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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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After Slight Delay, Chilcott on Way
Memphis Press Scimitar, April 14, 1970
Reggie Jackson has established himself as a superstar, but Steve Chilcott, the player the Mets drafted instead of Reggie, is still hanging in there four years later, hoping to have a big league career.
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Mookie Wilson
Born: February 9, 1956
at Bamberg, S.C.
Wilson
Years with Mets: 1980 - 1989

1116 games. 60 hr, 342 rbi, 0.276
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1989 Game Results
04/07 Expos 7, Mets 3 Darling (L, 0-1)
04/08 Expos 3, Mets 2 Cone (L, 0-1)
04/09 Mets 2, Expos 1 Gooden (W, 2-0)
06/19 Mets 5, Expos 3 Gooden (W, 9-2)
06/20 Expos 8, Mets 5 Aguilera (L, 3-2)
06/21 Mets 2, Expos 0 Cone (W, 4-5)
06/26 Expos 5, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 9-3)
06/27 Expos 3, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 3-3)
06/28 Expos 4, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 5-7)
08/04 Mets 11, Expos 5 Ojeda (W, 7-9)
08/05 Mets 3, Expos 2 Darling (W, 9-9)
08/06 Mets 2, Expos 1 Musselman (W, 1-1)
09/15 Mets 5, Expos 0 Cone (W, 13-7)
09/16 Expos 10, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 11-5)
09/17 Expos 1, Mets 0 Darling (L, 13-13)
09/22 Mets 3, Expos 2 Darling (W, 14-13)
09/23 Mets 13, Expos 6 Viola (W, 4-5)
09/24 Expos 6, Mets 5 Machado (L, 0-1)
1989 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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