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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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Young Ideas
New York Daily News, February 5, 1970
It's spring training, 1970 and Bud Harrelson is a defending World Champion shortstop. In Dick Young's column, Bud reflects on his recovery from knee surgery in 1968 and how, as a minor league player attending a Mets game in San Francisco, he gained confidence when he witnessed his future mentor Roy McMillan make an error.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Roy McMillan.


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John Stearns
Born: August 21, 1951
at Denver, Colo.
Died: September 15, 2022 at Denver, Colo.
Stearns
Years with Mets: 1975 - 1984

809 games. 46 hr, 312 rbi, 0.259
334 runs, 91 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1965 Game Results
05/11 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Spahn (L, 2-3)
05/12 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Fisher (W, 2-3)
05/21 Cardinals 5, Mets 4 Ribant (L, 1-2)
05/22 Cardinals 5, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 3-4)
05/23 Cardinals 8, Mets 7 Parsons (L, 0-2)
07/02 Cardinals 6, Mets 3 Lary (L, 1-3)
07/03 Cardinals 2, Mets 0 Fisher (L, 6-9)
07/04 Cardinals 6, Mets 2 Cisco (L, 1-5)
07/15 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Bearnarth (L, 3-2)
07/16 Cardinals 8, Mets 5 Jackson (L, 4-12)
07/17 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Miller (L, 1-1)
08/20 Cardinals 8, Mets 1 Jackson (L, 6-17)
08/21 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Fisher (W, 8-16)
08/22 Mets 7, Cardinals 5 Richardson (W, 1-1)
08/22 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 McGraw (W, 1-2)
09/03 Mets 6, Cardinals 3 Selma (W, 1-0)
09/05 Cardinals 3, Mets 0 McGraw (L, 2-4)
09/05 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Gardner (L, 0-2)
1965 totals: 5 wins, 13 losses



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