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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' $1.8M Buy Hodges, Chacon, Zimmer, 19 Others
New York Daily News, October 11, 1961
The Mets have selected 22 players in the expansion draft, highlighted by former Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges.
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Rusty Staub
Born: April 1, 1944
at New Orleans, La.
Died: March 29, 2018 at Palm Beach, Fla.
Staub
Years with Mets: 1972 - 1975, 1981 - 1985

942 games. 75 hr, 399 rbi, 0.276
296 runs, 6 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1990 Game Results
05/11 Mets 9, Dodgers 4 Gooden (W, 2-3)
05/12 Mets 7, Dodgers 0 Viola (W, 7-0)
05/21 Mets 12, Dodgers 3 Gooden (W, 3-3)
05/22 Mets 8, Dodgers 3 Ojeda (W, 1-2)
08/14 Mets 9, Dodgers 8 Gooden (W, 12-6)
08/14 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Cone (L, 8-6)
08/15 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 8-9)
08/16 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Darling (W, 5-7)
08/23 Dodgers 4, Mets 2 Cone (L, 9-7)
08/24 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Gooden (W, 14-6)
08/25 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Darling (L, 5-9)
08/26 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Viola (L, 16-9)
1990 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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