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Batting Statistics as of August 20, 1962

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Anderson, Craig 38 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .095 2 .095 .095 Ashburn, Richie 107 318 49 96 4 3 7 28 69 2 33 2 1 0 12 6 .302 127 .399 .424 Bell, Gus 30 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 10 0 7 2 2 0 0 1 .149 20 .198 .221 Bouchee, Ed 50 87 7 14 2 0 3 10 18 2 17 1 0 0 0 0 .161 25 .287 .302 Cannizzaro, Chris 49 110 7 24 2 1 0 9 17 0 23 2 1 1 0 1 .218 28 .255 .323 Chacon, Elio 89 286 36 66 9 2 1 22 52 3 46 1 3 1 9 3 .231 82 .287 .350 Chiti, Harry 15 41 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .195 9 .220 .233 Christopher, Joe 83 170 19 33 7 1 3 14 19 0 32 0 2 2 6 2 .194 51 .300 .283 Coleman, Choo Choo 23 56 9 13 2 1 4 10 5 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 .232 29 .518 .295 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 31 59 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 25 0 2 1 0 0 .051 3 .051 .111 Daviault, Ray 24 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .083 1 .083 .154 DeMerit, John 14 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 6 .375 .278 Drake, Sammy 10 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 2 .286 .444 Ginsberg, Joe 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Herrscher, Rick 13 26 2 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .192 9 .346 .222 Hickman, Jim 103 273 39 71 14 2 9 32 26 1 71 3 6 3 3 2 .260 116 .425 .328 Hillman, Dave 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hodges, Gil 51 119 15 31 1 0 9 17 14 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 .261 59 .496 .338 Hook, Jay 34 51 6 12 0 0 0 4 8 0 20 0 5 0 0 0 .235 12 .235 .339 Hunter, Willard 17 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 .250 .250 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Jackson, Al 36 56 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 5 0 0 0 .071 6 .107 .103 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 99 238 40 67 6 2 3 19 15 1 23 0 3 1 8 5 .282 86 .361 .327 Labine, Clem 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Landrith, Hobie 23 45 6 13 3 0 1 7 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .289 19 .422 .389 MacKenzie, Ken 37 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .100 1 .100 .100 Mantilla, Felix 111 379 45 103 11 3 10 50 29 0 41 6 2 3 3 1 .272 150 .396 .324 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Miller, Bob 33 30 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 .167 7 .233 .167 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 17 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .250 .250 Moford, Herb 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Moorhead, Bob 32 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 .053 1 .053 .250 Neal, Charlie 113 418 49 104 10 9 11 44 46 1 73 5 7 0 1 5 .249 165 .395 .320 Pignatano, Joe 15 34 1 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .265 11 .324 .286 Smith, Bobby 8 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .136 5 .227 .240 Taylor, Sammy 52 143 12 32 4 2 3 19 22 1 16 3 0 1 0 0 .224 49 .343 .325 Thomas, Frank 122 460 58 127 20 3 28 79 34 3 76 4 0 7 1 1 .276 237 .515 .333 Throneberry, Marv 85 257 23 63 8 3 12 33 25 3 64 4 1 0 1 2 .245 113 .440 .308 Woodling, Gene 61 150 15 42 7 1 3 19 20 3 17 3 0 0 0 0 .280 60 .400 .358 Zimmer, Don 14 52 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .077 5 .096 .127

Pitching Statistics as of August 20, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 38 86.1 3 13 .188 98 68 56 42 40 9 2 0 0 5.84 Craig, Roger 31 181.2 7 19 .269 203 103 91 86 47 26 11 0 0 4.51 Daviault, Ray 24 59.1 1 3 .250 68 47 43 43 40 2 0 0 0 6.52 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 30 160.2 7 14 .333 180 107 94 84 46 27 10 0 0 5.27 Hunter, Willard 17 50.1 1 5 .167 58 36 35 33 30 5 1 0 0 6.26 Jackson, Al 29 180.2 6 16 .273 183 107 90 95 62 26 8 3 0 4.48 Jones, Sherman 7 22.1 0 4 .000 30 20 18 11 7 3 0 0 0 7.25 Labine, Clem 3 4 0 0 .000 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.25 MacKenzie, Ken 37 72.2 4 4 .500 77 41 40 46 32 1 0 0 0 4.95 Miller, Bob 11 16.1 1 1 .500 22 11 11 6 4 0 0 0 0 6.06 Miller, Bob 27 108 0 10 .000 115 82 63 66 45 16 0 0 0 5.25 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 17 38 0 2 .000 48 35 31 15 25 2 0 0 0 7.34 Moford, Herb 7 15 0 1 .000 21 15 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 Moorhead, Bob 32 94.2 0 2 .000 101 58 47 55 37 6 0 0 0 4.47

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BUCS WIN 2; METS' NO. 12



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August 21, 1962

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