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Previous Game: August 25, 1962 Dodgers 8, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 131 August 26, 1962 Dodgers 16, Mets 5 Next Game: August 28, 1962 Mets 2, Phillies 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 Anderson, Craig 40 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 .077 2 .077 .111 Ashburn, Richie 114 341 55 106 5 3 7 28 74 2 34 2 1 0 12 6 .311 138 .405 .432 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 51 112 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 90 182 24 36 7 1 4 17 23 0 35 0 2 2 7 2 .198 57 .313 .295 Coleman, Choo Choo 29 70 13 16 2 2 5 11 7 1 14 0 0 0 0 1 .229 37 .529 .299 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 34 62 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 26 0 2 1 0 0 .048 3 .048 .106 Daviault, Ray 27 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 19 32 3 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .188 11 .344 .235 Hickman, Jim 110 288 41 72 14 2 9 32 31 2 76 3 6 3 3 3 .250 117 .406 .326 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 35 55 6 13 0 0 0 5 8 0 21 0 5 0 0 0 .236 13 .236 .333 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 37 59 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 5 0 0 0 .068 6 .102 .098 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 106 261 42 71 7 2 4 23 20 1 25 0 3 1 8 5 .272 94 .360 .326 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 39 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Mantilla, Felix 118 409 47 113 12 3 11 55 31 0 46 6 2 3 3 1 .276 164 .401 .327 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Miller, Bob 34 32 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 .156 7 .219 .156 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 34 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .048 1 .048 .231 Neal, Charlie 120 447 52 110 11 9 11 47 48 1 80 6 8 0 1 5 .246 172 .385 .315 Pignatano, Joe 18 41 2 11 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .268 13 .317 .302 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 129 488 59 132 20 3 29 80 36 3 82 4 0 7 1 1 .270 245 .502 .327 Throneberry, Marv 92 280 25 69 9 3 14 40 26 4 68 4 1 0 1 2 .246 126 .450 .306 Woodling, Gene 66 154 15 43 7 1 3 20 21 3 19 3 0 0 0 0 .279 61 .396 .360 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 26, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 40 100 3 14 .176 113 85 62 52 50 11 2 0 0 5.58 Craig, Roger 34 190 7 21 .250 216 110 95 91 51 27 11 0 0 4.50 Daviault, Ray 27 63.2 1 3 .250 72 52 45 46 40 2 0 0 0 6.36 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 31 169.2 8 14 .364 186 110 97 86 51 28 11 0 0 5.15 Hunter, Willard 17 50.1 1 5 .167 58 36 35 33 30 5 1 0 0 6.26 Jackson, Al 30 190.2 6 17 .261 196 109 92 97 66 27 9 3 0 4.34 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 39 75.1 5 4 .556 83 44 43 49 34 1 0 0 0 5.14 Miller, Bob 13 18.1 2 1 .667 22 11 11 8 5 0 0 0 0 5.40 Miller, Bob 28 115.1 0 10 .000 120 86 66 73 50 17 0 0 0 5.15 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 34 101.1 0 2 .000 109 62 49 59 39 7 0 0 0 4.35

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August 27, 1962

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