The unsung hero who made the Mets Amazin`
(MLB.com New York Mets)

On June 15, 1969, the Mets were nine games back on the Cubs in the newly established National League East. The Mets traded for a player that day who would help propel them to their first championship. Donn Clendenon was hitting .240 in 33 games during his first season with the Expos when they sent the 33-year-old first baseman to New York.