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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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Charlie Neal
Born: January 30, 1931
at Longview, Tex.
Died: November 16, 1996 at Dallas, Tex.
Neal
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

208 games. 14 hr, 76 rbi, 0.248
85 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1988 Game Results
06/20 Pirates 8, Mets 5 Ojeda (L, 5-6)
06/21 Mets 9, Pirates 0 Darling (W, 8-4)
06/22 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Gooden (W, 10-3)
06/27 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 10-4)
06/28 Mets 5, Pirates 2 Fernandez (W, 4-6)
06/29 Mets 8, Pirates 7 McDowell (W, 4-1)
07/29 Mets 1, Pirates 0 Ojeda (W, 8-8)
07/30 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Fernandez (W, 6-8)
07/31 Mets 2, Pirates 1 Darling (W, 11-7)
08/01 Pirates 7, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 13-6)
08/05 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Darling (W, 12-7)
08/06 Mets 5, Pirates 3 McClure (W, 1-0)
08/07 Mets 6, Pirates 2 Cone (W, 12-2)
08/08 Pirates 1, Mets 0 Ojeda (L, 8-10)
09/05 Mets 7, Pirates 5 Cone (W, 15-3)
09/06 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 9-13)
09/12 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Myers (W, 6-3)
09/13 Pirates 1, Mets 0 Gooden (L, 17-7)
1988 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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