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Previous Game: August 21, 1968 Giants 13, Mets 3 1968 Regular Season Game 130 August 23, 1968 Reds 4, Mets 2 Next Game: August 24, 1968 Reds 10, Mets 7

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Batting Statistics as of August 23, 1968

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Agee, Tommie 104 288 24 51 7 3 4 12 13 3 90 1 1 3 9 5 .177 76 .264 .220 Bosch, Don 50 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 1 1 0 0 2 .171 29 .261 .231 Boswell, Ken 48 185 24 47 5 2 4 10 9 0 18 2 2 1 6 0 .254 68 .368 .289 Buchek, Jerry 55 143 5 28 2 0 1 11 6 2 39 0 2 3 0 1 .196 33 .231 .243 Cardwell, Don 24 51 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 28 0 3 0 0 0 .059 6 .118 .059 Charles, Ed 91 288 36 85 10 0 11 42 18 4 39 3 4 2 3 3 .295 128 .444 .338 Collins, Kevin 53 149 12 31 5 2 1 13 7 2 36 2 5 0 0 1 .208 43 .289 .241 Connors, Bill 8 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 104 332 25 92 12 0 2 25 40 10 66 0 3 3 0 4 .277 110 .331 .360 Harrelson, Bud 88 332 33 71 7 3 0 10 24 1 54 1 2 1 1 5 .214 84 .253 .268 Jackson, Al 21 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .269 8 .308 .259 Jones, Cleon 118 405 50 115 22 2 12 44 26 2 81 2 4 5 18 10 .284 177 .437 .333 Koonce, Cal 44 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .167 Koosman, Jerry 27 74 2 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 51 0 2 0 0 0 .081 7 .095 .105 Kranepool, Ed 100 298 24 75 12 1 2 16 16 4 29 1 10 2 0 3 .252 95 .319 .293 Linz, Phil 65 221 19 50 6 0 0 16 9 0 37 2 2 2 1 0 .226 56 .253 .261 Martin, J.C. 60 183 14 43 7 1 2 23 17 3 22 1 3 4 0 0 .235 58 .317 .312 McAndrew, Jim 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 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 29 75 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 37 0 2 0 0 0 .107 9 .120 .130 Selma, Dick 31 51 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 3 0 1 0 .196 11 .216 .196 Shamsky, Art 91 266 17 58 12 3 6 31 14 3 45 4 3 6 1 0 .218 94 .353 .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 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 31 119 12 28 6 0 3 5 11 0 24 0 1 0 1 0 .235 43 .361 .300 Swoboda, Ron 109 370 38 90 10 4 11 54 43 1 95 1 1 4 7 1 .243 141 .381 .328 Taylor, Ron 46 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 81 246 13 42 4 0 1 12 18 3 51 2 2 1 3 1 .171 49 .199 .228

Pitching Statistics as of August 23, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 23 152.1 7 11 .389 131 55 47 72 43 21 4 1 0 2.78 Connors, Bill 8 10.2 0 1 .000 15 10 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 8.44 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 20 82.1 3 6 .333 76 35 31 48 14 9 0 0 0 3.39 Koonce, Cal 44 76.2 4 4 .500 54 13 12 41 19 0 0 0 0 1.41 Koosman, Jerry 27 209 16 7 .696 163 48 41 146 54 26 14 6 0 1.77 McAndrew, Jim 5 29.1 0 5 .000 34 11 11 17 9 5 0 0 0 3.38 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 28 216.2 11 9 .550 176 52 47 153 43 27 10 4 0 1.95 Selma, Dick 25 144.1 8 8 .500 125 51 42 96 46 19 3 2 0 2.62 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 29 23 0 2 .000 23 16 16 19 14 0 0 0 0 6.26 Taylor, Ron 46 59.1 1 4 .200 49 21 21 37 15 0 0 0 0 3.19

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