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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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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Bobby Jones
Born: February 10, 1970
at Fresno, Cal.
Jones
Years with Mets: 1993 - 2000

193 games. 74 - 56, 4.13
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Mets vs. Florida Marlins
1994 Game Results
05/16 Marlins 3, Mets 1 Saberhagen (L, 4-2)
05/17 Mets 4, Marlins 3 Franco (W, 1-2)
05/18 Marlins 4, Mets 3 Jones (L, 4-4)
06/16 Marlins 4, Mets 2 Remlinger (L, 0-1)
06/17 Marlins 6, Mets 5 Smith (L, 3-7)
06/18 Mets 11, Marlins 3 Linton (W, 6-2)
06/19 Mets 6, Marlins 1 Gooden (W, 3-3)
08/05 Mets 10, Marlins 7 Saberhagen (W, 13-4)
08/06 Marlins 4, Mets 3 Jacome (L, 4-3)
08/07 Marlins 2, Mets 0 Smith (L, 4-10)
1994 totals: 4 wins, 6 losses



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