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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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Cleon Jones, by Bruce Stark
New York Daily News, September 18, 1969
One in a series of portraits of the 1969 Mets by cartoonist Bruce Stark for the Daily News.
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Marcus Stroman
Born: May 1, 1991
at Medford, N.Y.
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Years with Mets: 2019, 2021

44 games. 14 - 15, 3.21
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Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1997 Game Results
04/04 Giants 6, Mets 4 Jordan (L, 0-2)
04/05 Giants 2, Mets 0 Manuel (L, 0-1)
04/06 Mets 4, Giants 2 Bohanon (W, 1-0)
04/13 Giants 5, Mets 1 Clark (L, 0-1)
04/13 Giants 7, Mets 6 Jones (L, 2-1)
04/14 Giants 3, Mets 2 McMichael (L, 0-1)
07/29 Giants 5, Mets 2 McMichael (L, 7-8)
07/30 Mets 5, Giants 2 Reed (W, 9-4)
08/25 Giants 7, Mets 1 Jones (L, 13-8)
08/26 Giants 6, Mets 2 Reed (L, 10-8)
08/27 Mets 15, Giants 6 Isringhausen (W, 1-0)
1997 totals: 3 wins, 8 losses



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