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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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Our Gang -- by Bruce Stark
New York Daily News, September 1, 1964
Daily News cartoonist Bruce Stark depicts international Little Leaguers visiting with Casey Stengel at Shea Stadium.
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Joe Christopher
Born: December 13, 1935
at Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Died: October 3, 2023 at Edgewood, Md.
Christopher
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1965

485 games. 28 hr, 156 rbi, 0.265
171 runs, 22 stolen bases


Mets vs. Houston Astros
1965 Game Results
04/14 Astros 7, Mets 6 Bearnarth (L, 0-1)
04/15 Mets 5, Astros 4 Bethke (W, 1-0)
04/27 Astros 3, Mets 2 Ribant (L, 1-1)
04/28 Astros 12, Mets 9 McGraw (L, 0-1)
06/24 Astros 4, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 5-8)
06/25 Astros 6, Mets 2 Spahn (L, 4-10)
06/26 Astros 2, Mets 0 Lary (L, 1-2)
06/27 Astros 4, Mets 2 Jackson (L, 3-10)
07/09 Astros 6, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 6-10)
07/10 Astros 10, Mets 1 Spahn (L, 4-12)
08/13 Astros 3, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 7-15)
08/14 Mets 1, Astros 0 Sutherland (W, 1-0)
08/15 Mets 3, Astros 0 Jackson (W, 6-16)
08/31 Astros 4, Mets 3 Miller (L, 1-4)
08/31 Astros 3, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 2-3)
09/01 Mets 4, Astros 1 Jackson (W, 7-17)
09/01 Astros 8, Mets 5 Gardner (L, 0-1)
09/02 Astros 4, Mets 3 Fisher (L, 8-18)
1965 totals: 4 wins, 14 losses



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