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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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Met players glad to have latest mate
New York Daily News, February 12, 1982
George Foster is a Met, and his new teammates are looking forward to big things. Plus, a Bill Gallo cartoon that addresses Foster's warning to LaGuardia airplane traffic.
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Tommy Davis
Born: March 21, 1939
at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died: April 3, 2022 at Phoenix, Ariz.
Davis
Years with Mets: 1967

154 games. 16 hr, 73 rbi, 0.302
72 runs, 9 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1972 Game Results
05/01 Mets 7, Giants 4 Seaver (W, 4-0)
05/02 Mets 4, Giants 2 Gentry (W, 2-1)
05/03 Mets 8, Giants 5 Matlack (W, 3-0)
05/12 Mets 2, Giants 1 Frisella (W, 1-0)
05/13 Mets 1, Giants 0 Capra (W, 2-1)
05/14 Mets 5, Giants 4 Sadecki (W, 1-0)
07/10 Giants 5, Mets 4 McGraw (L, 3-4)
07/11 Giants 6, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 6-4)
07/12 Mets 4, Giants 0 Matlack (W, 9-5)
07/21 Mets 3, Giants 1 Koosman (W, 7-5)
07/22 Giants 2, Mets 1 Frisella (L, 3-5)
07/23 Giants 5, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 12-7)
1972 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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