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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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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Tom Gorman
Born: December 16, 1957
at Portland, Ore.
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Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1975 Game Results
04/16 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 0-1)
04/17 Mets 14, Cardinals 7 Baldwin (W, 1-1)
04/22 Mets 9, Cardinals 5 Koosman (W, 1-0)
04/23 Mets 7, Cardinals 1 Seaver (W, 2-2)
06/23 Cardinals 1, Mets 0 Webb (L, 1-3)
06/23 Cardinals 4, Mets 0 Stone (L, 1-1)
06/24 Mets 5, Cardinals 1 Koosman (W, 6-5)
06/25 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Seaver (W, 11-4)
07/28 Mets 11, Cardinals 7 Matlack (W, 12-8)
07/29 Cardinals 5, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 14-7)
07/29 Mets 11, Cardinals 6 Hall (W, 4-2)
07/30 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Tate (L, 4-9)
09/05 Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Seaver (W, 21-7)
09/06 Cardinals 6, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 11-13)
09/07 Cardinals 12, Mets 4 Matlack (L, 16-10)
09/12 Cardinals 5, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 16-11)
09/13 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Webb (W, 7-6)
09/14 Cardinals 6, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 21-9)
1975 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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