Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 21, 1963 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 20, 1963
Mets 3, Braves 1 1963 Regular Season Game 11
April 21, 1963
Mets 8, Braves 5 Next Game:
April 21, 1963
Mets 9, Braves 2

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National League Standings, April 21, 1963

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Jim
Hickman 2b
Ron
Hunt rf
Duke
Snider lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
Choo Choo
Coleman 3b
Charlie
Neal ss
Al
Moran p
Jay
Hook

April 21, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 8, Milwaukee Braves 5

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Ty Cline cf 4 0 1 0 1 2

Frank Bolling 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1

Hank Aaron rf 4 1 2 1 0 1

Eddie Mathews 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2

Norm Larker 1b 2 1 1 1 1 0

- Tommie Aaron ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lee Maye lf 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Len Gabrielson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Torre c 4 1 1 1 0 0

Roy McMillan ss 1 0 0 0 3 0

Tony Cloninger p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Denny Lemaster p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Mack Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Piche p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Claude Raymond p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Dillard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jim Hickman cf 3 1 1 5 1 1 .321

Ron Hunt 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .333

Duke Snider rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .189

Frank Thomas lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .172

- Roger Craig p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Ed Kranepool 1b 3 2 2 0 0 0 .318

- Gil Hodges 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Choo Choo Coleman c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .154

Charlie Neal 3b-ss 4 2 2 3 0 0 .158

Al Moran ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .105

- Ted Schreiber ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231

Jay Hook p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250

- Marv Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Ken MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Tim Harkness ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167

- Rod Kanehl pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Milwaukee Braves 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 8 2

New York Mets 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 x 8 7 1

Milwaukee Braves ip h r er bb so

Tony Cloninger 1.2 3 3 3 3 0

Denny Lemaster 2.1 0 0 0 0 2

Ron Piche 3.0 2 2 2 3 2

Claude Raymond (L) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jay Hook 6.0 7 5 5 3 5 8.10

Ken MacKenzie (W,2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00

Roger Craig 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 3.91

Errors: Choo Choo Coleman (1), Eddie Mathews.
PB: Joe Torre.
WP: Jay Hook.
2B: Charlie Neal (2).
3B: Ed Kranepool (1).
HR: Jim Hickman (2), Hank Aaron.
Intentional Walks: Tim Harkness.
HBP: Ron Hunt.
SH: Ed Kranepool.
SF: Jim Hickman.

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