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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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Newsday, October 2, 1991
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Chico Fernandez
Born: March 2, 1932
at Havana, Cuba
Died: June 11, 2016 at Sunrise, Fla.
Fernandez
Years with Mets: 1963

58 games. 1 hr, 9 rbi, 0.200
12 runs, 3 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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