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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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Bud Harrelson: Batting Expert
Florida Today, May 13, 1971
Bud Harrelson, known as a glove but not a bat, is leading the Mets with a .329 batting average and has recently had a nine-game hitting streak.
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Claudell Washington
Born: August 31, 1954
at Los Angeles, Cal.
Died: June 10, 2020 at Orinda, Cal.
Washington
Years with Mets: 1980

79 games. 10 hr, 42 rbi, 0.275
38 runs, 17 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
2012 Game Results
05/16 Reds 6, Mets 3 Rauch (L, 3-2)
05/17 Mets 9, Reds 4 Parnell (W, 1-0)
06/15 Reds 7, Mets 3 Gee (L, 4-5)
06/16 Reds 4, Mets 1 Niese (L, 4-3)
06/17 Reds 3, Mets 1 Young (L, 1-1)
08/14 Reds 3, Mets 0 Acosta (L, 1-3)
08/15 Reds 6, Mets 1 Dickey (L, 15-4)
08/16 Mets 8, Reds 4 Harvey (W, 2-3)
2012 totals: 2 wins, 6 losses



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