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Previous Game: September 22, 1973 Mets 2, Cardinals 0 1973 Regular Season Game 156 September 23, 1973 Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Next Game: September 25, 1973 Mets 2, Expos 1

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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Apodaca, Bob 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Barnes, Lute 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Beauchamp, Jim 50 61 5 17 1 1 0 14 7 1 11 2 0 0 1 0 .279 20 .328 .343 Boswell, Ken 74 109 12 25 2 1 2 14 11 2 10 0 1 0 0 0 .229 35 .321 .300 Capra, Buzz 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .500 Chiles, Rich 8 25 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .120 5 .200 .120 Dyer, Duffy 70 189 9 35 6 1 1 9 13 1 40 0 0 2 0 1 .185 46 .243 .245 Fregosi, Jim 45 124 7 29 4 1 0 11 20 3 25 0 0 0 1 2 .234 35 .282 .340 Garrett, Wayne 135 487 71 121 19 3 15 55 69 4 73 3 6 1 6 5 .248 191 .392 .341 Gosger, Jim 38 92 9 22 2 0 0 10 9 2 16 1 0 0 0 1 .239 24 .261 .304 Grote, Jerry 79 266 17 67 9 2 1 28 12 1 22 1 5 1 0 0 .252 83 .312 .286 Hahn, Don 89 249 22 57 9 0 2 21 22 2 42 4 3 0 1 1 .229 72 .289 .287 Harrelson, Bud 101 340 33 88 10 3 0 20 45 3 46 0 3 1 5 1 .259 104 .306 .347 Harts, Greg 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 .500 Hennigan, Phil 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Hodges, Ron 45 127 5 33 2 0 1 18 11 2 19 2 2 0 0 1 .260 38 .299 .314 Jones, Cleon 87 322 45 84 13 0 8 44 23 6 49 8 0 3 1 1 .261 121 .376 .309 Koosman, Jerry 33 73 3 8 1 0 0 3 2 0 34 0 14 0 0 0 .110 9 .123 .133 Kranepool, Ed 98 282 28 68 12 2 1 35 30 4 28 2 4 0 1 0 .241 87 .309 .312 Martinez, Ted 92 263 34 67 11 0 1 14 13 2 38 1 1 2 3 5 .255 81 .308 .294 Matlack, Jon 34 64 5 9 0 0 0 2 12 0 37 0 11 0 0 0 .141 9 .141 .276 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP May, Jerry 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .250 .333 Mays, Willie 66 209 24 44 10 0 6 25 27 0 47 1 1 1 1 0 .211 72 .344 .303 McAndrew, Jim 24 15 3 2 1 0 0 2 6 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .133 3 .200 .381 McGraw, Tug 57 24 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 .167 4 .167 .200 Millan, Felix 148 618 79 180 23 4 3 36 35 3 21 1 17 5 2 2 .291 220 .356 .334 Milner, John 124 434 65 106 12 3 23 70 57 5 80 4 0 1 1 1 .244 193 .445 .331 Moore, Tommy 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ostrosser, Brian 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Parker, Harry 37 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 .136 3 .136 .136 Sadecki, Ray 30 31 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .226 9 .290 .226 Schneck, Dave 11 29 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .207 8 .276 .233 Seaver, Tom 37 90 9 14 2 1 1 5 7 0 34 0 9 0 1 0 .156 21 .233 .216 Staub, Rusty 147 562 73 153 35 1 15 72 74 10 51 3 1 3 1 1 .272 235 .418 .358 Stone, George 28 48 4 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 .271 13 .271 .271 Strohmayer, John 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Swan, Craig 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Theodore, George 45 116 14 30 4 0 1 15 10 0 13 1 6 1 1 0 .259 37 .319 .320 Webb, Hank 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Pitching Statistics as of September 23, 1973

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Apodaca, Bob 1 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Capra, Buzz 24 42 2 7 .222 35 18 18 35 28 0 0 0 4 3.86 Hennigan, Phil 30 43.1 0 4 .000 50 30 30 22 16 0 0 0 3 6.23 Koosman, Jerry 33 247.1 12 15 .444 222 90 83 145 72 33 11 3 0 3.02 Matlack, Jon 33 234 14 15 .483 205 92 85 196 97 33 13 3 0 3.27 McAndrew, Jim 23 80.1 3 8 .273 109 60 48 38 31 12 0 0 1 5.38 McGraw, Tug 57 112.1 5 6 .455 102 52 50 76 54 2 0 0 23 4.01 Moore, Tommy 3 3.1 0 1 .000 6 5 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 10.80 Parker, Harry 37 93.2 8 3 .727 75 38 34 63 36 9 0 0 5 3.27 Sadecki, Ray 30 114.2 5 4 .556 109 47 44 86 40 11 1 0 1 3.45 Seaver, Tom 34 282 18 10 .643 205 65 59 247 59 34 18 3 0 1.88 Stone, George 27 148 12 3 .800 157 53 46 77 31 20 2 0 1 2.80 Strohmayer, John 7 10 0 0 .000 13 10 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 8.10 Swan, Craig 3 8.1 0 1 .000 16 9 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 8.64 Webb, Hank 2 1.2 0 0 .000 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 10.80

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METS TAKE 6th IN ROW, 5-2



New York Daily News
September 24, 1973

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