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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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Kevin Collins
Born: August 4, 1946
at Springfield, Mass.
Died: February 20, 2016 at Naples, Fla.
Collins
Years with Mets: 1965, 1967 - 1969

89 games. 2 hr, 15 rbi, 0.185
17 runs, 1 stolen bases


All-Time Mets Leaders
Shutouts
1. Tom Seaver 44 Seaver
2. Jerry Koosman 26
Jon Matlack 26
4. Dwight Gooden 23
5. David Cone 15
6. Al Jackson 10 Koosman
Ron Darling 10
8. Sid Fernandez 9
Bob Ojeda 9
10. Gary Gentry 8



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