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Previous Game: August 19, 1968 Giants 1, Mets 0 1968 Regular Season Game 128 August 20, 1968 Mets 8, Giants 0 Next Game: August 21, 1968 Giants 13, Mets 3

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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 103 288 24 51 7 3 4 12 13 3 90 1 1 3 9 5 .177 76 .264 .220 Bosch, Don 50 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 1 1 0 0 2 .171 29 .261 .231 Boswell, Ken 46 179 24 44 4 2 4 10 9 0 18 2 2 1 6 0 .246 64 .358 .283 Buchek, Jerry 53 141 5 28 2 0 1 11 6 2 39 0 2 3 0 1 .199 33 .234 .247 Cardwell, Don 23 50 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 28 0 3 0 0 0 .060 6 .120 .060 Charles, Ed 90 286 35 84 9 0 11 41 18 4 39 3 4 2 3 3 .294 126 .441 .337 Collins, Kevin 51 145 12 29 5 2 1 13 6 2 36 2 5 0 0 1 .200 41 .283 .229 Connors, Bill 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Frisella, Danny 19 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 .083 1 .083 .083 Goossen, Greg 38 106 4 22 7 0 0 6 10 0 21 0 1 2 0 0 .208 29 .274 .288 Grote, Jerry 103 329 25 92 12 0 2 25 40 10 66 0 3 3 0 4 .280 110 .334 .363 Harrelson, Bud 86 323 32 69 7 3 0 9 24 1 52 1 2 1 1 5 .214 82 .254 .269 Jackson, Al 20 25 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .280 8 .320 .269 Jones, Cleon 116 401 49 113 22 2 12 44 26 2 81 2 4 3 18 9 .282 175 .436 .329 Koonce, Cal 44 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .167 Koosman, Jerry 27 74 2 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 51 0 2 0 0 0 .081 7 .095 .105 Kranepool, Ed 98 289 24 73 12 1 2 15 16 4 27 1 10 2 0 3 .253 93 .322 .295 Linz, Phil 64 219 19 50 6 0 0 16 9 0 36 2 2 2 1 0 .228 56 .256 .263 Martin, J.C. 58 178 14 42 7 1 2 23 17 3 22 1 3 3 0 0 .236 57 .320 .312 McAndrew, Jim 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Rohr, Les 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Ryan, Nolan 18 41 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 .098 4 .098 .140 Seaver, Tom 29 75 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 37 0 2 0 0 0 .107 9 .120 .130 Selma, Dick 30 51 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 3 0 1 0 .196 11 .216 .196 Shamsky, Art 89 264 17 57 12 3 6 30 13 3 45 4 3 6 1 0 .216 93 .352 .265 Shaw, Don 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 29 111 11 25 5 0 2 4 10 0 24 0 1 0 1 0 .225 36 .324 .289 Swoboda, Ron 107 361 37 89 10 4 11 54 43 1 92 1 1 4 7 1 .247 140 .388 .333 Taylor, Ron 45 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 81 246 13 42 4 0 1 12 18 3 51 2 2 1 3 1 .171 49 .199 .228

Pitching Statistics as of August 20, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 22 147.1 7 10 .412 124 52 44 69 41 20 4 1 0 2.69 Connors, Bill 7 10 0 1 .000 10 6 6 3 6 0 0 0 0 5.40 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 19 78.2 3 6 .333 72 33 29 45 14 9 0 0 0 3.32 Koonce, Cal 44 76.2 4 4 .500 54 13 12 41 19 0 0 0 0 1.41 Koosman, Jerry 27 209 16 7 .696 163 48 41 146 54 26 14 6 0 1.77 McAndrew, Jim 4 24.2 0 4 .000 27 5 5 15 8 4 0 0 0 1.82 Rohr, Les 2 6 0 2 .000 9 4 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 4.50 Ryan, Nolan 18 125.2 6 9 .400 86 46 42 130 67 18 3 0 0 3.01 Seaver, Tom 28 216.2 11 9 .550 176 52 47 153 43 27 10 4 0 1.95 Selma, Dick 24 142.1 8 8 .500 124 51 42 93 44 19 3 2 0 2.66 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 27 22.2 0 2 .000 21 15 15 19 14 0 0 0 0 5.96 Taylor, Ron 45 58.2 1 4 .200 47 20 20 37 13 0 0 0 0 3.07

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