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Previous Game: August 3, 1968 Dodgers 8, Mets 0 1968 Regular Season Game 111 August 4, 1968 Mets 8, Dodgers 4 Next Game: August 4, 1968 Dodgers 2, Mets 0

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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 Agee, Tommie 87 223 19 39 5 1 4 11 12 3 69 1 1 1 5 4 .175 58 .260 .219 Bosch, Don 45 107 14 18 1 0 3 7 9 1 31 1 1 0 0 2 .168 28 .262 .231 Boswell, Ken 46 179 24 44 4 2 4 10 9 0 18 2 2 1 6 0 .246 64 .358 .283 Buchek, Jerry 45 130 5 27 2 0 1 11 5 1 34 0 2 3 0 1 .208 32 .246 .254 Cardwell, Don 20 40 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 .050 5 .125 .050 Charles, Ed 79 254 33 78 8 0 11 39 16 4 36 2 4 1 3 2 .307 119 .469 .348 Collins, Kevin 43 117 10 25 5 2 0 8 6 2 31 2 5 0 0 1 .214 34 .291 .248 Connors, Bill 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Frisella, Danny 19 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 .083 1 .083 .083 Goossen, Greg 38 106 4 22 7 0 0 6 10 0 21 0 1 2 0 0 .208 29 .274 .288 Grote, Jerry 92 303 23 84 12 0 2 23 34 8 59 0 3 3 0 4 .277 102 .337 .356 Harrelson, Bud 74 276 26 61 6 2 0 7 18 0 41 1 1 0 1 5 .221 71 .257 .268 Jackson, Al 19 24 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .250 7 .292 .240 Jones, Cleon 99 342 43 96 21 2 12 39 19 0 74 2 3 2 16 5 .281 157 .459 .321 Koonce, Cal 37 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .182 Koosman, Jerry 23 61 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 43 0 2 0 0 0 .066 5 .082 .081 Kranepool, Ed 84 242 19 64 9 1 2 15 10 2 17 1 8 2 0 2 .264 81 .335 .298 Linz, Phil 47 159 16 35 3 0 0 7 6 0 24 0 2 2 0 0 .220 38 .239 .257 Martin, J.C. 49 142 10 31 6 1 0 20 15 2 20 1 3 3 0 0 .218 39 .275 .304 McAndrew, Jim 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Rohr, Les 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Ryan, Nolan 18 41 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 .098 4 .098 .140 Seaver, Tom 25 66 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 34 0 2 0 0 0 .121 9 .136 .147 Selma, Dick 27 46 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 3 0 1 0 .217 11 .239 .217 Shamsky, Art 80 253 17 57 12 3 6 30 12 3 40 4 3 6 1 0 .225 93 .368 .273 Shaw, Don 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 16 56 6 14 2 0 1 2 7 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 .250 19 .339 .333 Swoboda, Ron 94 321 31 79 9 4 10 49 40 1 81 1 1 4 6 1 .246 126 .393 .336 Taylor, Ron 37 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 72 227 13 42 4 0 1 12 17 3 43 2 2 1 3 1 .185 49 .216 .243

Pitching Statistics as of August 4, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 19 122.2 5 10 .333 106 50 42 56 37 17 3 1 0 3.08 Connors, Bill 4 5.2 0 1 .000 8 6 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 9.53 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 18 76.1 3 5 .375 67 30 26 44 12 8 0 0 0 3.07 Koonce, Cal 37 63.2 2 4 .333 46 11 10 33 16 0 0 0 0 1.41 Koosman, Jerry 23 172.1 14 6 .700 137 40 35 126 46 22 12 6 0 1.83 McAndrew, Jim 1 6 0 1 .000 6 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.50 Rohr, Les 2 6 0 2 .000 9 4 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 4.50 Ryan, Nolan 18 125.2 6 9 .400 86 46 42 130 67 18 3 0 0 3.01 Seaver, Tom 24 186.2 10 7 .588 154 45 41 128 31 23 9 4 0 1.98 Selma, Dick 22 129.1 8 7 .533 113 43 34 82 39 17 3 2 0 2.37 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 24 20.2 0 2 .000 20 14 14 17 13 0 0 0 0 6.10 Taylor, Ron 37 45.1 1 2 .333 39 17 17 30 10 0 0 0 0 3.38

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