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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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Jesse Gonder
Born: January 20, 1936
at Monticello, Ark.
Died: November 14, 2004 at Oakland, Cal.
Gonder
Years with Mets: 1963 - 1965

226 games. 14 hr, 59 rbi, 0.271
46 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1973 Game Results
05/11 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Parker (W, 3-0)
05/12 Mets 6, Pirates 0 Seaver (W, 4-3)
05/13 Mets 6, Pirates 4 McAndrew (W, 3-3)
05/18 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Seaver (W, 5-3)
05/19 Pirates 4, Mets 1 McGraw (L, 0-2)
06/21 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Capra (L, 0-1)
06/22 Mets 5, Pirates 4 Stone (W, 3-2)
06/23 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Hennigan (L, 0-4)
06/24 Mets 5, Pirates 2 Seaver (W, 9-4)
07/31 Pirates 4, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 8-11)
08/01 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Seaver (W, 13-5)
08/01 Mets 5, Pirates 2 Stone (W, 7-3)
08/02 Mets 5, Pirates 1 Sadecki (W, 2-1)
09/17 Pirates 10, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 17-10)
09/18 Mets 6, Pirates 5 McGraw (W, 5-6)
09/19 Mets 7, Pirates 3 Stone (W, 12-3)
09/20 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Sadecki (W, 5-4)
09/21 Mets 10, Pirates 2 Seaver (W, 18-10)
1973 totals: 13 wins, 5 losses



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