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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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Ashburn dies at 70
New York Daily News, September 10, 1997
Obituary for Richie Ashburn, a Hall-of-Famer and original Met.
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Jerry Buchek
Born: May 9, 1942
at St. Louis, Mo.
Died: January 2, 2019 at Springfield, Mo.
Buchek
Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

197 games. 15 hr, 52 rbi, 0.219
43 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1974 Game Results
04/29 Dodgers 8, Mets 7 Stone (L, 0-2)
04/30 Mets 8, Dodgers 7 Miller (W, 1-1)
05/01 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Parker (L, 1-1)
06/14 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 5-4)
06/15 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Koosman (W, 6-4)
06/16 Dodgers 7, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 3-6)
07/12 Mets 5, Dodgers 2 Apodaca (W, 2-4)
07/13 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Parker (L, 3-8)
07/14 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Matlack (W, 8-6)
08/12 Mets 3, Dodgers 1 Parker (W, 4-10)
08/13 Mets 3, Dodgers 0 Matlack (W, 11-9)
08/14 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 McGraw (W, 3-6)
1974 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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