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Previous Game: September 8, 1962 Colt .45's 4, Mets 3 1962 Regular Season Game 144 September 8, 1962 Colt .45's 6, Mets 5 Next Game: September 9, 1962 Mets 7, Colt .45's 7

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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 43 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 .100 3 .100 .129 Ashburn, Richie 125 377 59 115 6 3 7 28 80 2 37 2 1 0 12 7 .305 148 .393 .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 55 121 8 28 2 1 0 9 17 0 26 2 1 1 1 1 .231 32 .264 .326 Chacon, Elio 101 311 37 73 9 2 1 23 58 3 54 1 3 1 10 4 .235 89 .286 .356 Chiti, Harry 15 41 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .195 9 .220 .233 Christopher, Joe 102 210 25 46 9 2 4 22 26 0 36 0 2 3 8 3 .219 71 .338 .314 Coleman, Choo Choo 40 100 19 23 4 2 5 12 9 1 18 1 0 1 0 3 .230 46 .460 .297 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 37 71 1 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 31 0 2 1 0 0 .056 4 .056 .118 Daviault, Ray 32 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .071 1 .071 .133 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 28 37 3 7 2 0 1 4 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .189 12 .324 .231 Hickman, Jim 123 335 48 87 16 2 12 39 37 2 81 3 6 3 4 3 .260 143 .427 .336 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 38 62 6 14 0 0 0 5 8 0 24 0 6 0 0 0 .226 14 .226 .314 Hunter, Willard 23 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .231 3 .231 .231 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Jackson, Al 40 69 4 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 26 0 6 0 0 0 .072 7 .101 .099 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 119 315 46 80 9 2 4 27 21 1 32 0 3 1 8 6 .254 105 .333 .303 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 127 429 50 118 14 3 11 55 35 0 49 6 2 4 3 1 .275 171 .399 .331 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 15 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 38 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .045 1 .045 .222 Neal, Charlie 132 492 55 125 12 9 11 55 54 1 87 6 9 0 2 7 .254 188 .382 .324 Pignatano, Joe 24 51 2 12 2 0 0 2 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .235 14 .275 .264 Smith, Bobby 8 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .136 5 .227 .240 Taylor, Sammy 59 147 12 32 4 2 3 20 23 1 17 3 0 1 0 0 .218 49 .333 .322 Thomas, Frank 140 520 61 136 21 3 30 83 38 4 85 5 0 7 1 1 .262 253 .487 .318 Throneberry, Marv 102 318 26 79 9 3 14 42 29 4 79 4 1 0 1 2 .248 136 .428 .308 Woodling, Gene 76 181 18 51 8 1 5 23 23 3 21 3 0 0 0 0 .282 76 .420 .357 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 September 8, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 43 114.2 3 17 .150 132 95 70 56 56 13 2 0 0 5.49 Craig, Roger 37 212.2 7 23 .233 243 124 108 103 65 30 12 0 0 4.57 Daviault, Ray 32 72 1 4 .200 84 60 52 49 44 3 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 34 190.2 8 16 .333 206 115 100 100 58 31 12 0 0 4.72 Hunter, Willard 23 57 1 5 .167 64 39 38 37 30 5 1 0 0 6.00 Jackson, Al 33 216.2 8 18 .308 218 116 98 107 72 30 12 4 0 4.07 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 15 18.1 2 2 .500 24 16 16 8 8 0 0 0 0 7.85 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 38 105.1 0 2 .000 118 69 53 63 42 7 0 0 0 4.53

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