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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 get a reliever, completing Kooz deal
New York Daily News, February 8, 1979
Jesse Orosco is the player-to-be-named-later in the trade that sent Jerry Koosman to the Twins. The man who was on the mound for the last out of the 1969 World Series was traded for his 1986 counterpart.
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Joe Hicks
Born: April 7, 1933
at Ivy, Va.
Died: December 2, 2023 at Charlottesville, Va.
Hicks
Years with Mets: 1963

56 games. 5 hr, 22 rbi, 0.226
16 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1963 Game Results
05/03 Giants 5, Mets 3 Hook (L, 0-4)
05/04 Giants 17, Mets 4 Craig (L, 2-3)
05/05 Giants 6, Mets 3 Cisco (L, 1-2)
05/05 Mets 4, Giants 2 Willey (W, 2-1)
05/16 Giants 6, Mets 5 Hook (L, 1-5)
05/17 Giants 4, Mets 3 Craig (L, 2-5)
05/18 Mets 4, Giants 0 Willey (W, 4-2)
07/17 Mets 9, Giants 7 Cisco (W, 6-7)
07/18 Giants 6, Mets 5 Cisco (L, 6-8)
07/23 Giants 9, Mets 1 Craig (L, 2-17)
07/24 Giants 4, Mets 3 Jackson (L, 6-12)
07/25 Giants 8, Mets 6 Cisco (L, 6-9)
09/10 Mets 4, Giants 2 Willey (W, 9-12)
09/11 Mets 4, Giants 2 Jackson (W, 11-16)
09/12 Giants 6, Mets 0 Stallard (L, 6-15)
09/20 Giants 6, Mets 3 Willey (L, 9-14)
09/21 Mets 5, Giants 4 Jackson (W, 12-17)
09/22 Giants 13, Mets 4 Hook (L, 4-14)
1963 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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