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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, April 4, 1972
Dick Young eulogizes Gil Hodges. Plus Phil Pepe on "The Last Plane Trip Home to Brooklyn" and a memorial cartoon by Bill Gallo.
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Art Shamsky
Born: October 14, 1941
at St. Louis, Mo.
Shamsky
Years with Mets: 1968 - 1971

406 games. 42 hr, 162 rbi, 0.266
133 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1972 Game Results
05/26 Cardinals 6, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 7-2)
05/27 Mets 4, Cardinals 1 McAndrew (W, 3-1)
05/28 Cardinals 8, Mets 3 Gentry (L, 3-2)
05/29 Mets 7, Cardinals 6 Koosman (W, 2-3)
06/24 Cardinals 11, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 9-4)
06/25 Cardinals 7, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 7-4)
06/25 Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Frisella (L, 2-2)
08/07 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 4-5)
08/08 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Frisella (L, 4-7)
08/09 Mets 8, Cardinals 3 McAndrew (W, 8-3)
09/08 Mets 8, Cardinals 2 Matlack (W, 12-9)
09/08 Cardinals 9, Mets 4 Frisella (L, 4-8)
09/09 Mets 3, Cardinals 1 Gentry (W, 7-8)
09/10 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Seaver (W, 17-11)
09/26 Mets 3, Cardinals 1 Koosman (W, 10-12)
09/27 Cardinals 4, Mets 0 McAndrew (L, 11-7)
1972 totals: 7 wins, 9 losses



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