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Today is May 17

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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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John Stearns
Born: August 21, 1951
at Denver, Colo.
Died: September 15, 2022 at Denver, Colo.
Stearns
Years with Mets: 1975 - 1984

809 games. 46 hr, 312 rbi, 0.259
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Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1972 Game Results
04/21 Mets 2, Cubs 0 Seaver (W, 2-0)
04/23 Mets 8, Cubs 2 Matlack (W, 1-0)
04/23 Mets 7, Cubs 6 McAndrew (W, 1-0)
05/23 Cubs 2, Mets 1 McGraw (L, 2-1)
05/24 Cubs 5, Mets 1 Capra (L, 3-2)
05/25 Mets 3, Cubs 2 McGraw (W, 3-1)
08/04 Mets 6, Cubs 1 McAndrew (W, 7-3)
08/05 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Frisella (L, 4-6)
08/06 Mets 12, Cubs 2 Koosman (W, 8-7)
08/11 Cubs 7, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 10-6)
08/12 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Seaver (W, 13-9)
08/13 Cubs 7, Mets 4 Koosman (L, 8-8)
09/04 Cubs 2, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 11-9)
09/04 Mets 7, Cubs 2 Gentry (W, 6-8)
09/05 Cubs 3, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 16-11)
09/15 Cubs 9, Mets 3 Gentry (L, 7-9)
09/16 Cubs 18, Mets 5 Seaver (L, 17-12)
09/17 Cubs 6, Mets 4 McAndrew (L, 11-6)
1972 totals: 8 wins, 10 losses



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