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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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Bob Johnson
Born: March 4, 1936
at Omaha, Neb.
Died: November 9, 2019 at St. Paul, Minn.
Johnson
Years with Mets: 1967

90 games. 5 hr, 27 rbi, 0.348
26 runs, 1 stolen bases


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1. Tom Seaver 847 Seaver
2. Jerry Koosman 820
3. Dwight Gooden 651
4. Ron Darling 614
5. Sid Fernandez 596
6. Al Leiter 546 Koosman
7. David Cone 431
8. Jon Matlack 419
9. Craig Swan 368
10. Steve Trachsel 354



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