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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 Sullivan
Born: January 3, 1941
at Somerville, N.J.
Died: June 1, 2023 at Wayland, N.Y.
Sullivan
Years with Mets: 1967

65 games. 0 hr, 6 rbi, 0.218
4 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1965 Game Results
04/30 Reds 6, Mets 1 Spahn (L, 2-1)
05/01 Reds 9, Mets 2 Kroll (L, 2-1)
05/02 Reds 9, Mets 4 Fisher (L, 0-2)
05/02 Reds 10, Mets 8 Fisher (L, 0-3)
05/14 Mets 5, Reds 3 Jackson (W, 2-4)
05/15 Reds 12, Mets 7 Cisco (L, 0-1)
05/16 Mets 6, Reds 2 Fisher (W, 3-3)
05/16 Mets 8, Reds 5 Spahn (W, 3-3)
06/14 Mets 1, Reds 0 Bearnarth (W, 2-1)
06/15 Reds 5, Mets 1 Spahn (L, 4-8)
06/16 Reds 8, Mets 4 Jackson (L, 2-9)
06/30 Mets 6, Reds 3 Kroll (W, 5-5)
07/01 Mets 5, Reds 1 Jackson (W, 4-10)
09/08 Reds 11, Mets 2 Willey (L, 0-2)
09/09 Reds 3, Mets 2 Richardson (L, 2-2)
09/14 Reds 13, Mets 6 McGraw (L, 2-5)
09/15 Reds 2, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 8-21)
09/16 Mets 7, Reds 3 Jackson (W, 8-19)
1965 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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