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New York Mets signed free agent Cleon Jones on July 5, 1962.

New York Mets claimed Chris Schwinden on waivers from the New York Yankees on July 5, 2012.

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What's Going On Here; News Item: Mets trade Agee for Rich Chiles
New York Daily News, November 29, 1972
Dick Young suggests that Tommie Agee was traded because he and Cleon Jones had become "too thick" and one of them had to go.
Tags: Tommie Agee, Rich Chiles, Cleon Jones.


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Frank Thomas
Born: June 11, 1929
at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Died: January 16, 2023 at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Thomas
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1964

342 games. 52 hr, 173 rbi, 0.262
122 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets Records vs. Opponents in 1962
Opponent W L T Pct.
Chicago Cubs 9 9 0 .500
Milwaukee Braves 6 12 0 .333
Cincinnati Reds 5 13 0 .278
St. Louis Cardinals 5 13 0 .278
Philadelphia Phillies 4 14 0 .222
San Francisco Giants 4 14 0 .222
Houston Colt .45's 3 13 1 .188
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 16 0 .111
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 16 0 .111



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