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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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Shea, father of Mets, dies: A lover of baseball and man for all seasons
New York Daily News, October 4, 1991
Obituary of William A. Shea, one of the founders of the Mets and the man for whom Shea Stadium was named.
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Billy Cowan
Born: August 28, 1938
at Calhoun City, Miss.
Cowan
Years with Mets: 1965

82 games. 3 hr, 9 rbi, 0.179
16 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1996 Game Results
04/29 Mets 3, Expos 2 Harnisch (W, 2-2)
05/01 Expos 4, Mets 0 Clark (L, 1-3)
05/01 Mets 6, Expos 0 Isringhausen (W, 2-2)
07/04 Mets 4, Expos 0 Person (W, 2-3)
07/05 Mets 9, Expos 6 Dipoto (W, 3-1)
07/06 Mets 11, Expos 3 Jones (W, 8-5)
07/07 Expos 4, Mets 3 Harnisch (L, 4-6)
07/18 Expos 7, Mets 3 Harnisch (L, 5-7)
07/19 Expos 5, Mets 4 Isringhausen (L, 4-11)
07/20 Mets 4, Expos 1 Wilson (W, 4-5)
07/21 Expos 4, Mets 3 Clark (L, 10-7)
09/17 Expos 7, Mets 1 Isringhausen (L, 6-14)
09/18 Expos 4, Mets 3 Mlicki (L, 6-7)
1996 totals: 6 wins, 7 losses



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