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New York Mets released Yogi Berra on May 17, 1965.

New York Mets released Raul Gonzalez on May 17, 2004.

New York Mets released Frank Catalanotto on May 17, 2010.

Houston Astros signed Kyle Farnsworth of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 17, 2014.

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Mets get a reliever, completing Kooz deal
New York Daily News, February 8, 1979
Jesse Orosco is the player-to-be-named-later in the trade that sent Jerry Koosman to the Twins. The man who was on the mound for the last out of the 1969 World Series was traded for his 1986 counterpart.
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Carlos Baerga
Born: November 4, 1968
at Santurce, P.R.
Baerga
Years with Mets: 1996 - 1998

306 games. 18 hr, 116 rbi, 0.267
104 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1982 Game Results
04/30 Giants 5, Mets 4 Allen (L, 0-1)
05/01 Giants 6, Mets 3 Zachry (L, 1-1)
05/02 Giants 4, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 0-1)
05/02 Mets 2, Giants 0 Jones (W, 3-1)
05/06 Giants 5, Mets 3 Orosco (L, 0-4)
05/07 Mets 3, Giants 2 Puleo (W, 3-2)
05/08 Giants 8, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 1-2)
05/09 Mets 6, Giants 5 Swan (W, 2-1)
07/07 Giants 3, Mets 2 Gaff (L, 0-1)
07/08 Giants 9, Mets 7 Orosco (L, 1-6)
07/20 Giants 5, Mets 1 Puleo (L, 7-7)
07/21 Mets 6, Giants 2 Falcone (W, 6-6)
1982 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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