason Dubois from the Chicago Cubs.
Jan 5, 2008	The Chicago Cubs traded Ángel Pagán to the New York Mets for Corey Coles and Ryan Meyers.
Jan 25, 2006	The Chicago Cubs purchased Ángel Pagán from the New York Mets.
Aug 8, 1997	The Chicago Cubs traded Brian McRae, Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell to the New York Mets for Lance Johnson, Mark Clark and Manny Alexander.
Apr 8, 1996	The Chicago Cubs traded Matt Franco to the New York Mets for Chris DeWitt.
Mar 30, 1994	The Chicago Cubs traded José Vizcaíno to the New York Mets for Anthony Young and Ottis Smith.
Jun 30, 1986	The Chicago Cubs traded Dave Lenderman and Dave Liddell to the New York Mets for Ed Lynch.
Sep 26, 1983	The Chicago Cubs traded Mitch Cook and Jim Adamczak to the New York Mets for Terry Leach.
Apr 2, 1983	The Chicago Cubs traded Craig Weissmann and Rob Schilling to the New York Mets for Tom Veryzer.
Feb 28, 1981	The Chicago Cubs traded Dave Kingman to the New York Mets for Steve Henderson.
Dec 8, 1976	In a 3-team trade, the Chicago Cubs sent Pete LaCock to the Kansas City Royals; the New York Mets sent Jim Dwyer to the Chicago Cubs; the Kansas City Royals sent Sheldon Mallory to the New York Mets.(3 clubs)
Mar 29, 1970	The Chicago Cubs traded Randy Bobb to the New York Mets for J. C. Martin.
May 1, 1968	The Chicago Cubs purchased Dennis Bennett from the New York Mets.
Aug 20, 1967	The New York Mets purchased Bill Connors from the Chicago Cubs.
Aug 2, 1967	The New York Mets purchased Cal Koonce from the Chicago Cubs.
Jul 24, 1967	The Chicago Cubs purchased Bob Shaw from the New York Mets.
Jun 12, 1967	The Chicago Cubs traded Bob Hendley to the New York Mets for Rob Gardner and John Stephenson.
Jan 15, 1965	The Chicago Cubs traded Billy Cowan to the New York Mets for George Altman.
Apr 26, 1962	The Chicago Cubs traded Sammy Taylor to the New York Mets for Bobby Smith.
Dec 8, 1961	The New York Mets purchased Richie Ashburn from the Chicago Cubs.

Trades and sales between the two franchises under every name they have had. To May 2022 from Retrosheet, since then from MLB's transaction feed. The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.