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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 Bonilla for $29M; How Deal Was Done; Return of the Native
Newsday, December 3, 1991
Before Bobby Bonilla became the ex-player who would get a big check every July, he was a major free-agent signing for the Mets. Marty Noble, Joe Gergen, and Tom Verducci were all over the story for Newsday.
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Eddie Bressoud
Born: May 2, 1932
at Los Angeles, Cal.
Died: July 13, 2023 at Walnut Creek, Cal.
Bressoud
Years with Mets: 1966

133 games. 10 hr, 49 rbi, 0.225
48 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1983 Game Results
04/20 Mets 6, Pirates 0 Seaver (W, 1-0)
04/20 Mets 7, Pirates 5 Diaz (W, 1-0)
05/12 Pirates 6, Mets 2 Torrez (L, 1-5)
05/13 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Diaz (L, 1-1)
05/14 Mets 6, Pirates 2 Allen (W, 1-4)
05/16 Mets 11, Pirates 4 Lynch (W, 2-1)
07/28 Pirates 6, Mets 2 Swan (L, 1-5)
07/29 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 6-11)
07/30 Pirates 6, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 7-5)
07/31 Mets 7, Pirates 6 Orosco (W, 6-5)
07/31 Mets 1, Pirates 0 Orosco (W, 7-5)
08/15 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Torrez (L, 6-14)
08/16 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Swan (L, 2-6)
09/19 Mets 5, Pirates 4 Diaz (W, 3-1)
09/20 Pirates 4, Mets 0 Lynch (L, 10-10)
09/27 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Torrez (W, 10-17)
09/28 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Darling (W, 1-3)
09/29 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Holman (L, 1-7)
1983 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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