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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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Charlie Puleo
Born: February 7, 1955
at Glen Ridge, N.J.
Puleo
Years with Mets: 1981, 1982

40 games. 9 - 9, 4.15
106 strikeouts, 1 saves


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1983 Game Results
05/20 Mets 4, Dodgers 0 Allen (W, 2-4)
05/22 Dodgers 5, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 3-3)
06/02 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Orosco (L, 3-1)
06/03 Mets 5, Dodgers 2 Lynch (W, 4-2)
06/04 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Allen (L, 2-7)
06/05 Mets 4, Dodgers 2 Holman (W, 1-3)
08/17 Dodgers 4, Mets 1 Terrell (L, 4-5)
08/29 Dodgers 6, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 7-13)
08/29 Dodgers 7, Mets 3 Terrell (L, 5-6)
08/30 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Orosco (W, 12-5)
08/30 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Holman (L, 1-6)
08/31 Mets 7, Dodgers 1 Torrez (W, 9-14)
1983 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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