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Batting Statistics as of August 3, 1962

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Anderson, Craig 34 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .100 2 .100 .100 Ashburn, Richie 89 258 41 81 4 2 6 24 55 1 26 2 1 0 8 4 .314 107 .415 .432 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 40 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 68 146 18 31 6 1 3 13 13 0 29 0 2 1 5 2 .212 48 .329 .281 Coleman, Choo Choo 9 17 3 4 0 1 1 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .235 9 .529 .316 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 19 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .100 1 .100 .100 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 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hickman, Jim 88 238 34 63 13 0 8 28 23 1 65 3 6 1 2 2 .265 100 .420 .328 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 30 43 6 9 0 0 0 4 6 0 16 0 4 0 0 0 .209 9 .209 .306 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 80 167 32 49 5 2 3 15 9 0 14 0 3 1 6 4 .293 67 .401 .333 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 93 309 40 83 9 3 9 44 25 0 33 6 2 3 2 0 .269 125 .405 .324 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 94 345 40 88 10 5 8 34 35 1 55 4 4 0 1 4 .255 132 .383 .320 Pignatano, Joe 11 26 1 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .346 11 .423 .370 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 103 385 52 114 18 3 25 71 28 2 67 3 0 6 1 1 .296 213 .553 .351 Throneberry, Marv 68 191 17 51 6 3 8 25 21 2 45 4 0 0 1 1 .267 87 .455 .333 Woodling, Gene 44 106 10 27 3 1 2 16 16 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 .255 38 .358 .344 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 3, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 34 81 3 12 .200 93 63 51 40 37 8 2 0 0 5.67 Craig, Roger 27 147.1 5 17 .227 168 86 76 73 38 22 8 0 0 4.64 Daviault, Ray 19 46 1 3 .250 58 40 36 34 32 2 0 0 0 7.04 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 26 130.2 7 11 .389 155 95 84 72 40 23 8 0 0 5.79 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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