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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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Wes Counts on Young Bud To Blossom Into Star SS
New York Daily News, March 1, 1967
As 1967 spring training gets underway, there's going to be a competition for the starting shortstop job. Veteran Roy McMillan is still in the mix, but manager Wes Westrum is touting young Bud Harrelson who, he says, could be another Maury Wills.
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Jim Hickman
Born: May 10, 1937
at Henning, Tenn.
Died: June 25, 2016 at Jackson, Tenn.
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Years with Mets: 1962 - 1966

624 games. 60 hr, 210 rbi, 0.241
202 runs, 9 stolen bases


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