Mets Games Played On This Date: April 17

 

The first Mets home game at Shea Stadium, Gary Sheffield’s 500^th HR, Pedro Martinez’s 200^th win and a 20 inning win in St. Louis…just a few of the Mets games played today on April 17^th.  

10 Years ago today: Year: 2011; Game #16; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 3 @ ATL 2; boxscore; WP: Gee; LP: Hanson; Save: Rodriguez; Time: 02:52; DAY; Attendance: 29,625 

Dillon Gee gave up just 1 run in 5.2 innings and 4 Mets relief pitchers, Chris Capuano, R.A. Dickey, Jason Isringhausen, and Francisco Rodriguez just one more as the Mets beat the Braves in Atlanta.  Josh Thole went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and Ike Davis drove in another. 

20 Years ago today: Year: 2001; Game #14; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 4 Vs. MON 0; boxscore; WP: Rusch; LP: Peters; Time: 02:39; NIGHT; Attendance: 20,177 

Glendon Rusch (7 innings – 5 hits, 3 walks) and Turk Wendell (2 innings – 1 hit) combined to shut out the Expos.  A two run homer by Todd Zeile the big blow for the Mets. 

30 Years ago today: Year: 1991; Game #10; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 0 @ PIT 4; boxscore; WP: Smiley; LP: Darling; Time: 02:04; NIGHT; Attendance: 14,792 

John Smiley threw a complete game 1 hit shutout for the Pirates.  A second inning double from Kevin McReynolds the lone hit.  Ron Darling gave up 4 runs on 5 hits in the loss.  

50 Years ago today: Year: 1971; Game #7; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 0 Vs. PIT 2 boxscore; WP: Blass; LP: Koosman; Time: 02:01; DAY; Attendance: 23,305 

The day after Tom Seaver shut out the Pirates, Steve Blass returned the favor shutting out the Mets on 5 hits.  Ken Boswell had the only extra base hit for the Mets, a double.  

57 Years ago today: Year: 1964; Game #3; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 3 Vs. PIT 4 boxscore; WP: Friend; LP: Bauta; Time: 02:42; DAY; Attendance: 50,312 

National Pastime.com: After spending the first two years of their existence at the Polo Grounds, the Mets play their first game at Shea Stadium in front of 50,312 fans in Queens. The Amazins' drop the stadium opener to Pittsburgh, 4-3, with Willie Stargell hitting the first homer in the Flushing facility.

Here is the full list of Mets games played on April 17^th.  

Year: 2019; Game #18; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 2 @ PHI 3; boxscore; WP: Arrieta; LP: Wheeler; Save: Neris; Time: 02:52; DAY; Attendance: 39,861

Year: 2018; Game #16; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 2 Vs. WSN 5; boxscore; WP: Gonzalez; LP: Wheeler; Save: Doolittle; Time: 03:11; NIGHT; Attendance: 22,724

Year: 2016; Game #11; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 6 @ CLE 0; boxscore; WP: Matz; LP: Kluber; Time: 02:32; DAY; Attendance: 17,621

Year: 2015; Game #11; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 4 Vs. MIA 1; boxscore; WP: Colon; LP: Hand; Save: Familia; Time: 02:38; NIGHT; Attendance: 38,753

Year: 2012; Game #11; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 3 @ ATL 9; boxscore; WP: Delgado; LP: Santana; Time: 02:53; NIGHT; Attendance: 18,732

Year: 2011; Game #16; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 3 @ ATL 2; boxscore; WP: Gee; LP: Hanson; Save: Rodriguez; Time: 02:52; DAY; Attendance: 29,625

Year: 2010; Game #11; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 2 @ STL 1; boxscore 20 innings  WP: Rodriguez; LP: Mather; Save: Pelfrey; Time: 06:53; DAY; Attendance: 43,709

 

