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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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Foli Makes His Pick: Baseball Over Football
Newsday, June 28, 1968
The Mets have signed their first-round draft pick, Tim Foli, a high-school player out of Sherman Oaks, California.
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Felix Mantilla
Born: July 29, 1934
at Isabela, P.R.
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Mantilla
Years with Mets: 1962

141 games. 11 hr, 59 rbi, 0.275
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Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1973 Game Results
04/17 Cubs 1, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 2-1)
04/18 Cubs 1, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 1-2)
04/19 Mets 3, Cubs 1 Koosman (W, 2-0)
04/19 Cubs 7, Mets 0 McAndrew (L, 0-2)
05/15 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 5-1)
06/25 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 4-10)
06/26 Cubs 5, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 6-6)
06/29 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Capra (L, 0-2)
06/30 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Matlack (W, 5-10)
07/01 Mets 6, Cubs 5 Koosman (W, 7-6)
07/01 Cubs 6, Mets 5 McGraw (L, 0-3)
09/15 Mets 5, Cubs 1 Stone (W, 11-3)
09/15 Cubs 7, Mets 0 Sadecki (L, 4-4)
09/16 Mets 4, Cubs 3 McGraw (W, 4-6)
09/30 Cubs 1, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 14-16)
09/30 Mets 9, Cubs 2 Koosman (W, 14-15)
10/01 Mets 6, Cubs 4 Seaver (W, 19-10)
1973 totals: 7 wins, 10 losses



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