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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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New York Daily News, July 20, 1976
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Tony Fernandez
Born: June 30, 1962
at San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Died: February 16, 2020 at Weston, Fla.
Fernandez
Years with Mets: 1993

48 games. 1 hr, 14 rbi, 0.225
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1989 Game Results
04/07 Expos 7, Mets 3 Darling (L, 0-1)
04/08 Expos 3, Mets 2 Cone (L, 0-1)
04/09 Mets 2, Expos 1 Gooden (W, 2-0)
06/19 Mets 5, Expos 3 Gooden (W, 9-2)
06/20 Expos 8, Mets 5 Aguilera (L, 3-2)
06/21 Mets 2, Expos 0 Cone (W, 4-5)
06/26 Expos 5, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 9-3)
06/27 Expos 3, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 3-3)
06/28 Expos 4, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 5-7)
08/04 Mets 11, Expos 5 Ojeda (W, 7-9)
08/05 Mets 3, Expos 2 Darling (W, 9-9)
08/06 Mets 2, Expos 1 Musselman (W, 1-1)
09/15 Mets 5, Expos 0 Cone (W, 13-7)
09/16 Expos 10, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 11-5)
09/17 Expos 1, Mets 0 Darling (L, 13-13)
09/22 Mets 3, Expos 2 Darling (W, 14-13)
09/23 Mets 13, Expos 6 Viola (W, 4-5)
09/24 Expos 6, Mets 5 Machado (L, 0-1)
1989 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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