Baseball Reference: The Mets need 20 innings to beat the Cardinals, 2 - 1, in the longest game since this date in 2008. Jose Reyes drives in the winning run with a sacrifice fly after going 0 for 7 for the day in a game dominated by the pitchers. Both starters, Johan Santana for New York and Jaime Garcia for St. Louis, pitch 7 scoreless innings and the game is still scoreless after 17 frames, but the Cardinals eventually run out of able-bodied pitchers. 2B Felipe Lopez is sent out to the mound and pitches a scoreless 18th inning, while P Kyle Lohse goes out to play left field, but their teammate, OF Joe Mather, gives up a run in the top of the 19th. However, Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez gives the run right back, but the Mets score again off Mather in the 20th. Mather is saddled with the loss, while Rodriguez gets the win and starter Mike Pelfrey comes out in the 21st to record the save for the Mets.

Year: 2009; Game #10; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 5 Vs. MIL 4; boxscore; WP: Putz; LP: McClung; Time: 03:18; NIGHT; Attendance: 36,436 

National Pastime.com: At Citi Field, Gary Sheffield becomes the 25th player to hit 500 career home runs. Joining Ty Cobb and Rusty Staub as the only major leaguers to homer as a teenager and as a forty year-old, the recently released Tiger DH becomes the first to reach the milestone as a pinch hitter and the first to accomplish the feat in a Mets uniform.

 

Baseball Reference: Gary Sheffield becomes the 25th member of the 500 home run club. He delivers a pinch-hit homer off the Brewers' Mitch Stetter in the 7th inning of a game at Citi Field, still in its first month of operation. It is Sheffield's first home run for the New York Mets, after having been released in spring training by the Detroit Tigers while sitting on 499 home runs. The Mets win the game, 5 - 4, on Luis Castillo's 9th inning two-out single.

Year: 2008; Game #14; Thursday; Apr 17, NYM 3 Vs. WSN 2; boxscore; 14 innings; WP: Sosa; LP: Hanrahan; Time: 04:45; NIGHT; Attendance: 47,785

Year: 2007; Game #12; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 8 @ PHI 1; boxscore; WP: Glavine; LP: Garcia; Time: 03:29; NIGHT; Attendance: 27,058

Year: 2006; Game #12; Monday; Apr 17, NYM 4 Vs. ATL 3 boxscore; WP: Martinez; LP: Sosa; Save: Wagner; Time: 02:27; NIGHT; Attendance: 36,867

 

Baseball Reference: At Shea Stadium, the Mets continue their strong start to the season with a 4 - 3 victory over Atlanta as Pedro Martinez collects his 200th win with relief help from Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner. Martinez, from the Dominican Republic, improves his record to 200-84 and joins Dennis Martinez of Nicaragua (245-193), Dominican Juan Marichal (243-142) and Cuban Luis Tiant (229-172), as the only Hispanic American pitchers to reach the 200-win major league mark.

National Pastime.com: In front of 36,867 Shea Stadium patrons, Pedro Martinez becomes the 103rd pitcher in major league history to win 200 games when the Mets beat the Braves, 4-3. The Dominican ace has lost only 84 contests at the time of reaching the milestone, putting him behind only Bob Caruthers (74), Whitey Ford (79), and Lefty Grove (83).

Year: 2005; Game #12; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 2 Vs. FLA 5; boxscore; WP: Burnett; LP: Glavine; Time: 02:36; DAY; Attendance: 55,266

Year: 2004; Game #11; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 1 Vs. PIT 2; boxscore; WP: Meadows; LP: Trachsel; Save: Mesa; Time: 02:38; DAY; Attendance: 40,172

Year: 2003; Game #16; Thursday; Apr 17, NYM 7 @ PIT 2; boxscore; WP: Seo; LP: D'Amico; Time: 02:52; NIGHT; Attendance: 11,299

Year: 2002; Game #15; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 1 Vs. ATL 2; boxscore; WP: Millwood; LP: D'Amico; Save: Smoltz; Time: 02:46; DAY; Attendance: 30,702

