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New York Mets released Ray Sadecki on May 2, 1977.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Castillo on May 2, 1988.

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Jerry Grote
Born: October 6, 1942
at San Antonio, Tex.
Died: April 7, 2024 at Austin, Tex.
Grote
Years with Mets: 1966 - 1977

1235 games. 35 hr, 357 rbi, 0.256
314 runs, 14 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1966 Game Results
05/13 Giants 5, Mets 4 Eilers (L, 0-1)
05/14 Mets 11, Giants 4 Fisher (W, 1-4)
05/15 Mets 6, Giants 1 Gardner (W, 2-0)
05/20 Mets 7, Giants 5 Selma (W, 3-1)
05/21 Giants 4, Mets 3 Gardner (L, 2-1)
05/22 Giants 5, Mets 0 Bearnarth (L, 1-1)
05/22 Mets 7, Giants 2 Hamilton (W, 4-3)
07/20 Mets 3, Giants 2 Fisher (W, 7-9)
07/21 Mets 14, Giants 3 Ribant (W, 5-4)
08/01 Giants 4, Mets 2 Friend (L, 4-2)
08/02 Giants 5, Mets 4 Hamilton (L, 5-11)
08/03 Giants 11, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 7-11)
08/04 Mets 8, Giants 6 Hamilton (W, 6-11)
08/31 Giants 2, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 9-12)
09/01 Mets 2, Giants 1 Ribant (W, 10-6)
09/15 Giants 10, Mets 4 Shaw (L, 9-9)
09/16 Mets 5, Giants 4 Sutherland (W, 2-0)
09/17 Giants 6, Mets 4 Miller (L, 0-2)
1966 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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