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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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New York Daily News, April 3, 1972
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Born: April 28, 1947
at Forest City, Iowa
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