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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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Mets Get Bonilla for $29M; How Deal Was Done; Return of the Native
Newsday, December 3, 1991
Before Bobby Bonilla became the ex-player who would get a big check every July, he was a major free-agent signing for the Mets. Marty Noble, Joe Gergen, and Tom Verducci were all over the story for Newsday.
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Octavio Dotel
Born: November 25, 1973
at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died: April 8, 2025 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dotel
Years with Mets: 1999

19 games. 8 - 3, 5.38
85 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1992 Game Results
05/22 Giants 7, Mets 6 Burke (L, 1-2)
05/23 Mets 6, Giants 3 Gooden (W, 4-4)
05/24 Mets 6, Giants 0 Cone (W, 5-2)
06/01 Mets 14, Giants 1 Fernandez (W, 4-5)
06/02 Mets 4, Giants 3 Whitehurst (W, 1-2)
07/16 Giants 6, Mets 4 Gooden (L, 6-9)
07/17 Mets 1, Giants 0 Cone (W, 10-4)
07/18 Mets 3, Giants 0 Fernandez (W, 8-8)
07/19 Mets 8, Giants 4 Schourek (W, 2-3)
08/24 Mets 4, Giants 1 Gooden (W, 7-11)
08/25 Mets 2, Giants 1 Fernandez (W, 11-9)
08/26 Mets 5, Giants 3 Hillman (W, 2-0)
1992 totals: 10 wins, 2 losses



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