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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 Fine Cleon After Fla., Kuhn Okays
New York Daily News, May 15, 1975
Cleon Jones' time with the Mets came to an ignoble ending.
Tags: M. Donald Grant, Cleon Jones.


Randomly selected Met Player

Jim Fregosi
Born: April 4, 1942
at San Francisco, Cal.
Died: February 14, 2014 at Miami, Fla.
Fregosi
Years with Mets: 1972, 1973

146 games. 5 hr, 43 rbi, 0.233
38 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1988 Game Results
05/13 Giants 3, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 3-2)
05/14 Giants 3, Mets 2 Darling (L, 3-3)
05/15 Giants 5, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 1-3)
05/24 Giants 4, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 4-3)
05/25 Mets 6, Giants 3 Darling (W, 5-3)
05/26 Giants 5, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 8-1)
08/16 Mets 13, Giants 6 Gooden (W, 14-6)
08/17 Giants 4, Mets 0 Cone (L, 12-3)
08/18 Giants 4, Mets 1 Ojeda (L, 8-12)
08/26 Mets 3, Giants 0 Fernandez (W, 8-10)
08/27 Mets 2, Giants 1 Darling (W, 13-9)
08/28 Giants 7, Mets 4 McDowell (L, 5-3)
1988 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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