Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 17, 1963 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 15, 1963
Colt .45's 5, Mets 0 1963 Regular Season Game 152
September 17, 1963
Phillies 8, Mets 6 Next Game:
September 18, 1963
Phillies 5, Mets 1

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National League Standings, September 17, 1963

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Cleon
Jones 3b
Pumpsie
Green lf
Duke
Snider 1b
Tim
Harkness 2b
Chico
Fernandez rf
Ed
Kranepool c
Chris
Cannizzaro ss
Al
Moran p
Tracy
Stallard

September 17, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 6

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 3b 4 2 2 0 1 1

Johnny Callison rf 5 3 4 3 0 1

Wes Covington lf 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Don Demeter ph-lf 2 0 0 1 0 1

Tony Gonzalez cf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Clay Dalrymple c 5 0 0 0 0 2

Roy Sievers 1b 3 2 1 1 1 0

Cookie Rojas 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0

Bobby Wine ss 4 0 2 1 0 1

Ray Culp p 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Jack Baldschun p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Johnny Klippstein p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Cleon Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Duke Carmel ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231

Pumpsie Green 3b 4 1 1 2 1 2 .303

Duke Snider lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .247

Tim Harkness 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .210

Chico Fernandez 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .194

Ed Kranepool rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .202

Chris Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261

- Choo Choo Coleman c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .179

Al Moran ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .186

- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233

- Galen Cisco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .132

- Frank Thomas ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .261

Tracy Stallard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .065

- Grover Powell p 1 1 1 0 1 0 .222

- Joe Hicks ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .246

- Ted Schreiber ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Jesse Gonder ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .309

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

Philadelphia Phillies 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 11 0

New York Mets 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 9 1

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Ray Culp (W) 5.1 5 4 4 3 3

Jack Baldschun 3.1 4 2 2 1 3

Johnny Klippstein 0.1 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tracy Stallard (L,6-16) 2.1 6 4 4 0 2 4.83

Grover Powell 4.2 4 4 2 3 6 1.65

Galen Cisco 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 4.13

Errors: Pumpsie Green (5).
PB: Choo Choo Coleman, Clay Dalrymple.
2B: Ed Kranepool (11), Chico Fernandez (6).
3B: Tim Harkness (3), Tony Taylor.
HR: Frank Thomas (15), Pumpsie Green (1), Joe Hicks (5), Johnny Callison 2, Roy Sievers, Cookie Rojas.
SF: Don Demeter.
SB: Bobby Wine, Cookie Rojas.

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