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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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Wayne Garrett, by Bruce Stark
New York Daily News, September 29, 1969
One in a series of portraits of the 1969 Mets by cartoonist Bruce Stark for the Daily News.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Sherman Jones
Born: February 10, 1935
at Winton, N.C.
Died: February 21, 2007 at Kansas City, Kan.
Jones
Years with Mets: 1962

8 games. 0 - 4, 7.71
11 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1981 Game Results
05/05 Giants 9, Mets 7 Jones (L, 0-4)
05/06 Giants 6, Mets 4 Zachry (L, 3-3)
05/07 Mets 3, Giants 2 Lynch (W, 1-0)
05/18 Giants 3, Mets 1 Lynch (L, 1-2)
05/19 Giants 4, Mets 1 Scott (L, 1-4)
05/20 Mets 4, Giants 3 Reardon (W, 1-0)
1981 totals: 2 wins, 4 losses



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