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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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Keith, Gary await final word from Mets
New York Daily News, September 28, 1989
The 1989 season concludes with the status of Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter yet to be determined. (It would turn out that both had played their final games with the Mets.) Tim Teufel, however, is coming back.
Tags: Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, Tim Teufel.


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Dennis Cook
Born: October 4, 1962
at Lamarque, Tex.
Cook
Years with Mets: 1998 - 2001

255 games. 25 - 13, 3.86
234 strikeouts, 6 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1985 Game Results
05/17 Mets 3, Giants 2 McDowell (W, 4-1)
05/18 Giants 8, Mets 2 Gardner (L, 0-1)
05/19 Mets 3, Giants 2 Gorman (W, 3-1)
05/29 Mets 4, Giants 3 Lynch (W, 3-3)
05/30 Mets 2, Giants 1 Gooden (W, 7-3)
08/20 Mets 3, Giants 0 Gooden (W, 19-3)
08/21 Giants 3, Mets 2 McDowell (L, 6-5)
08/22 Mets 7, Giants 0 Leach (W, 2-1)
08/29 Giants 6, Mets 3 Leach (L, 2-2)
08/30 Mets 2, Giants 1 Darling (W, 13-5)
08/31 Giants 3, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 20-4)
09/01 Mets 4, Giants 3 Sisk (W, 3-5)
1985 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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