Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 19, 1962 - Box Score

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July 19, 1962
Pirates 5, Mets 1 1962 Regular Season Game 90
July 19, 1962
Pirates 7, Mets 6 Next Game:
July 20, 1962
Reds 3, Mets 1

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National League Standings, July 19, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Richie
Ashburn 3b
Felix
Mantilla rf
Gene
Woodling lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Ed
Bouchee 2b
Charlie
Neal ss
Elio
Chacon c
Chris
Cannizzaro p
Jay
Hook

July 19, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, New York Mets 6

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Bill Virdon cf 2 0 1 1 2 0

Dick Groat ss 5 0 0 0 0 2

Bob Skinner lf 5 1 1 1 0 2

Dick Stuart 1b 3 1 0 0 2 1

Roberto Clemente rf 5 2 1 0 0 1

Smoky Burgess c 5 1 2 1 0 0

Dick Schofield 3b 3 0 1 1 0 2

Bill Mazeroski 2b 3 2 2 2 1 1

Tommie Sisk p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Earl Francis p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom Sturdivant p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Roy Face p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn cf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .294

Felix Mantilla 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .268

Gene Woodling rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .221

- Jim Hickman rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .266

Frank Thomas lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295

- Joe Pignatano c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Ed Bouchee 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .156

- Rod Kanehl pr-lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .276

Charlie Neal 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .254

Elio Chacon ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .229

Chris Cannizzaro c 3 1 2 1 0 0 .226

- Marv Throneberry ph-1b 1 0 1 1 1 0 .254

- Al Jackson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .098

Jay Hook p 3 0 0 0 1 3 .225

- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .203

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 8 2

New York Mets 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 11 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Tommie Sisk 1.1 2 3 2 3 0

Earl Francis 2.2 4 2 2 1 2

Tom Sturdivant 4.0 3 1 1 1 4

Roy Face (W) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jay Hook (L,7-10) 10.0 8 7 6 5 10 5.58

Errors: Ed Bouchee (3), Bob Skinner.
PB: Chris Cannizzaro.
WP: Jay Hook 2.
2B: Elio Chacon (8), Bill Virdon.
3B: Charlie Neal (4).
HR: Bill Mazeroski, Bob Skinner.
Intentional Walks: Marv Throneberry, Elio Chacon.
SH: Charlie Neal.
SF: Dick Schofield, Bill Virdon.
CS: Jim Hickman (2), Bill Virdon.

Born on the day the Mets played this game:

Dick Scott

Newspaper covers for this game

BUCS MAUL METS, 5-1, 7-6

BUCS MAUL METS, 5-1, 7-6

New York Daily News
July 20, 1962

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