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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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Mets, former mentor enjoy reunion
Columbia Record (Columbia, SC), July 30, 1985
Bud Harrelson left his job managing the Columbia Mets during the 1985 season in order to join Davey Johnson's big-league coaching staff. In this article, Bud is interviewed while on a return visit to Columbia, where he reflects on his time there and on some of the differences between being a minor-league manager and a major-league third-base coach.
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Alex Ochoa
Born: March 29, 1972
at Miami Lakes, Fla.
Ochoa
Years with Mets: 1995 - 1997

206 games. 7 hr, 55 rbi, 0.273
75 runs, 8 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1974 Game Results
04/20 Mets 5, Pirates 2 Koosman (W, 2-0)
04/21 Pirates 7, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 0-2)
05/24 Pirates 4, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 5-2)
05/25 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Koosman (W, 5-2)
05/26 Mets 5, Pirates 3 Sadecki (W, 2-1)
07/30 Pirates 6, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 9-8)
07/30 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Koosman (W, 11-7)
07/31 Pirates 8, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 7-7)
08/06 Pirates 9, Mets 8 McGraw (L, 2-6)
08/07 Pirates 10, Mets 1 Parker (L, 3-10)
08/08 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Matlack (L, 10-9)
09/20 Pirates 4, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 6-10)
09/21 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Koosman (W, 14-10)
09/22 Mets 4, Pirates 0 Matlack (W, 13-13)
09/26 Pirates 11, Mets 5 Koosman (L, 14-11)
09/27 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 13-14)
09/28 Pirates 7, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 6-11)
09/29 Mets 7, Pirates 2 Apodaca (W, 6-6)
1974 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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