Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 19, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 18, 1962
Cardinals 10, Mets 0 1962 Regular Season Game 122
August 19, 1962
Cardinals 10, Mets 5 Next Game:
August 20, 1962
Pirates 2, Mets 0

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National League Standings, August 19, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Richie
Ashburn ss
Charlie
Neal 1b
Marv
Throneberry rf
Gene
Woodling lf
Frank
Thomas 3b
Felix
Mantilla c
Choo Choo
Coleman 2b
Rod
Kanehl p
Al
Jackson

August 19, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 10, New York Mets 5

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Julian Javier 2b 5 1 1 1 1 1

Curt Flood cf 4 2 1 0 2 0

Minnie Minoso lf 2 1 1 0 1 0

- Bobby Smith pr-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Boyer 3b 3 1 3 2 2 0

Bill White 1b 5 0 0 1 0 2

Charlie James rf 5 2 1 0 0 1

Gene Oliver c 1 1 0 0 2 1

- Jimmie Schaffer c 2 1 2 2 0 0

Dal Maxvill ss 5 1 1 3 0 1

Lindy McDaniel p 5 0 1 1 0 1

- Bobby Shantz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn cf 3 2 1 1 2 0 .306

Charlie Neal ss 4 1 2 2 1 0 .251

Marv Throneberry 1b 5 0 1 1 0 3 .252

Gene Woodling rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .283

Frank Thomas lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .274

Felix Mantilla 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270

Choo Choo Coleman c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .241

Rod Kanehl 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .284

Al Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071

- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .195

- Craig Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095

- Jim Hickman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263

- Willard Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Rick Herrscher ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .150

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 10 11 1

New York Mets 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 9 2

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Lindy McDaniel (W) 8.0 9 5 5 2 5

Bobby Shantz 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson (L,6-16) 5.0 4 6 5 6 6 4.48

Craig Anderson 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 5.84

Willard Hunter 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 6.26

Bob Miller 2.2 3 1 1 1 0 5.65

Errors: Charlie Neal (15), Julian Javier.
WP: Al Jackson.
2B: Marv Throneberry (8), Rick Herrscher (1), Ken Boyer, Minnie Minoso.
3B: Charlie Neal (9), Jimmie Schaffer, Charlie James.
HR: Choo Choo Coleman (4), Richie Ashburn (7), Dal Maxvill, Julian Javier.
Intentional Walks: Gene Oliver.
HBP: Minnie Minoso.

Newspaper covers for this game

CARDS SWEEP METS, 10-5

CARDS SWEEP METS, 10-5

New York Daily News
August 20, 1962

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