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Previous Game: August 7, 1966 Mets 4, Cardinals 1 1966 Regular Season Game 111 August 9, 1966 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Next Game: August 10, 1966 Pirates 10, Mets 4

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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 Arrigo, Gerry 17 10 2 5 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 7 .700 .583 Bearnarth, Larry 29 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111 2 .222 .111 Boyer, Ken 97 350 46 92 18 1 12 44 24 4 40 5 0 0 4 2 .263 148 .423 .306 Bressoud, Eddie 90 263 35 61 8 3 9 37 35 3 70 3 6 0 2 2 .232 102 .388 .319 Coleman, Choo Choo 6 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 3 .188 .188 Eilers, Dave 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Elliot, Larry 32 115 13 32 6 1 3 18 10 1 24 0 0 0 0 1 .278 49 .426 .336 Fisher, Jack 27 47 2 6 2 0 0 0 5 0 19 0 4 0 0 0 .128 8 .170 .212 Friend, Bob 11 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 5 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gardner, Rob 30 38 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 .158 7 .184 .158 Green, Dallas 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Grote, Jerry 80 214 21 50 8 1 3 20 30 5 58 1 1 3 4 3 .234 69 .322 .335 Hamilton, Jack 41 34 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 .118 4 .118 .143 Hepler, Bill 23 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 2 .222 .222 Hickman, Jim 19 58 5 14 1 0 2 4 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 .241 21 .362 .290 Hiller, Chuck 73 163 19 51 6 2 1 9 9 0 15 0 0 4 0 0 .313 64 .393 .364 Hunt, Ron 98 360 50 101 16 1 3 24 33 2 26 1 9 9 8 7 .281 128 .356 .355 Jones, Cleon 94 343 47 95 13 3 5 39 19 1 44 4 3 3 10 5 .277 129 .376 .317 Klimchock, Lou 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Kranepool, Ed 103 330 38 84 14 2 11 41 34 6 52 3 0 2 1 2 .255 135 .409 .325 Lewis, Johnny 52 139 19 29 5 1 5 19 16 0 33 1 0 0 2 0 .209 51 .367 .288 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Luplow, Al 73 217 17 53 7 1 3 20 23 2 31 1 1 2 0 6 .244 71 .327 .321 McGraw, Tug 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 2 .286 .375 McMillan, Roy 76 220 24 47 9 1 1 12 20 3 25 1 3 2 1 1 .214 61 .277 .284 Murphy, Billy 69 110 14 25 3 1 3 11 7 0 27 1 2 1 1 2 .227 39 .355 .277 Ribant, Dennis 29 41 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 .195 9 .220 .195 Richardson, Gordie 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Rusteck, Dick 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Selma, Dick 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 .000 0 .000 .300 Shaw, Bob 14 31 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .258 8 .258 .303 Stephenson, John 46 112 14 22 1 1 1 10 6 0 19 0 0 2 0 0 .196 28 .250 .250 Stuart, Dick 31 87 7 19 0 0 4 13 9 2 26 0 0 0 0 1 .218 31 .356 .292 Sutherland, Darrell 24 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 2 .667 .667 Swoboda, Ron 83 262 27 56 4 4 8 38 23 4 45 1 2 3 3 2 .214 92 .351 .284 Taylor, Hawk 35 80 3 15 2 0 2 6 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 .188 23 .288 .198

Pitching Statistics as of August 9, 1966

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Arrigo, Gerry 17 43.1 3 3 .500 47 20 18 28 16 5 0 0 0 3.74 Bearnarth, Larry 29 54.2 2 3 .400 59 31 27 27 20 1 0 0 0 4.45 Eilers, Dave 23 34.2 1 1 .500 39 18 18 14 7 0 0 0 0 4.67 Fisher, Jack 27 155.1 8 11 .421 157 77 64 89 41 22 6 0 0 3.71 Friend, Bob 11 61 4 2 .667 67 30 23 24 6 10 2 1 0 3.39 Gardner, Rob 28 110.2 3 6 .333 108 60 56 62 52 15 3 0 0 4.55 Green, Dallas 4 5 0 0 .000 6 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 5.40 Hamilton, Jack 41 124 6 12 .333 110 73 50 77 70 13 3 1 0 3.63 Hepler, Bill 23 43.2 1 2 .333 43 19 18 16 34 3 0 0 0 3.71 McGraw, Tug 7 25.1 1 4 .200 28 15 15 18 9 5 0 0 0 5.33 Ribant, Dennis 28 129 7 5 .583 122 46 40 54 30 16 6 1 0 2.79 Richardson, Gordie 15 18.2 0 2 .000 24 19 19 15 6 1 0 0 0 9.16 Rusteck, Dick 4 15 1 2 .333 17 9 7 5 5 3 1 1 0 4.20 Selma, Dick 19 45.1 3 3 .500 50 27 21 37 18 4 0 0 0 4.17 Shaw, Bob 14 89.1 8 6 .571 96 47 38 54 21 13 4 0 0 3.83 Sutherland, Darrell 24 35 1 0 1.000 47 20 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 4.89

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