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Previous Game: August 30, 1968 Mets 8, Cardinals 2 1968 Regular Season Game 139 August 31, 1968 Cardinals 2, Mets 0 Next Game: September 1, 1968 Cardinals 3, Mets 2

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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 113 314 26 60 7 3 5 17 14 3 96 1 1 3 11 6 .191 88 .280 .232 Bosch, Don 50 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 1 1 0 0 2 .171 29 .261 .231 Boswell, Ken 53 201 26 51 6 2 4 11 10 0 19 2 3 1 6 0 .254 73 .363 .290 Buchek, Jerry 61 163 8 32 4 0 1 11 7 3 44 0 2 3 0 1 .196 39 .239 .243 Cardwell, Don 25 53 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 29 0 3 0 0 0 .057 6 .113 .057 Charles, Ed 97 310 37 89 10 0 12 43 21 4 43 3 4 2 4 3 .287 135 .435 .333 Collins, Kevin 53 149 12 31 5 2 1 13 7 2 36 2 5 0 0 1 .208 43 .289 .241 Connors, Bill 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 1.000 1.000 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 110 356 28 99 14 0 2 26 41 10 70 0 3 3 0 4 .278 119 .334 .358 Harrelson, Bud 94 352 36 78 7 3 0 13 26 1 56 1 2 1 2 5 .222 91 .259 .276 Jackson, Al 22 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .269 8 .308 .259 Jones, Cleon 123 418 51 119 22 2 13 46 26 2 83 3 4 5 18 10 .285 184 .440 .332 Koonce, Cal 46 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .133 Koosman, Jerry 29 76 2 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 53 0 2 0 0 0 .079 7 .092 .103 Kranepool, Ed 109 325 27 81 12 1 3 19 18 5 29 1 10 2 0 3 .249 104 .320 .292 Linz, Phil 70 238 19 50 6 0 0 16 9 0 39 2 3 2 1 0 .210 56 .235 .243 Martin, J.C. 63 195 15 45 7 1 2 23 17 3 23 1 3 4 0 0 .231 60 .308 .304 McAndrew, Jim 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 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 31 81 4 10 2 0 0 3 2 0 40 0 3 0 0 0 .123 12 .148 .145 Selma, Dick 32 55 4 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 3 0 1 0 .200 13 .236 .200 Shamsky, Art 96 282 21 63 13 3 9 40 16 4 46 4 3 6 1 0 .223 109 .387 .276 Shaw, Don 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 38 139 14 33 7 0 3 7 17 1 29 0 1 0 1 0 .237 49 .353 .321 Swoboda, Ron 117 400 44 99 11 4 11 54 46 1 99 1 1 4 7 1 .248 151 .378 .330 Taylor, Ron 49 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 86 261 15 45 4 0 1 14 21 3 56 2 2 1 3 1 .172 52 .199 .235

Pitching Statistics as of August 31, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 24 160.1 7 12 .368 137 59 51 76 44 22 4 1 0 2.86 Connors, Bill 9 14 0 1 .000 21 14 14 8 7 0 0 0 0 9.00 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 21 84.1 3 6 .333 78 38 34 52 15 9 0 0 0 3.63 Koonce, Cal 46 85 5 4 .556 61 16 15 45 23 1 0 0 0 1.59 Koosman, Jerry 29 216.2 16 9 .640 180 56 46 152 56 28 14 6 0 1.91 McAndrew, Jim 7 46.1 1 6 .143 48 13 13 25 9 7 1 1 0 2.53 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 30 234.2 13 9 .591 184 55 50 170 43 29 12 4 0 1.92 Selma, Dick 26 153.1 9 8 .529 131 51 42 102 47 20 4 3 0 2.47 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 30 25 0 2 .000 23 16 16 21 14 0 0 0 0 5.76 Taylor, Ron 49 64 1 4 .200 52 22 21 38 15 0 0 0 0 2.95

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