June 22, 1980: Joe Torre’s Mets took on Tommy Lasorda’s Dodgers on this Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. A good crowd of 43,000 settled in to see New York's John Pacella (who always seemed to lose his cap) take on L.A.'s Dave Goltz. Claudell Washington started out the Mets 1st by hitting a two run HR, his first of the day. John Pacella was gone by the 2nd as Torre replaced him with Mark Bomback. The Mets struck again in the 4th when short stop, Jose Moreno (Moreno had a brief 37 game stint with the 1980 Mets) tripled home two runs. Then in the 5th with Eliot Maddox aboard Claudell hit his 2nd HR of the day, putting New York up 7-3. But he wasn’t done yet, in the top of the 7th with knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Claudell hit his 3rd HR of the afternoon, sealing the 9-6 Mets victory for Mark Bomback who was now 4-1 on the season.
The HRs were only Washington’s 2nd-3rd & 4th of the season. He 
became the third Met in history to have a three HR day; (Jim Hickman 1965 & Dave Kingman 1976). Claudell Washington was a speedy outfielder who came up with Oakland in 1974, he won a World Series there, then went to Texas & the White Sox. On June 7, 1980 he was traded to the Mets for minor leaguer Jesse Anderson.
became the third Met in history to have a three HR day; (Jim Hickman 1965 & Dave Kingman 1976). Claudell Washington was a speedy outfielder who came up with Oakland in 1974, he won a World Series there, then went to Texas & the White Sox. On June 7, 1980 he was traded to the Mets for minor leaguer Jesse Anderson. This was Washington’s biggest day as a Met, 4 hits, 3 HRs and 5 RBIs. It was his only season with the Mets playing in 72 games, batting .275 with 10 HRs, 42 RBIs, 16 doubles and he could still run stealing 17 bases. He opted for free agency at the end of the year & went to Atlanta.
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