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Shawn Green: 2006 N.L. Eastern Champion Mets Outfielder (2006 - 2007)

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Shawn David Green was born on November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois. The six foot four left-handed hitter, won a baseball scholarship to Sanford University.  In 1991 he was the Toronto Blue Jays #1 pick, the 16th picks overall. He had an impressive minor league career winning the International League batting title in 1994, batting .341 with a .401 on base %, 13 HRs & 61 RBIs.  He was voted the IL’s top hitting prospect & the league's best outfield throwing arm. He was the Blue Jays Minor League Player of the Year & was named one of Baseball Americas top prospects. MLB Career Blue Jays: Green was brought up for a cup of coffee in the 1993 Blue Jays championship season (3 games) & again in 1994. He began in Toronto coming in fifth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, he would go on to hit over thirty doubles five straight seasons as well.  By 1995 he was a fixture in the Blue Jays outfield for the next five seasons. He put up bigger nu...
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Del Unser: Mid Seventies Mets Outfielder (1975-1976)

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Delbert Bernard Unser was born on December 9, 1944, in Decatur, Illinois. He was the son of former Detroit Tiger & Cincinnati Reds catcher Al Unser. Family- MLB Father: Al Unser hit .251 with 4 HRs 15 doubles & 30 RBIs in four MLB seasons, Playing in 120 career games. After his playing days he was minor league manager in the St. Louis Cardinal organization in the sixties & then became a scout in the early seventies.  Al Unser passed away at age 82 in 1995. Del Unser was a star ball player at Mississippi State and got drafted first round by the Washington Senators in 1966.  MLB Career: He came up in 1968 making the Topps All Star Rookie team and became the Senators regular centerfielder for the next four years until they left the nation’s Capital for Texas. His best season was in 1969 when he hit .286 and led the AL in triples with eight, hitting 7 HRs with 57 RBIs, 166 hits and 19 doubles. The next three years he hit in the .250 ra...
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Don Cardwell: 1969 World Champion Mets Pitcher (1967 - 1970)

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Donald Eugene Cardwell was born on December 7, 1935, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The big six foot four right-handed pitchers went to Appalachian State University, getting signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1954. MLB Career: Cardwell debuted in the majors three years later in 1957 with the Phillies pitching as both a starter & reliever.  He began his career earning a save in his first game. He started out going 3-0 record by the end of May.  He then lost six straight decisions ending the year at 4-8 with a 4.91 ERA.  He posted losing records in each of his next two seasons as the Phillies never finished higher than eight. Cardwell won 16 games while losing 24 in his Phillie years (1957-1960) posting a 4.50 ERA.  Cubs Career:   In May of 1960 Cardwell was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Tony Taylor. No Hitter: Two days later,  in the second game of a doubleheader, at Wrigley Field Cardwell made his first Cub appearance.  Ca...
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