Jones was removed in the second game of a doubleheader by ... so be it. New York Mets baseball player, Cleon Jones, May 6, 1969. (AP Photo) Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Hodges died in 1972.

Fifty years to the day after the final out of the World Series settled into his glove, Cleon Jones ... total runs as the Mets took the championship four games to one. Jones played a major role ...

The Mets host the Giants in ... during the fourth inning of Game 3 of the 1969 World Series at Shea Stadium. Moving in on the play is teammate Cleon Jones (21). New York Mayor John V.

Cleon Jones helped the fledgling Mets, a 1962 expansion team that had lost 100 games five times before winning 100 and being crowned champions in 1969, that miracle season. Jones hit .340 that ...

Cleon Jones wants to set the record straight regarding what happened that 1969 day in left field at Shea Stadium when Mets manager Gil Hodges came out to remove Jones from the game. As legendary ...

Cleon Jones ... From the time Jones signed with the Mets in 1962, he had a purpose. “My driving force was I couldn’t let my neighborhood down,” he now says. Follow every MLB game: Latest ...

former Mets left fielder Cleon Jones is ready to let the world in on a little secret. The Mets were playing Houston in the second game of a doubleheader July 30,1969 when Johnny Edwards beat out ...

Cleon Jones ... t have that much trouble with the Mets,'” Jones recounted Friday. “Hank told them to beware that if they weren’t on top of their game, they wouldn’t beat the Mets.” ...

The biggest kid of them all at The Hank Thursday night might have been 68-year-old Cleon ... New York Mets World Series championship team. Jones was on hand to greet fans, posing for photos ...

When Cleon Jones first heard about George Floyd’s killing by police, he was transported back to Mobile, Alabama, in 1977. The former Mets outfielder ... stars in the game, they were viciously ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - You can get the chance to meet New York Mets great and Mobile native Cleon Jones this Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Mobile Regional Airport. Jones will be signing copies of his ...