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Today is May 5

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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

Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects
New York Daily News, December 11, 1971
At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.


Randomly selected Met Player

Phil Linz
Born: June 4, 1939
at Baltimore, Md.
Died: December 9, 2020 at Leesburg, Va.
Linz
Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

102 games. 0 hr, 18 rbi, 0.209
27 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets Records vs. Opponents in 2013
Opponent W L T Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies 10 9 0 .526
Atlanta Braves 9 10 0 .474
Miami Marlins 8 11 0 .421
Washington Nationals 7 12 0 .368
San Francisco Giants 4 2 0 .667
San Diego Padres 4 3 0 .571
Colorado Rockies 4 3 0 .571
New York Yankees 4 0 0 1.000
Arizona Diamondbacks 4 3 0 .571
Milwaukee Brewers 3 4 0 .429
Minnesota Twins 3 0 0 1.000
Chicago Cubs 3 3 0 .500
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 5 0 .286
St. Louis Cardinals 2 5 0 .286
Cincinnati Reds 2 4 0 .333
Chicago White Sox 2 2 0 .500
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 5 0 .167
Kansas City Royals 1 2 0 .333
Cleveland Indians 1 2 0 .333
Detroit Tigers 0 3 0 .000



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