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Previous Game: July 4, 1968 Mets 4, Pirates 3 1968 Regular Season Game 79 July 5, 1968 Phillies 3, Mets 1 Next Game: July 6, 1968 Mets 11, Phillies 6

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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 Agee, Tommie 64 193 15 34 4 1 3 10 10 2 60 1 1 1 3 4 .176 49 .254 .220 Bosch, Don 39 94 13 17 1 0 3 7 8 1 27 1 1 0 0 2 .181 27 .287 .243 Boswell, Ken 46 179 24 44 4 2 4 10 9 0 18 2 2 1 6 0 .246 64 .358 .283 Buchek, Jerry 29 78 3 16 0 0 1 9 3 0 23 0 2 2 0 1 .205 19 .244 .253 Cardwell, Don 14 27 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 .074 5 .185 .074 Charles, Ed 58 193 21 59 5 0 9 31 12 4 25 2 3 0 2 2 .306 91 .472 .343 Collins, Kevin 23 67 6 13 4 0 0 5 4 1 16 0 3 0 0 1 .194 17 .254 .239 Frisella, Danny 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .200 1 .200 .200 Goossen, Greg 32 91 4 20 6 0 0 6 9 0 16 0 0 2 0 0 .220 26 .286 .304 Grote, Jerry 69 226 18 65 9 0 1 14 23 7 41 0 2 3 0 3 .288 77 .341 .361 Harrelson, Bud 50 188 16 40 4 1 0 4 13 0 30 1 1 0 1 4 .213 46 .245 .262 Jackson, Al 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .231 3 .231 .231 Jones, Cleon 72 240 30 64 16 1 10 28 13 0 61 2 1 0 11 5 .267 112 .467 .302 Koonce, Cal 26 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .143 Koosman, Jerry 17 47 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 30 0 1 0 0 0 .085 5 .106 .104 Kranepool, Ed 54 137 9 32 4 1 0 4 7 2 13 1 6 1 0 0 .234 38 .277 .274 Linz, Phil 27 85 9 16 0 0 0 1 5 0 13 0 1 1 0 0 .188 16 .188 .242 Martin, J.C. 35 98 9 23 5 1 0 18 14 1 15 1 2 2 0 0 .235 30 .306 .339 Rohr, Les 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ryan, Nolan 15 35 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 24 0 1 0 0 0 .114 4 .114 .162 Seaver, Tom 19 52 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 0 2 0 0 0 .115 7 .135 .132 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Selma, Dick 17 31 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 .226 8 .258 .226 Shamsky, Art 57 187 17 43 8 3 6 24 9 2 29 2 3 5 1 0 .230 75 .401 .281 Shaw, Don 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Swoboda, Ron 66 228 26 56 5 3 9 36 29 1 60 1 1 2 5 0 .246 94 .412 .335 Taylor, Ron 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 50 169 8 32 3 0 1 10 12 2 33 2 2 1 3 1 .189 38 .225 .245

Pitching Statistics as of July 5, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 13 86.2 3 8 .273 79 36 28 37 27 12 2 1 0 2.91 Frisella, Danny 16 31.1 1 3 .250 33 12 11 34 11 2 0 0 0 3.16 Jackson, Al 13 44.2 1 3 .250 38 16 12 25 8 4 0 0 0 2.42 Koonce, Cal 26 44 0 3 .000 32 6 5 27 10 0 0 0 0 1.02 Koosman, Jerry 17 134.1 11 4 .733 108 33 29 91 36 17 8 3 0 1.94 Rohr, Les 2 6 0 2 .000 9 4 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 4.50 Ryan, Nolan 15 104 6 7 .462 73 40 36 114 57 15 3 0 0 3.12 Seaver, Tom 18 148.2 7 6 .538 121 37 33 95 25 18 7 3 0 2.00 Selma, Dick 15 84 7 3 .700 67 24 21 49 20 10 3 2 0 2.25 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 16 13 0 2 .000 11 7 7 12 9 0 0 0 0 4.85 Taylor, Ron 25 30.1 1 1 .500 22 9 9 20 9 0 0 0 0 2.67

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