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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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Maddox Is Very Pleased With Newest Number(s); The Mets Step Into the Present
Newsday, December 2, 1977
The Mets have made the first significant free-agent signing in their history, with a five-year contract to Elliott Maddox. Newsday columnist Joe Gergen approves.
Tags: Elliott Maddox, Joe Torre.


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Larry Stahl
Born: June 29, 1941
at Belleville, Ill.
Stahl
Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

124 games. 4 hr, 28 rbi, 0.237
24 runs, 5 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1976 Game Results
06/04 Mets 11, Dodgers 0 Seaver (W, 5-4)
06/05 Mets 3, Dodgers 1 Matlack (W, 6-1)
06/06 Dodgers 10, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 6-3)
06/15 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Matlack (W, 8-1)
06/16 Dodgers 4, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 6-5)
06/17 Mets 1, Dodgers 0 Lockwood (W, 3-2)
08/17 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Matlack (L, 12-7)
08/18 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 9-9)
08/19 Dodgers 6, Mets 5 Apodaca (L, 2-6)
08/27 Dodgers 5, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 16-8)
08/28 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Matlack (W, 14-7)
08/29 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 10-10)
1976 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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