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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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Dwight Gooden: He's been equal to lofty expectations of Mets
Tampa Tribune, September 15, 1983
Dwight Gooden's hometown paper provides an update on the young phenom as he's promoted to Tidewater at the end of the 1983 minor league season.
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Ron Swoboda
Born: June 30, 1944
at Baltimore, Md.
Swoboda
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1970

737 games. 69 hr, 304 rbi, 0.242
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Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1986 Game Results
05/16 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Orosco (L, 0-1)
05/17 Dodgers 6, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 4-1)
05/18 Mets 8, Dodgers 4 Niemann (W, 1-2)
05/27 Mets 8, Dodgers 1 Darling (W, 6-0)
05/28 Mets 4, Dodgers 2 Gooden (W, 6-2)
05/29 Mets 5, Dodgers 2 Fernandez (W, 5-1)
08/18 Mets 5, Dodgers 4 Ojeda (W, 13-4)
08/19 Mets 6, Dodgers 4 Darling (W, 12-4)
08/20 Mets 7, Dodgers 5 Fernandez (W, 14-4)
08/29 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Ojeda (W, 15-4)
08/30 Mets 6, Dodgers 3 Aguilera (W, 7-6)
08/31 Dodgers 7, Mets 4 Darling (L, 12-5)
1986 totals: 9 wins, 3 losses



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