Joining Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, and Dwight ‘Doc’ Gooden, David Cone improves his record to 20-3, becoming the fourth pitcher in Mets history to win twenty games in a season. After his 4-2 complete-game victory against the Cardinals, the 25 year-old right-hander is congratulated by a surprise visitor to the Shea Stadium dugout, former president Richard Nixon.

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On September 30, 1988 — Joining Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, and Dwight ‘Doc’ Gooden, David Cone improves his record to 20-3, becoming the fourth pitcher in Mets history to win twenty games in a season. After his 4-2 complete-game victory against the Cardinals, the 25 year-old right-hander is congratulated by a surprise visitor to the Shea Stadium dugout, former president Richard Nixon.

 

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