 When Ryan was called up by the New York Mets in 1966, he was the second-youngest player in the league.Playing in only two games, his first strikeout was Pat Jarvis, and he gave up his first major league home run to Joe Torre.Ryan missed much of the 1967 season due to illness, an arm injury, and service with the Army Reserve; he pitched only 7 innings for the Mets' minor league affiliate in Jacksonville.