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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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Gil Hodges
Born: April 4, 1924
at Princeton, Ind.
Died: April 2, 1972 at West Palm Beach, Fla.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

65 games. 9 hr, 20 rbi, 0.248
17 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1986 Game Results
06/20 Mets 10, Cubs 3 Fernandez (W, 8-2)
06/21 Cubs 8, Mets 6 Orosco (L, 3-3)
06/22 Mets 4, Cubs 2 Darling (W, 8-2)
06/28 Mets 5, Cubs 2 McDowell (W, 7-0)
06/29 Mets 7, Cubs 4 Gooden (W, 9-3)
07/28 Mets 9, Cubs 2 Ojeda (W, 12-2)
07/29 Mets 3, Cubs 0 Darling (W, 11-3)
07/29 Cubs 2, Mets 1 Sisk (L, 2-2)
07/30 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 12-4)
08/04 Cubs 4, Mets 2 Darling (L, 11-4)
08/05 Cubs 8, Mets 5 McDowell (L, 9-6)
08/06 Mets 7, Cubs 6 McDowell (W, 10-6)
08/06 Mets 7, Cubs 6 Anderson (W, 1-0)
08/07 Mets 12, Cubs 3 Aguilera (W, 6-3)
09/17 Mets 4, Cubs 2 Gooden (W, 15-6)
09/18 Mets 5, Cubs 0 Anderson (W, 2-1)
09/24 Cubs 8, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 8-7)
09/25 Mets 6, Cubs 5 McDowell (W, 14-9)
1986 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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