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Previous Game: September 7, 1968 Mets 4, Pirates 3 1968 Regular Season Game 147 September 8, 1968 Pirates 3, Mets 0 Next Game: September 10, 1968 Cubs 8, Mets 1

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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 118 325 26 64 10 3 5 17 14 3 98 1 1 3 11 6 .197 95 .292 .236 Bosch, Don 50 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 1 1 0 0 2 .171 29 .261 .231 Boswell, Ken 60 228 30 59 6 2 4 11 14 0 21 2 3 1 6 1 .259 81 .355 .302 Buchek, Jerry 67 176 8 32 4 0 1 11 10 5 46 0 2 3 1 1 .182 39 .222 .238 Cardwell, Don 26 56 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 31 0 3 0 0 0 .054 6 .107 .054 Charles, Ed 103 327 37 91 10 1 12 44 23 4 47 3 4 2 5 3 .278 139 .425 .327 Collins, Kevin 55 151 12 31 5 2 1 13 7 2 36 2 5 0 0 1 .205 43 .285 .238 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 115 377 29 103 15 0 3 28 42 11 75 0 3 3 0 4 .273 127 .337 .351 Harrelson, Bud 101 377 37 85 7 3 0 13 27 1 62 1 3 1 3 5 .225 98 .260 .278 Jackson, Al 24 27 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .259 8 .296 .250 Jones, Cleon 131 448 55 131 23 2 14 49 30 3 90 3 4 5 21 10 .292 200 .446 .342 Koonce, Cal 48 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .133 Koosman, Jerry 31 80 2 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 57 0 3 0 0 0 .075 7 .088 .098 Kranepool, Ed 117 347 29 86 13 1 3 20 19 5 32 1 10 2 0 3 .248 110 .317 .290 Linz, Phil 74 245 19 52 6 0 0 16 9 0 40 2 3 2 1 0 .212 58 .237 .244 Martin, J.C. 68 212 16 51 8 2 3 29 18 3 24 1 3 4 0 0 .241 72 .340 .311 McAndrew, Jim 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 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 19 43 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 .116 5 .116 .156 Seaver, Tom 33 84 4 11 2 0 0 3 3 0 41 0 3 0 0 0 .131 13 .155 .161 Selma, Dick 35 57 4 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 3 0 1 0 .193 13 .228 .193 Shamsky, Art 103 305 26 69 13 3 11 43 17 4 49 4 4 6 1 0 .226 121 .397 .277 Shaw, Don 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 45 163 15 38 7 2 3 9 18 1 35 0 1 0 1 0 .233 58 .356 .309 Swoboda, Ron 121 411 44 100 12 4 11 55 46 1 103 1 1 4 7 1 .243 153 .372 .325 Taylor, Ron 52 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 88 267 15 47 6 0 1 14 21 3 57 2 2 2 3 1 .176 56 .210 .240

Pitching Statistics as of September 8, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 25 166.2 7 12 .368 143 61 53 79 45 23 5 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 23 87.1 3 7 .300 83 41 37 53 17 9 0 0 0 3.81 Koonce, Cal 48 88.2 5 4 .556 69 20 19 49 26 2 0 0 0 1.93 Koosman, Jerry 31 231.2 17 10 .630 195 61 51 156 60 30 15 6 0 1.98 McAndrew, Jim 8 53.1 1 7 .125 54 15 15 28 10 8 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 19 130 6 9 .400 90 47 43 132 68 18 3 0 0 2.98 Seaver, Tom 32 247.2 14 10 .583 199 61 56 179 44 31 12 4 0 2.03 Selma, Dick 29 163.1 9 8 .529 138 53 44 108 52 21 4 3 0 2.42 Shaw, Don 4 6.1 0 0 .000 3 1 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 1.42 Short, Bill 31 26 0 3 .000 23 17 16 21 14 0 0 0 0 5.54 Taylor, Ron 52 68.2 1 4 .200 56 22 21 39 16 0 0 0 0 2.75

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