Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 11, 1966

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September 10, 1966
Braves 3, Mets 2 1966 Regular Season Game 144
September 11, 1966
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September 12, 1966
Dodgers 3, Mets 2

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 1966 GAME:

Ken S.
July 22, 2002
My first ever game at Shea! An eternally memorable day, even if the Mets did get clobbered!

Braves scored five in first off Ribant...Johnny Lewis made an over the wall catch in right field off Joe Torre(?) to prevent further damage...then- unknown Nolan Ryan made his major league debut in middle relief...I just missed catching a foul ball off the bat of Henry Aaron...ballpark looked gigantic to a very happy 7-year-old.

Feat Fan
April 1, 2004
One of the longest and most extraordinary careers began when a 19-year-old fireballer stood on a major league mound for the first time. Nolan Ryan struck out Pat Jarvis for his first career strikeout and he went on to leave batters wetting their pants for another 26 seasons.

He struck out 5,714 batters, threw seven no- hitters and won 324 games. He also pitched in seven presidential administrations -- Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton -- before retiring at age 46 in 1993.

Of course, the METS felt that a washed up Jim Fregosi would better fit their needs!

Flitgun Frankie
December 10, 2020
Ryan was really facing it in his first game. OK, first batter he faced was the pitcher, Pat Jarvis, but then it was Alou, Aaron, Matthews and Joe Torre. Three HOF'ers and Felipe Alou having his best year in the majors (led the NL in runs, hits & total bases). Then Rico Carty, a good hitter, if nothing else. Torre hit a home run, but Ryan did OK against the rest of them. On the broadcast, Bob Murphy was gushing about his amazing minor league statistics that year.

Earlier in the game, on the recording of the broadcast, Lindsey Nelson mentioned that Dennis Ribant was the Mets' all time leader in wins by a right handed pitcher. He must have meant for one season, because Ribant won 11 in 1966 while Roger Craig won 10 in 1962. Anyway, a guy would come along the next year that would soon render these unimpressive "all-time records" moot, meaning Tom Seaver. Not even to mention Nolan Ryan himself, who was also right handed, and whose Mets career statistics weren't fantastic, but they were better than Dennis Ribant's. (BTW, in this game, Ribant was gone after 1/3rd of an inning, giving up 5 runs. He never would get that 12th win.)

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