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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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A true original: Hobie Landrith, the first Met and a close friend of Willie Mays, dies at 93
Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), April 12, 2023
Obituary for Hobie Landrith, the first player that the Mets selected in the 1961 expansion draft.
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Butch Benton
Born: August 24, 1957
at Tampa, Fla.
Benton
Years with Mets: 1978, 1980

16 games. 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0.120
1 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
2002 Game Results
07/19 Mets 4, Reds 2 Astacio (W, 10-3)
07/20 Mets 8, Reds 7 Weathers (W, 3-3)
07/21 Reds 9, Mets 1 Leiter (L, 9-8)
07/26 Mets 3, Reds 2 Guthrie (W, 5-0)
07/27 Reds 2, Mets 1 Corey (L, 0-3)
07/28 Mets 6, Reds 5 Trachsel (W, 7-7)
2002 totals: 4 wins, 2 losses



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