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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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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. Los Angeles Dodgers
1971 Game Results
06/04 Mets 3, Dodgers 1 Seaver (W, 7-2)
06/05 Dodgers 3, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 6-2)
06/06 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 3-4)
06/14 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 8-3)
06/15 Dodgers 2, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 6-4)
06/16 Mets 7, Dodgers 2 Williams (W, 2-1)
08/16 Mets 6, Dodgers 0 Seaver (W, 13-8)
08/17 Dodgers 4, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 9-11)
08/18 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Frisella (W, 6-3)
08/28 Mets 9, Dodgers 2 Seaver (W, 15-8)
08/28 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 McGraw (W, 9-4)
08/29 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 McGraw (W, 10-4)
1971 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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