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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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A true original: Hobie Landrith, the first Met and a close friend of Willie Mays, dies at 93
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Tony Phillips
Born: April 25, 1959
at Atlanta, Ga.
Died: February 17, 2016 at Scottsdale, Ariz.
Phillips
Years with Mets: 1998

52 games. 3 hr, 14 rbi, 0.223
25 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1998 Game Results
07/03 Braves 3, Mets 2 Bohanon (L, 2-4)
07/04 Braves 4, Mets 1 Yoshii (L, 4-4)
07/05 Braves 3, Mets 2 Franco (L, 0-2)
07/14 Braves 4, Mets 2 Jones (L, 7-6)
07/15 Braves 12, Mets 1 Yoshii (L, 4-5)
09/04 Mets 2, Braves 1 Leiter (W, 14-5)
09/05 Mets 5, Braves 4 Wendell (W, 5-1)
09/06 Braves 4, Mets 0 Reed (L, 16-9)
09/07 Mets 8, Braves 7 McMichael (W, 3-3)
09/25 Braves 6, Mets 5 Reed (L, 16-11)
09/26 Braves 4, Mets 0 Leiter (L, 17-6)
09/27 Braves 7, Mets 2 Reynoso (L, 7-3)
1998 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses



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