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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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Tom Seaver Has Good Pro Start After Controversy and Confusion
Fairbanks Daily News Miner, May 16, 1966
Following up on Tom Seaver, a former pitcher for the Alaska Goldpanners, now pitching for the Mets farm club in Jacksonville.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Gil Hodges
Born: April 4, 1924
at Princeton, Ind.
Died: April 2, 1972 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

65 games. 9 hr, 20 rbi, 0.248
17 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1987 Game Results
05/18 Padres 7, Mets 5 Darling (L, 2-2)
05/19 Mets 5, Padres 4 McDowell (W, 1-0)
05/20 Mets 10, Padres 3 Aguilera (W, 4-2)
05/29 Mets 5, Padres 4 Leach (W, 3-0)
05/30 Mets 3, Padres 0 Fernandez (W, 6-2)
05/31 Padres 1, Mets 0 Mitchell (L, 0-1)
08/21 Padres 6, Mets 2 Darling (L, 10-8)
08/22 Padres 8, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 10-7)
08/23 Mets 9, Padres 2 Gooden (W, 11-4)
08/31 Mets 6, Padres 5 Orosco (W, 3-7)
09/01 Mets 9, Padres 1 Cone (W, 4-3)
09/02 Mets 4, Padres 3 Gooden (W, 13-4)
1987 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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