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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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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets Deliver a Hot Piazza; Nab All-Star catcher for 3 prospects
New York Daily News, May 23, 1998
One of the more successful trades in Mets history brought future Hall-of-Fame catcher Mike Piazza to the Mets after he had played a handful of games for the Marlins.
Tags: John Franco, Mike Piazza.


Randomly selected Met Player

Rusty Staub
Born: April 1, 1944
at New Orleans, La.
Died: March 29, 2018 at Palm Beach, Fla.
Staub
Years with Mets: 1972 - 1975, 1981 - 1985

942 games. 75 hr, 399 rbi, 0.276
296 runs, 6 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1971 Game Results
06/04 Mets 3, Dodgers 1 Seaver (W, 7-2)
06/05 Dodgers 3, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 6-2)
06/06 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 3-4)
06/14 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 8-3)
06/15 Dodgers 2, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 6-4)
06/16 Mets 7, Dodgers 2 Williams (W, 2-1)
08/16 Mets 6, Dodgers 0 Seaver (W, 13-8)
08/17 Dodgers 4, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 9-11)
08/18 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Frisella (W, 6-3)
08/28 Mets 9, Dodgers 2 Seaver (W, 15-8)
08/28 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 McGraw (W, 9-4)
08/29 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 McGraw (W, 10-4)
1971 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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