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Today is May 21

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New York Mets released Bartolome Fortunato on May 21, 2006.

New York Yankees signed Rene Rivera of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 21, 2010.

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Jerry Buchek
Born: May 9, 1942
at St. Louis, Mo.
Died: January 2, 2019 at Springfield, Mo.
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Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

197 games. 15 hr, 52 rbi, 0.219
43 runs, 4 stolen bases


All-Time Mets Leaders
Games Pitched
1. John Franco 695 Franco
2. Pedro Feliciano 484
3. Jeurys Familia 469
4. Tom Seaver 401
5. Jerry Koosman 376
6. Jesse Orosco 372 Feliciano
7. Tug McGraw 361
8. Armando Benitez 333
9. Bobby Parnell 329
10. Dwight Gooden 305
Aaron Heilman 305



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