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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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Ex-C.R. manager Parker dies at 79
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), July 29, 1992
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Gil Hodges
Born: April 4, 1924
at Princeton, Ind.
Died: April 2, 1972 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

65 games. 9 hr, 20 rbi, 0.248
17 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1985 Game Results
05/07 Mets 5, Braves 3 Darling (W, 2-1)
05/08 Mets 4, Braves 0 Lynch (W, 2-1)
05/13 Braves 1, Mets 0 Lynch (L, 2-2)
05/14 Mets 3, Braves 1 McDowell (W, 3-1)
07/04 Mets 16, Braves 13 Gorman (W, 4-3)
07/05 Mets 6, Braves 1 Aguilera (W, 2-2)
07/07 Mets 4, Braves 0 Fernandez (W, 3-5)
07/07 Mets 8, Braves 5 Darling (W, 8-2)
07/18 Mets 7, Braves 6 Darling (W, 10-2)
07/19 Braves 1, Mets 0 Aguilera (L, 3-3)
07/20 Mets 16, Braves 4 Gooden (W, 14-3)
07/21 Mets 15, Braves 10 Leach (W, 1-0)
1985 totals: 10 wins, 2 losses



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