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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 Fans Parade in All Their Unfurled Glory
Newsday, August 24, 1964
Newsday's Stan Issacs provides an appreciation of the Mets Banner Day tradition. Fun fact: One of the Wheatley High School students who carried the grand prize winner, Arthur Engoron, would, in 2023, preside over the civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump.


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Gary Carter
Born: April 8, 1954
at Culver City, Cal.
Died: February 16, 2012 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Carter
Years with Mets: 1985 - 1989

600 games. 89 hr, 349 rbi, 0.249
272 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
2014 Game Results
04/21 Mets 2, Cardinals 0 Mejia (W, 3-0)
04/22 Cardinals 3, Mets 0 Gee (L, 1-1)
04/23 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Niese (W, 1-2)
04/24 Mets 4, Cardinals 1 Colon (W, 2-3)
06/16 Cardinals 6, Mets 2 deGrom (L, 0-4)
06/17 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Niese (L, 3-4)
06/18 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Colon (W, 7-5)
2014 totals: 4 wins, 3 losses



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