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Denny Sommers

Denny Sommers

Dennis James Sommers
Born: July 12, 1940 at Hortonville, Wis.
Died: September 14, 2020 at Hortonville, Wis. Obituary
Throws: Left Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 197

Denny Sommers was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on July 12, 2016, and July 12, 2020.

Non-playing roles with Mets

Coach 1977 - 1978

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HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

Reggie White
January 23, 2004
I had the great pleasure of working with Denny Sommers during the 1975 baseball season with the Lafayette Drillers. Denny is one of the really good guys of the world. He was convinced that I got his apartment in the middle of Pinhook Rd.

GREG KRABBE
September 6, 2008
Not sure what year of the 1970's it was but my dad's stepdad Henry Sommers and he took me to a Padres and Mets game at San Diego. Denny was first base coach for the Mets. Little did I know Denny was my dad's cousin on his stepdad's side. Denny called me down to the front row where he was standing before the game started and shook my hand and threw me a baseball. I still have it.

Alex
November 23, 2021
Mr. Sommers died in 2020 at the age of 81. He didn't spend long with the Mets, but he's a part of the fraternity, nevertheless. He had a long career coaching in the majors outside of the Mets, working for Cleveland, San Diego and San Francisco from 1980 to 1994.

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