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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 Anderson, Craig 39 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .083 2 .083 .120 Ashburn, Richie 109 322 51 98 4 3 7 28 69 2 33 2 1 0 12 6 .304 129 .401 .425 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 50 112 7 24 2 1 0 9 17 0 24 2 1 1 0 1 .214 28 .250 .318 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 85 177 21 35 7 1 3 15 22 0 33 0 2 2 7 2 .198 53 .299 .294 Coleman, Choo Choo 24 57 9 13 2 1 4 10 5 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 .228 29 .509 .290 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 32 59 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 25 0 2 1 0 0 .051 3 .051 .111 Daviault, Ray 26 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 15 31 2 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .194 11 .355 .242 Hickman, Jim 105 278 40 72 14 2 9 32 27 1 73 3 6 3 3 2 .259 117 .421 .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 101 244 40 68 6 2 3 20 18 1 24 0 3 1 8 5 .279 87 .357 .331 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 113 389 46 108 11 3 10 53 29 0 42 6 2 3 3 1 .278 155 .398 .328 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 12 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 33 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .048 1 .048 .231 Neal, Charlie 115 426 50 106 10 9 11 44 47 1 75 5 8 0 1 5 .249 167 .392 .320 Pignatano, Joe 17 38 2 10 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .263 12 .316 .300 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 124 470 59 130 20 3 29 80 34 3 77 4 0 7 1 1 .277 243 .517 .332 Throneberry, Marv 87 261 24 65 8 3 13 36 25 3 64 4 1 0 1 2 .249 118 .452 .310 Woodling, Gene 63 152 15 42 7 1 3 19 20 3 18 3 0 0 0 0 .276 60 .395 .354 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 21, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 39 94.2 3 13 .188 105 74 59 48 46 10 2 0 0 5.61 Craig, Roger 32 182 7 20 .259 204 105 91 87 50 26 11 0 0 4.50 Daviault, Ray 26 61.2 1 3 .250 69 48 44 44 40 2 0 0 0 6.42 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 12 17.1 2 1 .667 22 11 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 5.71 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 33 100.2 0 2 .000 107 61 49 59 38 7 0 0 0 4.38

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