Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 20, 1962 - Box Score

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September 20, 1962
Colt .45's 7, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 153
September 20, 1962
Colt .45's 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
September 21, 1962
Mets 4, Cubs 1

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National League Standings, September 20, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Elio
Chacon 3b
Sammy
Drake rf
Joe
Christopher lf
Frank
Thomas c
Sammy
Taylor 1b
Gil
Hodges cf
Jim
Hickman 2b
Rod
Kanehl p
Roger
Craig

September 20, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Houston Colt .45's 5, New York Mets 4

Colt .45's ab r h bi bb so

J.C. Hartman ss 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Merritt Ranew ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- George Williams 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0

Al Spangler cf 5 0 0 0 1 2

Dave Roberts lf-1b 6 0 1 0 0 1

Norm Larker 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0

- Jim Pendleton pr-lf 2 1 0 0 0 0

Roman Mejias rf 6 1 2 0 0 1

Bob Aspromonte 3b-ss 6 2 5 1 0 0

Hal Smith c 5 1 3 3 1 1

Joey Amalfitano 2b-3b 5 0 1 1 0 1

Turk Farrell p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Billy Goodman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Don McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Johnny Temple ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Russ Kemmerer p 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Elio Chacon ss 6 0 0 0 0 1 .234

Sammy Drake 3b 4 0 0 1 1 1 .212

- Choo Choo Coleman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254

Joe Christopher rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .250

Frank Thomas lf 3 2 2 3 0 0 .264

- Rick Herrscher lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .190

Sammy Taylor c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226

- Chris Cannizzaro c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238

Gil Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .252

Jim Hickman cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .252

Rod Kanehl 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .252

Roger Craig p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .053

- Richie Ashburn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .307

- Craig Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097

- Marv Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244

- Ray Daviault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071

- Felix Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E

Houston Colt .45's 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 13 2

New York Mets 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1

Houston Colt .45's ip h r er bb so

Turk Farrell 6.0 4 4 4 2 6

Don McMahon 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

Russ Kemmerer (W) 4.0 2 0 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Roger Craig 7.0 6 3 3 0 7 4.43

Craig Anderson 2.0 3 1 1 2 2 5.64

Ray Daviault (L,1-5) 3.0 4 1 1 1 0 6.35

Errors: Craig Anderson (1), J.C. Hartman.
WP: Ray Daviault.
2B: Rod Kanehl (10), Roman Mejias.
HR: Frank Thomas 2 (32), Hal Smith.
SH: Roger Craig.

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