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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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Voice Of The Fan: Met Fan Speaks
New Jersey Record (Bergen, NJ), April 25, 1962
Two very early Mets fans, Vinny Galasso and Tom Rossetti, write to their local newspaper to say they'd rather cheer for a losing Mets team than a winning Yankees team.


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Jim McAndrew
Born: January 11, 1944
at Lost Nation, Iowa
Died: March 14, 2024 at Scottsdale, Ariz.
McAndrew
Years with Mets: 1968 - 1973

146 games. 36 - 49, 3.54
408 strikeouts, 4 saves


All-Time Mets Leaders
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1. David Wright 390 Wright
2. Jose Reyes 272
3. Daniel Murphy 228
4. Ed Kranepool 225
5. Howard Johnson 214
6. Edgardo Alfonzo 212 Reyes
7. Carlos Beltran 208
8. Mike Piazza 193
9. Darryl Strawberry 187
10. Cleon Jones 182



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