Year: 2001; Game #14; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 4 Vs. MON 0; boxscore; WP: Rusch; LP: Peters; Time: 02:39; NIGHT; Attendance: 20,177

Year: 1999; Game #12; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 3 Vs. MON 2; boxscore; WP: Jones; LP: Pavano; Save: Franco; Time: 02:48; DAY; Attendance: 34,784

Year: 1998; Game #15; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 3 @ CIN 4; boxscore; WP: Remlinger; LP: Jones; Save: Shaw; Time: 02:47; NIGHT; Attendance: 21,384

Year: 1996; Game #13; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 5 Vs. HOU 7; boxscore; WP: Kile; LP: Wilson; Save: Jones; Time: 02:55; DAY; Attendance: 12,065

Year: 1994; Game #11; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 4 Vs. HOU 2; boxscore; WP: Jones; LP: Jones; Save: Franco; Time: 02:19; DAY; Attendance: 20,951

Year: 1993; Game #10; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 4 @ CIN 1; boxscore; WP: Tanana; LP: Smiley; Save: Maddux; Time: 02:41; DAY; Attendance: 28,598

Year: 1992; Game #11; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 10 @ MON 2; boxscore; WP: Cone; LP: Martinez; Time: 03:22; NIGHT; Attendance: 22,406

Year: 1991; Game #10; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 0 @ PIT 4; boxscore; WP: Smiley; LP: Darling; Time: 02:04; NIGHT; Attendance: 14,792

Year: 1990; Game #8; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 6 Vs. CHC 8; boxscore; 13 innings; WP: Assenmacher; LP: Innis; Save: Wilkins; Time: 04:38; NIGHT; Attendance: 13,964

Year: 1989; Game #11; Monday; Apr 17, NYM 5 Vs. PHI 2 boxscore; WP: Fernandez; LP: Carman; Save: Myers; Time: 02:43; NIGHT; Attendance: 28,087

Year: 1988; Game #11; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 3 Vs. STL 2; boxscore; WP: McDowell; LP: Peters; Time: 02:55; DAY; Attendance: 48,760

Year: 1987; Game #9; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 3 @ STL 4; boxscore; WP: Tudor; LP: Ojeda; Save: Horton; Time: 02:27; NIGHT; Attendance: 43,699

Year: 1985; Game #8; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 10 @ PIT 6 boxscore; WP: Sisk; LP: McWilliams; Time: 03:23; NIGHT; Attendance: 14,029

Year: 1984; Game #10; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 0 Vs. MON 10; boxscore; WP: Smith; LP: Darling; Time: 02:38; DAY; Attendance: 46,636

Year: 1982; Game #10; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 2 Vs. MON 1 boxscore; WP: Puleo; LP: Burris; Save: Lynch; Time: 02:34; NIGHT; Attendance: 16,529

Year: 1980; Game #7; Thursday; Apr 17, NYM 1 @ CHC 4 boxscore; WP: Lamp; LP: Hausman; Save: Sutter; Time: 01:58; DAY; Attendance: 33,313

Year: 1979; Game #8; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 4 @ MON 5 boxscore 12 innings  WP: Fryman; LP: Lockwood; Time: 03:16; DAY; Attendance: 7,912

Year: 1978; Game #11; Monday; Apr 17, NYM 6 @ STL 2 boxscore; WP: Espinosa; LP: Falcone; Save: Lockwood; Time: 02:09; NIGHT; Attendance: 6,371

Year: 1977; Game #9; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 6 Vs. CHC 0 boxscore; WP: Seaver; LP: Bonham; Time: 02:05; DAY; Attendance: 35,337

Year: 1976; Game #8; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 17 @ PIT 1 boxscore; WP: Koosman; LP: Kison; Time: 02:37; DAY; Attendance: 13,082

