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Today is May 5

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New York Mets signed free agent Eric Gunderson on May 5, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Lagares on May 5, 2006.

New York Mets released Ben Johnson on May 5, 2008.

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Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects
New York Daily News, December 11, 1971
At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.


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Ken Singleton
Born: June 10, 1947
at New York, N.Y.
Singleton
Years with Mets: 1970, 1971

184 games. 18 hr, 72 rbi, 0.252
56 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1976 Game Results
06/04 Mets 11, Dodgers 0 Seaver (W, 5-4)
06/05 Mets 3, Dodgers 1 Matlack (W, 6-1)
06/06 Dodgers 10, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 6-3)
06/15 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Matlack (W, 8-1)
06/16 Dodgers 4, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 6-5)
06/17 Mets 1, Dodgers 0 Lockwood (W, 3-2)
08/17 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Matlack (L, 12-7)
08/18 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 9-9)
08/19 Dodgers 6, Mets 5 Apodaca (L, 2-6)
08/27 Dodgers 5, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 16-8)
08/28 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Matlack (W, 14-7)
08/29 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 10-10)
1976 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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