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Previous Game: August 29, 1962 Phillies 3, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 135 August 30, 1962 Phillies 8, Mets 7 Next Game: August 31, 1962 Cardinals 4, Mets 2

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Batting Statistics as of August 30, 1962

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 118 357 58 111 6 3 7 28 77 2 34 2 1 0 12 6 .311 144 .403 .431 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 52 116 7 25 2 1 0 9 17 0 24 2 1 1 0 1 .216 29 .250 .316 Chacon, Elio 92 291 36 66 9 2 1 22 55 3 50 1 3 1 9 3 .227 82 .282 .351 Chiti, Harry 15 41 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .195 9 .220 .233 Christopher, Joe 94 189 24 38 8 1 4 17 24 0 35 0 2 3 8 3 .201 60 .317 .301 Coleman, Choo Choo 32 80 15 18 3 2 5 11 7 1 18 0 0 0 0 1 .225 40 .500 .287 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 35 65 0 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 28 0 2 1 0 0 .046 3 .046 .114 Daviault, Ray 28 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 21 32 3 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .188 11 .344 .235 Hickman, Jim 114 305 43 79 15 2 10 35 31 2 76 3 6 3 4 3 .259 128 .420 .330 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 36 58 6 14 0 0 0 5 8 0 22 0 5 0 0 0 .241 14 .241 .333 Hunter, Willard 18 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 38 63 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 25 0 5 0 0 0 .063 6 .095 .092 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 110 278 43 74 8 2 4 25 21 1 25 0 3 1 8 5 .266 98 .353 .320 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 40 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Mantilla, Felix 120 415 47 114 12 3 11 55 33 0 47 6 2 3 3 1 .275 165 .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 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Miller, Bob 36 34 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 .147 7 .206 .147 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 36 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .045 1 .045 .222 Neal, Charlie 124 462 54 116 12 9 11 50 51 1 81 6 8 0 1 6 .251 179 .387 .322 Pignatano, Joe 19 45 2 11 2 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .244 13 .289 .277 Smith, Bobby 8 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .136 5 .227 .240 Taylor, Sammy 53 144 12 32 4 2 3 20 22 1 16 3 0 1 0 0 .222 49 .340 .324 Thomas, Frank 132 497 59 133 20 3 29 81 36 3 84 4 0 7 1 1 .268 246 .495 .324 Throneberry, Marv 94 289 25 70 9 3 14 40 26 4 72 4 1 0 1 2 .242 127 .439 .301 Woodling, Gene 68 162 17 47 7 1 4 21 21 3 19 3 0 0 0 0 .290 68 .420 .366 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 30, 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 35 197 7 21 .250 223 113 98 92 52 28 11 0 0 4.48 Daviault, Ray 28 63.2 1 3 .250 73 53 46 46 40 2 0 0 0 6.50 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 32 178.2 8 15 .348 195 113 98 95 54 29 12 0 0 4.94 Hunter, Willard 18 50.2 1 5 .167 59 37 36 33 30 5 1 0 0 6.39 Jackson, Al 31 199.2 7 17 .292 199 109 92 100 69 28 10 4 0 4.15 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 40 76.1 5 4 .556 83 44 43 50 34 1 0 0 0 5.07 Miller, Bob 14 18.1 2 2 .500 23 13 13 8 6 0 0 0 0 6.38 Miller, Bob 30 120.1 0 11 .000 129 91 71 75 55 18 0 0 0 5.31 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 36 104 0 2 .000 115 68 52 61 40 7 0 0 0 4.50

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