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Previous Game: August 14, 1968 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 1968 Regular Season Game 123 August 16, 1968 Astros 3, Mets 1 Next Game: August 17, 1968 Astros 1, 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 99 275 22 51 7 3 4 12 12 3 83 1 1 2 9 5 .185 76 .276 .224 Bosch, Don 49 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 1 1 0 0 2 .171 29 .261 .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 51 137 5 27 2 0 1 11 5 1 38 0 2 3 0 1 .197 32 .234 .241 Cardwell, Don 22 46 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 26 0 3 0 0 0 .043 5 .109 .043 Charles, Ed 87 277 35 82 9 0 11 39 18 4 39 2 4 2 3 2 .296 124 .448 .341 Collins, Kevin 49 135 12 28 5 2 1 13 6 2 34 2 5 0 0 1 .207 40 .296 .238 Connors, Bill 7 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 100 320 23 88 12 0 2 24 39 10 64 0 3 3 0 4 .275 106 .331 .359 Harrelson, Bud 81 301 29 65 7 2 0 8 21 1 47 1 1 1 1 5 .216 76 .252 .269 Jackson, Al 20 25 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .280 8 .320 .269 Jones, Cleon 111 383 45 108 22 2 12 43 23 0 79 2 3 3 17 8 .282 170 .444 .326 Koonce, Cal 42 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .182 Koosman, Jerry 26 70 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 49 0 2 0 0 0 .071 6 .086 .097 Kranepool, Ed 94 275 23 72 11 1 2 15 11 2 24 1 10 2 0 3 .262 91 .331 .294 Linz, Phil 59 200 17 46 4 0 0 14 8 0 32 2 2 2 1 0 .230 50 .250 .264 Martin, J.C. 55 163 13 36 6 1 1 21 17 3 22 1 3 3 0 0 .221 47 .288 .304 McAndrew, Jim 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 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 28 73 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 35 0 2 0 0 0 .110 9 .123 .133 Selma, Dick 28 48 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 3 0 1 0 .208 11 .229 .208 Shamsky, Art 84 257 17 57 12 3 6 30 12 3 44 4 3 6 1 0 .222 93 .362 .269 Shaw, Don 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 26 98 11 24 5 0 2 4 9 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 .245 35 .357 .308 Swoboda, Ron 102 342 34 83 10 4 10 49 41 1 88 1 1 4 6 1 .243 131 .383 .330 Taylor, Ron 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 79 244 13 42 4 0 1 12 18 3 50 2 2 1 3 1 .172 49 .201 .230

Pitching Statistics as of August 16, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 21 138.1 6 10 .375 118 51 43 65 41 19 3 1 0 2.80 Connors, Bill 7 10 0 1 .000 10 6 6 3 6 0 0 0 0 5.40 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 19 78.2 3 6 .333 72 33 29 45 14 9 0 0 0 3.32 Koonce, Cal 42 72 4 4 .500 51 13 12 38 19 0 0 0 0 1.50 Koosman, Jerry 26 197 16 7 .696 158 48 41 138 49 25 14 6 0 1.87 McAndrew, Jim 3 17.2 0 3 .000 21 4 4 11 7 3 0 0 0 2.04 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 27 210.2 10 9 .526 172 52 47 148 38 26 10 4 0 2.01 Selma, Dick 23 135 8 7 .533 117 47 38 86 43 18 3 2 0 2.53 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 26 22.2 0 2 .000 21 14 14 19 13 0 0 0 0 5.56 Taylor, Ron 43 51.2 1 3 .250 42 19 19 35 12 0 0 0 0 3.31

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