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All-time best Mets by jersey number (Nos. 0-23)
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Mets Uniform Numbers: The Best From 61-99 - Overtime Heroics
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Dwight Gooden - Wikipedia
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Top 5s: Mets' best rotations/bullpens - ESPN - Mets Blog- ESPN
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Mets Morning News: Late-inning homers all for naught - Amazin' Avenue
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NY Mets All-Time Top 10 Players by WAR - Mets Hot Corner
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Best Mets players by uniform number
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Meet the (Champion) Mets: It Was All in the Cards - The New York Times
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Mets great Dwight Gooden talks autographs, collecting baseball cards and his MLB idols - Sports Collectors Digest
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MLB Power Rankings Week 16: A battle atop the AL East - ESPN
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Mets Player Meter: Position players, August 16-22 - Amazin' Avenue
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What was Bo Jackson's baseball jersey number? - Quora
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The Top Current MLB Player Wearing Each Number from 1 to 50, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Mets to retire Gooden's No. 16 and Strawberry's No. 18