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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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John Milner
Born: December 28, 1949
at Atlanta, Ga.
Died: January 4, 2000 at East Point, Ga.
Milner
Years with Mets: 1971 - 1977

741 games. 94 hr, 338 rbi, 0.245
315 runs, 20 stolen bases


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