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New York Mets claimed Greg Goossen on waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 9, 1965.

New York Mets sold Michael Tonkin to the Minnesota Twins on April 9, 2024.

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New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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John Gibbons
Born: June 8, 1962
at Great Falls, Mont.
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Years with Mets: 1984, 1986

18 games. 1 hr, 2 rbi, 0.220
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Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1989 Game Results
05/15 Dodgers 3, Mets 1 McDowell (L, 1-2)
05/17 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Aguilera (L, 1-1)
05/18 Mets 5, Dodgers 3 Gooden (W, 6-1)
05/26 Mets 8, Dodgers 2 Ojeda (W, 2-5)
05/27 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 4-2)
05/28 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 McDowell (L, 1-4)
08/18 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Cone (W, 11-5)
08/19 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Ojeda (W, 10-9)
08/20 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Aase (L, 1-4)
08/28 Mets 1, Dodgers 0 Viola (W, 2-3)
08/29 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Cone (W, 12-6)
08/30 Mets 9, Dodgers 3 Fernandez (W, 10-3)
1989 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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