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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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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Joan Payson, Mrs. Met, Is Dead
New York Daily News, October 5, 1975
Obituary of Joan Whitney Payson, original owner of the Mets.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Jesse Winker
Born: August 17, 1993
at Buffalo, N.Y.
Winker
Years with Mets: 2024, 2025

68 games. 4 hr, 23 rbi, 0.242
20 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1977 Game Results
05/06 Giants 5, Mets 3 Swan (L, 1-3)
05/07 Mets 6, Giants 0 Koosman (W, 2-3)
05/08 Giants 4, Mets 2 Espinosa (L, 2-2)
05/08 Giants 10, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 1-4)
05/17 Mets 8, Giants 1 Koosman (W, 3-4)
05/18 Mets 2, Giants 0 Matlack (W, 3-4)
05/19 Mets 4, Giants 3 Todd (W, 1-0)
07/26 Mets 8, Giants 3 Zachry (W, 2-3)
07/27 Mets 7, Giants 4 Matlack (W, 6-12)
08/05 Mets 3, Giants 2 Myrick (W, 1-1)
08/06 Giants 7, Mets 3 Zachry (L, 2-4)
08/07 Giants 7, Mets 4 Apodaca (L, 3-5)
1977 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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