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Previous Game: August 14, 1962 Phillies 3, Mets 1 1962 Regular Season Game 118 August 15, 1962 Phillies 9, Mets 3 Next Game: August 15, 1962 Phillies 8, Mets 7

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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 Anderson, Craig 36 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .095 2 .095 .095 Ashburn, Richie 101 298 45 90 4 3 6 27 63 2 30 2 1 0 11 5 .302 118 .396 .421 Bell, Gus 30 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 10 0 7 2 2 0 0 1 .149 20 .198 .221 Bouchee, Ed 50 87 7 14 2 0 3 10 18 2 17 1 0 0 0 0 .161 25 .287 .302 Cannizzaro, Chris 46 101 6 23 2 0 0 8 17 0 20 2 1 1 0 1 .228 25 .248 .339 Chacon, Elio 89 286 36 66 9 2 1 22 52 3 46 1 3 1 9 3 .231 82 .287 .350 Chiti, Harry 15 41 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .195 9 .220 .233 Christopher, Joe 78 162 19 32 6 1 3 14 19 0 30 0 2 2 6 2 .198 49 .302 .290 Coleman, Choo Choo 18 45 7 11 2 1 2 7 4 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .244 21 .467 .306 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 30 57 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 25 0 1 1 0 0 .053 3 .053 .115 Daviault, Ray 22 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 DeMerit, John 14 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 6 .375 .278 Drake, Sammy 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 2 .286 .375 Ginsberg, Joe 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Herrscher, Rick 9 17 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .118 5 .294 .118 Hickman, Jim 98 265 38 70 14 2 8 29 24 1 68 3 6 3 2 2 .264 112 .423 .329 Hillman, Dave 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hodges, Gil 51 119 15 31 1 0 9 17 14 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 .261 59 .496 .338 Hook, Jay 32 47 6 10 0 0 0 4 8 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 .213 10 .213 .327 Hunter, Willard 16 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 .250 .250 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Jackson, Al 34 55 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 5 0 0 0 .073 6 .109 .105 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 93 216 38 61 5 2 3 19 13 0 21 0 3 1 8 5 .282 79 .366 .326 Labine, Clem 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Landrith, Hobie 23 45 6 13 3 0 1 7 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .289 19 .422 .389 MacKenzie, Ken 33 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .100 1 .100 .100 Mantilla, Felix 106 360 43 100 11 3 10 47 28 0 39 6 2 3 3 1 .278 147 .408 .330 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Miller, Bob 31 29 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 .172 7 .241 .172 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 17 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .250 .250 Moford, Herb 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Moorhead, Bob 30 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 .056 1 .056 .261 Neal, Charlie 107 395 48 100 10 8 11 42 41 1 66 5 7 0 1 5 .253 159 .403 .320 Pignatano, Joe 13 30 1 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .300 11 .367 .323 Smith, Bobby 8 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .136 5 .227 .240 Taylor, Sammy 52 143 12 32 4 2 3 19 22 1 16 3 0 1 0 0 .224 49 .343 .325 Thomas, Frank 116 434 58 122 20 3 28 78 33 3 73 4 0 7 1 1 .281 232 .535 .339 Throneberry, Marv 79 233 22 61 7 3 11 31 23 3 56 4 1 0 1 2 .262 107 .459 .323 Woodling, Gene 55 129 12 34 4 1 2 17 19 3 14 3 0 0 0 0 .264 46 .357 .351 Zimmer, Don 14 52 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .077 5 .096 .127

Pitching Statistics as of August 15, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 36 84.2 3 13 .188 97 67 55 41 39 9 2 0 0 5.85 Craig, Roger 30 172.2 7 18 .280 190 96 86 82 45 25 10 0 0 4.48 Daviault, Ray 22 52 1 3 .250 63 43 39 36 37 2 0 0 0 6.75 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 28 147.1 7 13 .350 165 99 87 77 45 25 10 0 0 5.31 Hunter, Willard 16 50 1 5 .167 55 34 33 33 30 5 1 0 0 5.94 Jackson, Al 28 175.2 6 15 .286 179 101 85 89 56 25 8 3 0 4.35 Jones, Sherman 7 22.1 0 4 .000 30 20 18 11 7 3 0 0 0 7.25 Labine, Clem 3 4 0 0 .000 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.25 MacKenzie, Ken 33 67 4 3 .571 71 38 37 40 29 0 0 0 0 4.97 Miller, Bob 9 11.2 1 1 .500 16 8 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 6.17 Miller, Bob 26 103 0 9 .000 110 78 59 61 43 15 0 0 0 5.16 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 17 38 0 2 .000 48 35 31 15 25 2 0 0 0 7.34 Moford, Herb 7 15 0 1 .000 21 15 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 Moorhead, Bob 30 88.2 0 1 .000 92 53 42 52 32 6 0 0 0 4.26

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