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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 Anderson, Craig 33 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .100 2 .100 .100 Ashburn, Richie 88 253 41 81 4 2 6 24 55 1 25 2 1 0 8 4 .320 107 .423 .439 Bell, Gus 30 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 10 0 7 2 2 0 0 1 .149 20 .198 .221 Bouchee, Ed 50 87 7 14 2 0 3 10 18 2 17 1 0 0 0 0 .161 25 .287 .302 Cannizzaro, Chris 39 84 5 18 1 0 0 8 16 0 17 2 0 1 0 0 .214 19 .226 .340 Chacon, Elio 89 286 36 66 9 2 1 22 52 3 46 1 3 1 9 3 .231 82 .287 .350 Chiti, Harry 15 41 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .195 9 .220 .233 Christopher, Joe 67 145 18 31 6 1 3 13 13 0 29 0 2 1 5 2 .214 48 .331 .283 Coleman, Choo Choo 8 15 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 5 .333 .294 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 27 46 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 19 0 1 1 0 0 .043 2 .043 .120 Daviault, Ray 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 DeMerit, John 14 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 6 .375 .278 Drake, Sammy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ginsberg, Joe 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Herrscher, Rick 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hickman, Jim 87 236 34 63 13 0 8 28 23 1 65 3 6 1 2 2 .267 100 .424 .331 Hillman, Dave 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hodges, Gil 51 119 15 31 1 0 9 17 14 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 .261 59 .496 .338 Hook, Jay 29 43 6 9 0 0 0 4 5 0 16 0 4 0 0 0 .209 9 .209 .292 Hunter, Willard 14 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .273 3 .273 .273 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Jackson, Al 30 46 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 18 0 4 0 0 0 .087 6 .130 .125 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 79 162 32 49 5 2 3 15 9 0 14 0 3 1 6 4 .302 67 .414 .343 Labine, Clem 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Landrith, Hobie 23 45 6 13 3 0 1 7 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .289 19 .422 .389 MacKenzie, Ken 30 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .125 1 .125 .125 Mantilla, Felix 92 304 39 82 9 3 9 44 25 0 33 6 2 3 2 0 .270 124 .408 .325 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Miller, Bob 27 24 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 .208 7 .292 .208 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 17 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .250 .250 Moford, Herb 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Moorhead, Bob 28 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 .063 1 .063 .286 Neal, Charlie 93 340 39 85 10 4 7 33 35 1 55 4 4 0 1 3 .250 124 .365 .317 Pignatano, Joe 10 23 1 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .304 9 .391 .333 Smith, Bobby 8 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .136 5 .227 .240 Taylor, Sammy 52 143 12 32 4 2 3 19 22 1 16 3 0 1 0 0 .224 49 .343 .325 Thomas, Frank 102 380 50 111 17 3 23 69 28 2 66 3 0 6 1 1 .292 203 .534 .348 Throneberry, Marv 67 187 16 49 6 3 7 24 20 2 44 4 0 0 1 1 .262 82 .439 .327 Woodling, Gene 43 104 10 26 3 1 2 16 15 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 .250 37 .356 .336 Zimmer, Don 14 52 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .077 5 .096 .127

Pitching Statistics as of August 2, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 33 79 3 12 .200 91 62 50 40 37 8 2 0 0 5.70 Craig, Roger 27 147.1 5 17 .227 168 86 76 73 38 22 8 0 0 4.64 Daviault, Ray 18 43 1 3 .250 56 38 34 33 30 2 0 0 0 7.12 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 25 126.2 7 10 .412 149 90 80 68 36 22 8 0 0 5.68 Hunter, Willard 14 44.2 1 5 .167 50 33 32 30 25 5 1 0 0 6.45 Jackson, Al 25 148.2 5 13 .278 163 89 76 80 43 22 6 3 0 4.60 Jones, Sherman 7 22.1 0 4 .000 30 20 18 11 7 3 0 0 0 7.25 Labine, Clem 3 4 0 0 .000 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.25 MacKenzie, Ken 30 59.1 4 3 .571 65 35 34 37 25 0 0 0 0 5.16 Miller, Bob 4 4.2 0 1 .000 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 Miller, Bob 23 87.2 0 7 .000 90 66 49 51 37 12 0 0 0 5.03 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 17 38 0 2 .000 48 35 31 15 25 2 0 0 0 7.34 Moford, Herb 7 15 0 1 .000 21 15 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 Moorhead, Bob 28 80 0 0 .000 83 49 38 48 29 5 0 0 0 4.28

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METS HIT 4 HRs, BOW, 9-4



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August 3, 1962

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