Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 21, 1963 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 20, 1963
Giants 6, Mets 3 1963 Regular Season Game 155
September 21, 1963
Mets 5, Giants 4 Next Game:
September 22, 1963
Giants 13, Mets 4

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National League Standings, September 21, 1963

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Joe
Christopher cf
Dick
Smith 2b
Ron
Hunt 1b
Frank
Thomas lf
Jim
Hickman ss
Chico
Fernandez 3b
Pumpsie
Green c
Norm
Sherry p
Al
Jackson

September 21, 1963, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joe Christopher rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .234

- Rod Kanehl rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238

Dick Smith cf 4 0 1 3 0 0 .219

Ron Hunt 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .272

Frank Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256

- Tim Harkness 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208

Jim Hickman lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .226

Chico Fernandez ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .206

- Al Moran ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188

Pumpsie Green 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .302

- Ted Schreiber 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .160

Norm Sherry c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .141

Al Jackson p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .189

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Harvey Kuenn 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0

Willie McCovey lf 5 0 2 0 0 1

Orlando Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1

Willie Mays cf 5 0 3 1 0 0

Felipe Alou rf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Jim Davenport 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0

- Matty Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ed Bailey c 4 0 2 1 0 1

Jose Pagan ss 4 0 0 0 0 0

Billy O'Dell p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Herbel p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jesus Alou ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gaylord Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jose Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Duffalo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Cap Peterson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Don Larsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 3

San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 11 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson (W,12-17) 8.2 11 4 1 1 4 4.05

Larry Bearnarth 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.19

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Billy O'Dell (L) 3.2 7 5 5 2 2

Ron Herbel 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Gaylord Perry 2.0 0 0 0 1 2

Jim Duffalo 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

Don Larsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Chico Fernandez (7).
2B: Joe Christopher (5), Al Jackson (2), Orlando Cepeda, Ed Bailey.
3B: Dick Smith (1).
HBP: Jesus Alou.
SF: Harvey Kuenn.
CS: Jim Hickman (5).

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