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Previous Game: August 4, 1968 Dodgers 2, Mets 0 1968 Regular Season Game 113 August 5, 1968 Astros 6, Mets 5 Next Game: August 6, 1968 Mets 4, Astros 1

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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 89 232 19 40 5 2 4 11 12 3 71 1 1 1 6 4 .172 61 .263 .215 Bosch, Don 46 108 14 18 1 0 3 7 9 1 32 1 1 0 0 2 .167 28 .259 .229 Boswell, Ken 46 179 24 44 4 2 4 10 9 0 18 2 2 1 6 0 .246 64 .358 .283 Buchek, Jerry 46 132 5 27 2 0 1 11 5 1 36 0 2 3 0 1 .205 32 .242 .250 Cardwell, Don 20 40 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 .050 5 .125 .050 Charles, Ed 81 260 34 78 8 0 11 39 17 4 36 2 4 2 3 2 .300 119 .458 .345 Collins, Kevin 44 118 10 25 5 2 0 8 6 2 31 2 5 0 0 1 .212 34 .288 .246 Connors, Bill 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 94 307 23 85 12 0 2 24 37 10 60 0 3 3 0 4 .277 103 .336 .360 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 101 349 43 98 21 2 12 40 19 0 76 2 3 2 16 5 .281 159 .456 .320 Koonce, Cal 37 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .182 Koosman, Jerry 24 64 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 45 0 2 0 0 0 .063 5 .078 .077 Kranepool, Ed 85 244 19 64 9 1 2 15 11 2 18 1 8 2 0 2 .262 81 .332 .298 Linz, Phil 49 166 17 36 3 0 0 9 7 0 26 0 2 2 1 0 .217 39 .235 .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 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 17 60 7 15 3 0 1 2 8 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 .250 21 .350 .338 Swoboda, Ron 96 329 33 81 10 4 10 49 40 1 83 1 1 4 6 1 .246 129 .392 .334 Taylor, Ron 39 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 74 234 13 42 4 0 1 12 17 3 45 2 2 1 3 1 .179 49 .209 .236

Pitching Statistics as of August 5, 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 5 8 0 1 .000 9 6 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 6.75 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 24 179 14 7 .667 146 46 39 128 47 23 12 6 0 1.96 McAndrew, Jim 2 10.2 0 2 .000 15 3 3 9 2 2 0 0 0 2.53 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 39 47.2 1 2 .333 40 17 17 32 10 0 0 0 0 3.21

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