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Previous Game: September 7, 1969 Mets 9, Phillies 3 1969 Regular Season Game 138 September 8, 1969 Mets 3, Cubs 2 Next Game: September 9, 1969 Mets 7, Cubs 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 129 488 84 138 22 4 26 72 47 2 115 2 6 1 9 9 .283 246 .504 .346 Boswell, Ken 87 309 43 81 10 5 3 24 28 2 40 1 4 2 7 3 .262 110 .356 .326 Cardwell, Don 27 41 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 24 1 1 1 0 0 .171 10 .244 .186 Charles, Ed 54 144 16 28 7 1 2 15 15 3 28 1 0 1 4 2 .194 43 .299 .273 Clendenon, Donn 56 155 22 42 5 0 8 29 10 2 46 1 0 1 3 1 .271 71 .458 .317 Collins, Kevin 16 40 1 6 3 0 1 2 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 .150 12 .300 .209 DiLauro, Jack 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Dyer, Duffy 22 52 4 13 1 0 3 10 4 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 .250 23 .442 .304 Frisella, Danny 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Garrett, Wayne 107 336 33 75 9 2 1 33 32 3 65 4 4 3 4 2 .223 91 .271 .293 Gaspar, Rod 104 201 25 46 5 1 1 13 21 2 17 1 7 2 7 3 .229 56 .279 .307 Gentry, Gary 29 61 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 42 0 6 1 0 0 .098 7 .115 .127 Gosger, Jim 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Grote, Jerry 96 299 31 73 9 3 6 38 28 4 46 2 5 1 2 1 .244 106 .355 .309 Harrelson, Bud 107 340 34 81 9 6 0 21 42 5 47 1 5 1 1 3 .238 102 .300 .323 Jackson, Al 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Jones, Cleon 126 443 85 154 25 4 12 72 57 9 55 3 1 6 16 8 .348 223 .503 .426 Koonce, Cal 39 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .235 4 .235 .235 Koosman, Jerry 27 68 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 2 0 0 0 .044 3 .044 .044 Kranepool, Ed 99 317 33 76 9 2 10 47 33 6 30 4 2 0 3 1 .240 119 .375 .308 Martin, J.C. 61 167 12 37 5 1 4 21 11 1 30 2 1 0 0 0 .222 56 .335 .267 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP McAndrew, Jim 24 31 0 5 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 0 4 0 0 1 .161 6 .194 .235 McGraw, Tug 37 22 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .182 5 .227 .217 Otis, Amos 36 66 5 9 3 0 0 2 5 1 19 0 2 0 0 0 .136 12 .182 .197 Pfeil, Bobby 53 191 19 43 9 0 0 8 6 0 24 0 4 0 0 1 .225 52 .272 .249 Ryan, Nolan 20 23 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .087 2 .087 .087 Seaver, Tom 34 72 6 9 2 0 0 5 7 0 26 0 4 2 1 0 .125 11 .153 .222 Shamsky, