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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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New Jersey Record (Bergen, NJ), April 19, 1962
A column in The Record by Al Del Greco. The Mets have lost six games in a row, and Casey Stengel's reputation as a managerial genius is in jeopardy.
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Jeff Brigham
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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1975 Game Results
04/11 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Baldwin (L, 0-1)
04/13 Pirates 5, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 1-1)
05/06 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 3-3)
05/07 Pirates 6, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 2-3)
05/08 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 2-1)
06/20 Pirates 5, Mets 1 Hall (L, 1-1)
06/21 Pirates 7, Mets 3 Parker (L, 2-3)
06/22 Pirates 2, Mets 0 Tate (L, 2-6)
07/31 Mets 6, Pirates 2 Koosman (W, 10-8)
08/01 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Stone (W, 3-2)
08/02 Mets 6, Pirates 0 Matlack (W, 13-8)
08/03 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Apodaca (L, 1-2)
08/03 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Webb (L, 3-4)
09/01 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Seaver (W, 20-7)
09/02 Pirates 8, Mets 4 Koosman (L, 11-12)
09/03 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 16-9)
09/10 Pirates 8, Mets 4 Seaver (L, 21-8)
09/11 Mets 7, Pirates 0 Koosman (W, 12-13)
1975 totals: 5 wins, 13 losses



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