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San Diego Padres signed Eric Gunderson of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 24, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Dellin Betances of the New York Yankees on December 24, 2019.

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St. Louis Weather Menaces Mets' Ticker-Tape Hoopla
New York Daily News, April 12, 1962
The Mets have a ticker-tape parade scheduled for the day before their first home game in New York, but the potential for rain in St. Louis may force the Mets to remain in that city for a makeup game against the Cardinals.


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Mike Jorgensen
Born: August 16, 1948
at Passaic, N.J.
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Years with Mets: 1968, 1970, 1971, 1980 - 1983

492 games. 21 hr, 90 rbi, 0.234
103 runs, 9 stolen bases


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2. Jose Reyes 272
3. Daniel Murphy 228
4. Ed Kranepool 225
5. Howard Johnson 214
6. Edgardo Alfonzo 212 Reyes
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8. Mike Piazza 193
9. Darryl Strawberry 187
10. Cleon Jones 182



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