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Jerry Koosman

1943–2026

American Major League Baseball pitcher who won the decisive Game 5 of the 1969 World Series for the Miracle Mets.

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Jerry Koosman was a left-handed pitcher who spent 12 of his 19 Major League Baseball seasons with the New York Mets. He was the winning pitcher in Game 5 of the 1969 World Series, giving the franchise its first championship as part of the celebrated Amazin' Mets. He pitched to a 2.28 ERA that season, second on the team only to Cy Young Award winner Tom Seaver.

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