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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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Mark Bradley
Born: December 3, 1956
at Elizabethtown, Ky.
Died: December 30, 2024 at Louisville, Ky.
Bradley
Years with Mets: 1983

73 games. 3 hr, 5 rbi, 0.202
10 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1981 Game Results
04/22 Mets 2, Pirates 2
04/28 Pirates 8, Mets 0 Scott (L, 0-2)
04/29 Pirates 10, Mets 0 Roberts (L, 0-1)
04/30 Pirates 7, Mets 4 Jones (L, 0-3)
09/07 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Allen (L, 5-5)
09/07 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Boitano (L, 1-1)
09/08 Mets 3, Pirates 1 Lynch (W, 3-3)
09/09 Mets 5, Pirates 3 Leach (W, 1-0)
09/21 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Boitano (W, 2-1)
09/22 Pirates 5, Mets 3 Scott (L, 4-10)
1981 totals: 3 wins, 6 losses, 1 tie



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