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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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Claudell Washington
Born: August 31, 1954
at Los Angeles, Cal.
Died: June 10, 2020 at Orinda, Cal.
Washington
Years with Mets: 1980

79 games. 10 hr, 42 rbi, 0.275
38 runs, 17 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1999 Game Results
04/30 Mets 7, Giants 2 Watson (W, 2-2)
05/01 Mets 9, Giants 4 Hershiser (W, 2-2)
05/02 Mets 2, Giants 0 Cook (W, 5-0)
08/13 Giants 3, Mets 2 Yoshii (L, 7-8)
08/14 Mets 6, Giants 1 Hershiser (W, 12-9)
08/15 Mets 12, Giants 5 Rogers (W, 2-0)
09/06 Mets 3, Giants 0 Rogers (W, 4-0)
09/07 Giants 7, Mets 4 Wendell (L, 3-4)
09/08 Mets 7, Giants 5 Dotel (W, 7-1)
1999 totals: 7 wins, 2 losses



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