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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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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Bill Wakefield
Born: May 24, 1941
at Kansas City, Mo.
Wakefield
Years with Mets: 1964

62 games. 3 - 5, 3.61
61 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Colorado Rockies
2000 Game Results
04/28 Rockies 12, Mets 5 Hampton (L, 2-4)
04/29 Mets 13, Rockies 6 Reed (W, 3-0)
04/30 Mets 14, Rockies 11 Leiter (W, 2-0)
05/16 Rockies 4, Mets 3 Wendell (L, 2-2)
05/17 Mets 4, Rockies 2 Leiter (W, 5-0)
08/15 Mets 7, Rockies 5 Cook (W, 6-2)
08/15 Mets 4, Rockies 3 Jones (W, 8-5)
08/16 Rockies 7, Mets 5 Rusch (L, 8-10)
08/17 Mets 13, Rockies 2 Wendell (W, 5-4)
2000 totals: 6 wins, 3 losses



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