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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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On The Path Of Hodges
Newsday, June 1, 1990
New Mets manager Bud Harrelson sees Gil Hodges as the role model for the kind of manager he'd like to be. Newsday's Steve Jacobsen looks back at Hodges, and speculates how Harrelson might handle a player like Darryl Strawberry differently than Davey Johnson did.
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Roger Craig
Born: February 17, 1930
at Durham, N.C.
Died: June 4, 2023 at San Diego, Cal.
Craig
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

88 games. 15 - 46, 4.14
226 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1985 Game Results
05/24 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 2-3)
05/25 Dodgers 6, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 6-3)
05/26 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 McDowell (W, 5-1)
05/27 Mets 8, Dodgers 1 Darling (W, 4-1)
06/03 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Sisk (L, 1-3)
06/04 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 8-3)
06/05 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 1-2)
08/26 Dodgers 6, Mets 1 Lynch (L, 10-7)
08/27 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 5-8)
09/06 Mets 2, Dodgers 0 Orosco (W, 5-4)
09/07 Dodgers 7, Mets 6 Leach (L, 2-3)
09/08 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 Sisk (W, 4-5)
1985 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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