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Previous Game: August 4, 1962 Mets 3, Reds 2 1962 Regular Season Game 108 August 5, 1962 Mets 5, Reds 2 Next Game: August 5, 1962 Reds 6, Mets 3

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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 34 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .100 2 .100 .100 Ashburn, Richie 91 262 42 83 4 2 6 25 57 1 27 2 1 0 9 4 .317 109 .416 .436 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 42 90 5 19 1 0 0 8 17 0 19 2 1 1 0 1 .211 20 .222 .336 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 71 152 19 31 6 1 3 13 17 0 29 0 2 1 6 2 .204 48 .316 .288 Coleman, Choo Choo 10 21 5 7 1 1 2 5 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .333 16 .762 .391 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 28 50 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 22 0 1 1 0 0 .040 2 .040 .111 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 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 4 .444 .111 Hickman, Jim 91 250 37 67 14 2 8 29 24 1 67 3 6 1 2 2 .268 109 .436 .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 30 43 6 9 0 0 0 4 6 0 16 0 4 0 0 0 .209 9 .209 .306 Hunter, Willard 15 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 31 49 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 19 0 4 0 0 0 .082 6 .122 .118 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 83 179 33 52 5 2 3 17 10 0 17 0 3 1 6 4 .291 70 .391 .332 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 31 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .111 1 .111 .111 Mantilla, Felix 96 322 42 87 9 3 9 44 27 0 35 6 2 3 2 0 .270 129 .401 .327 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Miller, Bob 28 26 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 .192 7 .269 .192 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 97 358 43 93 10 6 10 38 35 1 56 5 5 0 1 4 .260 145 .405 .322 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 106 397 54 116 18 3 26 73 29 2 67 4 0 6 1 1 .292 218 .549 .346 Throneberry, Marv 70 200 18 53 6 3 9 26 21 2 49 4 0 0 1 1 .265 92 .460 .329 Woodling, Gene 45 107 10 27 3 1 2 16 16 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 .252 38 .355 .341 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 5, 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 28 156.1 6 17 .261 177 87 77 80 40 23 9 0 0 4.43 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 15 46 1 5 .167 52 33 32 30 27 5 1 0 0 6.26 Jackson, Al 26 157.2 6 13 .316 168 91 77 82 47 23 7 3 0 4.40 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 31 64 4 3 .571 67 35 34 40 25 0 0 0 0 4.78 Miller, Bob 5 5.2 1 1 .500 8 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.18 Miller, Bob 24 94.2 0 7 .000 98 68 51 57 37 13 0 0 0 4.85 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, 5-2; REDS, 6-3 SPLIT



New York Daily News
August 6, 1962

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