Year: 1975; Game #7; Thursday; Apr 17, NYM 14 @ STL 7 boxscore; WP: Baldwin; LP: Sosa; Time: 02:49; DAY; Attendance: 12,004

Year: 1974; Game #9; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 4 @ MON 7 boxscore; WP: Rogers; LP: Stone; Time: 02:15; DAY; Attendance: 10,007

Year: 1973; Game #8; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 0 Vs. CHC 1 boxscore; WP: Jenkins; LP: Seaver; Time: 01:45; DAY; Attendance: 14,549

Year: 1971; Game #7; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 0 Vs. PIT 2 boxscore; WP: Blass; LP: Koosman; Time: 02:01; DAY; Attendance: 23,305

Year: 1970; Game #8; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 6 Vs. PHI 0 boxscore; WP: Seaver; LP: Jackson; Time: 02:20; DAY; Attendance: 5,951

 

Baseball Reference: Bud Harrelson of the New York Mets hits a home run in the 1st inning of a 6 - 0 win over the Phillies. The homer is one of only seven in Harrelson's 16-year career and the only one he will ever hit at Shea Stadium.

Year: 1969; Game #10; Thursday; Apr 17, NYM 0 @ PIT 4 boxscore; WP: Bunning; LP: Cardwell; Save: Kline; Time: 02:12; NIGHT; Attendance: 8,097 

National Pastime.com: In only the ninth game of the franchise's history, Expos hurler Bill Stoneman, who had never thrown a complete game in the major leagues, tosses a no-hitter, defeating the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium, 7-0. The 25 year-old right-hander, the future GM of the Angels, will throw another no-hit game in 1972 against the Mets. 

Year: 1968; Game #6; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 3 Vs. SFG 0 boxscore; WP: Koosman; LP: McCormick; Time: 02:22; DAY; Attendance: 52,079

Year: 1967; Game #6; Monday; Apr 17, NYM 9 @ PIT 6 boxscore; WP: Cardwell; LP: Law; Save: Taylor; Time: 03:01; NIGHT; Attendance: 7,599

 

Baseball Reference: 1967 - In the only game scheduled on this Monday evening, the New York Mets pound Pittsburgh, 9 - 6. Obscured amidst the offensive fireworks is the sorry plight of poor Jerry Buchek, a career backup infielder on the verge of his career year who's got to be wondering what he ever did to Pirate right fielder Roberto Clemente, likewise embarking on his own best-ever season. Clemente abuses Buchek on both sides of the ball, starting with his 2nd-inning snatch of his 400-footer to right center. Pirate beat writer Les Biederman reports: "Clemente went toward the exit gate for a startling back-handed stab of Buchek's long drive." Next inning, one of Roberto's patented one-hop rockets undresses the Met second baseman even as it dares him to return Clemente's favor. "Clemente slammed a vicious one-hop shot right at Buchek," writes Biederman, "but the second baseman dropped the ball as he set himself to throw."

Year: 1966; Game #3; Sunday; Apr 17, NYM 5 Vs. ATL 4 boxscore; WP: Bearnarth; LP: O'Dell; Time: 03:13; DAY; Attendance: 26,965

Year: 1965; Game #4; Saturday; Apr 17, NYM 0 Vs. SFG 4 boxscore; WP: Marichal; LP: Parsons; Time: 02:29; DAY; Attendance: 34,945

Year: 1964; Game #3; Friday; Apr 17, NYM 3 Vs. PIT 4 boxscore; WP: Friend; LP: Bauta; Time: 02:42; DAY; Attendance: 50,312

Year: 1963; Game #8; Wednesday; Apr 17, NYM 0 @ CIN 5 boxscore; WP: O'Toole; LP: Willey; Time: 02:20; NIGHT; Attendance: 4,360

Year: 1962; Game #5; Tuesday; Apr 17, NYM 2 Vs. HOU 5 boxscore 11 innings  WP: Golden; LP: Moford; Save: Tiefenauer; Time: 03:22; DAY; Attendance: 3,191