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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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Wes Counts on Young Bud To Blossom Into Star SS
New York Daily News, March 1, 1967
As 1967 spring training gets underway, there's going to be a competition for the starting shortstop job. Veteran Roy McMillan is still in the mix, but manager Wes Westrum is touting young Bud Harrelson who, he says, could be another Maury Wills.
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Elio Chacon
Born: October 26, 1936
at Caracas, Venezuela
Died: April 24, 1992 at Caracas, Venezuela
Chacon
Years with Mets: 1962

118 games. 2 hr, 27 rbi, 0.236
49 runs, 12 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1988 Game Results
05/13 Giants 3, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 3-2)
05/14 Giants 3, Mets 2 Darling (L, 3-3)
05/15 Giants 5, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 1-3)
05/24 Giants 4, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 4-3)
05/25 Mets 6, Giants 3 Darling (W, 5-3)
05/26 Giants 5, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 8-1)
08/16 Mets 13, Giants 6 Gooden (W, 14-6)
08/17 Giants 4, Mets 0 Cone (L, 12-3)
08/18 Giants 4, Mets 1 Ojeda (L, 8-12)
08/26 Mets 3, Giants 0 Fernandez (W, 8-10)
08/27 Mets 2, Giants 1 Darling (W, 13-9)
08/28 Giants 7, Mets 4 McDowell (L, 5-3)
1988 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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