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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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Pete Rose: A Professional Player All the Way
New York Daily News, October 11, 1973
After the legendary dustup between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose, M. Donald Grant of the Mets and Bob Howsam of the Reds tried to arrange a home-plate handshake between the two players. Harrelson reluctantly agreed, but Rose nixed the idea.
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Al Leiter
Born: October 23, 1965
at Toms River, N.J.
Leiter
Years with Mets: 1998 - 2004

213 games. 95 - 67, 3.42
1106 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Milwaukee Brewers
1999 Game Results
05/17 Brewers 7, Mets 6 Jones (L, 3-2)
05/18 Brewers 4, Mets 2 Cook (L, 5-1)
05/20 Mets 11, Brewers 10 Leiter (W, 2-4)
05/20 Mets 10, Brewers 1 Yoshii (W, 4-3)
08/02 Mets 7, Brewers 2 Reed (W, 10-3)
08/03 Mets 10, Brewers 3 Hershiser (W, 11-8)
08/04 Mets 9, Brewers 5 Rogers (W, 1-0)
1999 totals: 5 wins, 2 losses



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