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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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Mets Get Bonilla for $29M; How Deal Was Done; Return of the Native
Newsday, December 3, 1991
Before Bobby Bonilla became the ex-player who would get a big check every July, he was a major free-agent signing for the Mets. Marty Noble, Joe Gergen, and Tom Verducci were all over the story for Newsday.
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Don Bosch
Born: July 15, 1942
at San Francisco, Cal.
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Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

94 games. 3 hr, 9 rbi, 0.157
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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1976 Game Results
04/16 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Lolich (L, 0-2)
04/17 Mets 17, Pirates 1 Koosman (W, 1-0)
04/18 Pirates 7, Mets 5 Swan (L, 0-1)
05/31 Mets 13, Pirates 2 Matlack (W, 5-1)
05/31 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Apodaca (L, 1-3)
06/01 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 6-2)
07/28 Pirates 1, Mets 0 Sanders (L, 1-2)
07/29 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Lockwood (L, 6-5)
08/05 Mets 7, Pirates 4 Matlack (W, 11-6)
08/07 Pirates 12, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 9-7)
08/07 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Espinosa (W, 1-2)
08/08 Mets 7, Pirates 4 Lolich (W, 7-10)
09/13 Mets 5, Pirates 0 Seaver (W, 13-10)
09/14 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Lockwood (W, 8-7)
09/17 Pirates 4, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 15-9)
09/18 Mets 6, Pirates 2 Seaver (W, 14-10)
09/19 Mets 7, Pirates 6 Espinosa (W, 4-4)
09/20 Mets 5, Pirates 4 Apodaca (W, 3-7)
1976 totals: 10 wins, 8 losses



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