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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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Jim Gosger
Born: November 6, 1942
at Port Huron, Mich.
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74 games. 0 hr, 11 rbi, 0.193
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1. Tom Seaver 44 Seaver
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6. Al Jackson 10 Koosman
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Bob Ojeda 9
10. Gary Gentry 8



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