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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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Mets' Bud Harrelson A Lover, Not a Fighter
The Times (Munster, Indiana), July 9, 1970
Three years before the now legendary fight with Pete Rose, Bud Harrelson took a few steps towards the mound and had to be restrained when he felt that Cardinals pitcher Jerry Reuss was throwing at him.
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Joe Grzenda
Born: June 8, 1937
at Scranton, Pa.
Died: July 12, 2019 at Covington Township, Pa.
Grzenda
Years with Mets: 1967

11 games. 0 - 0, 2.16
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All-Time Mets Leaders
Runs Batted In
1. David Wright 970 Wright
2. Darryl Strawberry 733
3. Mike Piazza 655
4. Howard Johnson 629
5. Pete Alonso 617
6. Ed Kranepool 614 Strawberry
7. Carlos Beltran 559
8. Edgardo Alfonzo 538
9. Cleon Jones 521
Jose Reyes 521



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