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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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Ed Charles
Born: April 29, 1933
at Daytona Beach, Fla.
Died: March 15, 2018 at East Elmhurst, N.Y.
Charles
Years with Mets: 1967 - 1969

279 games. 21 hr, 102 rbi, 0.249
94 runs, 13 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1981 Game Results
06/09 Reds 8, Mets 4 Falcone (L, 1-3)
06/10 Reds 2, Mets 0 Jones (L, 1-7)
06/11 Reds 5, Mets 2 Zachry (L, 5-7)
08/21 Reds 2, Mets 0 Zachry (L, 6-8)
08/22 Mets 7, Reds 4 Boitano (W, 1-0)
08/23 Mets 3, Reds 2 Allen (W, 5-3)
08/24 Reds 2, Mets 0 Scott (L, 3-7)
08/28 Reds 5, Mets 2 Allen (L, 5-4)
08/29 Mets 3, Reds 2 Scott (W, 4-7)
08/30 Reds 6, Mets 3 Harris (L, 2-4)
1981 totals: 3 wins, 7 losses



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