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Previous Game: September 15, 1968 Pirates 3, Mets 0 1968 Regular Season Game 153 September 17, 1968 Mets 3, Cubs 2 Next Game: September 18, 1968 Cubs 7, Mets 2

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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 122 333 27 66 10 3 5 17 15 3 100 1 1 3 11 7 .198 97 .291 .239 Bosch, Don 50 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 1 1 0 0 2 .171 29 .261 .231 Boswell, Ken 66 249 31 64 6 2 4 11 14 0 23 2 3 1 7 1 .257 86 .345 .297 Buchek, Jerry 70 183 8 35 4 0 1 11 10 5 48 0 2 3 1 1 .191 42 .230 .245 Cardwell, Don 27 57 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 32 0 3 0 0 0 .053 6 .105 .053 Charles, Ed 108 338 38 94 10 1 13 45 26 4 50 3 5 2 5 3 .278 145 .429 .331 Collins, Kevin 56 152 12 31 5 2 1 13 7 2 36 2 5 0 0 1 .204 43 .283 .236 Connors, Bill 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 1.000 1.000 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 119 390 29 108 17 0 3 29 43 11 76 0 3 3 1 4 .277 134 .344 .353 Harrelson, Bud 106 392 37 87 7 3 0 13 29 2 65 1 3 1 4 5 .222 100 .255 .277 Jackson, Al 25 27 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .259 8 .296 .250 Jones, Cleon 137 467 55 133 23 2 14 49 31 3 92 3 4 5 22 11 .285 202 .433 .334 Jorgensen, Mike 4 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182 3 .273 .182 Koonce, Cal 50 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .133 Koosman, Jerry 32 83 2 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 59 0 3 0 0 0 .072 7 .084 .094 Kranepool, Ed 121 359 29 86 13 1 3 20 19 5 34 1 10 2 0 3 .240 110 .306 .281 Linz, Phil 75 249 19 52 6 0 0 16 10 0 40 2 3 2 1 0 .209 58 .233 .243 Martin, J.C. 71 222 17 54 9 2 3 29 19 3 27 1 3 4 0 0 .243 76 .342 .313 McAndrew, Jim 10 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .050 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Rohr, Les 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ryan, Nolan 20 43 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 .116 5 .116 .156 Seaver, Tom 34 86 4 12 2 0 0 3 3 0 41 0 3 0 0 0 .140 14 .163 .169 Selma, Dick 37 58 4 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 4 0 1 0 .207 14 .241 .207 Shamsky, Art 106 315 28 71 13 4 12 44 18 5 53 4 4 6 1 0 .225 128 .406 .277 Shaw, Don 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 49 177 15 41 7 2 3 9 20 1 38 0 1 0 3 0 .232 61 .345 .310 Swoboda, Ron 124 422 45 100 12 4 11 55 47 1 105 1 1 4 8 1 .237 153 .363 .319 Taylor, Ron 54 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 89 271 15 47 6 0 1 14 21 3 61 2 2 2 3 1 .173 56 .207 .236

Pitching Statistics as of September 17, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 26 170.1 7 13 .350 147 64 55 80 48 24 5 1 0 2.91 Connors, Bill 9 14 0 1 .000 21 14 14 8 7 0 0 0 0 9.00 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 24 89.1 3 7 .300 84 41 37 55 17 9 0 0 0 3.73 Koonce, Cal 50 90.1 5 4 .556 70 20 19 49 26 2 0 0 0 1.89 Koosman, Jerry 32 240.2 18 10 .643 198 61 51 161 63 31 16 7 0 1.91 McAndrew, Jim 10 70.2 3 7 .300 58 17 17 42 16 10 2 1 0 2.17 Rohr, Les 2 6 0 2 .000 9 4 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 4.50 Ryan, Nolan 20 132 6 9 .400 93 50 46 133 70 18 3 0 0 3.14 Seaver, Tom 33 253 14 11 .560 208 67 62 186 45 32 12 4 0 2.21 Selma, Dick 31 169.1 9 9 .500 144 58 48 116 53 22 4 3 0 2.55 Shaw, Don 5 8 0 0 .000 3 1 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 1.13 Short, Bill 32 26.1 0 3 .000 23 17 16 21 14 0 0 0 0 5.47 Taylor, Ron 54 72.2 1 4 .200 58 22 21 45 17 0 0 0 0 2.60

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