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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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Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium
New York Daily News, April 19, 1957
Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.


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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 Records vs. Opponents in 1992
Opponent W L T Pct.
San Francisco Giants 10 2 0 .833
Chicago Cubs 9 9 0 .500
St. Louis Cardinals 9 9 0 .500
Houston Astros 7 5 0 .583
Los Angeles Dodgers 7 5 0 .583
Philadelphia Phillies 6 12 0 .333
Montreal Expos 6 12 0 .333
Cincinnati Reds 5 7 0 .417
Atlanta Braves 5 7 0 .417
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 14 0 .222
San Diego Padres 4 8 0 .333



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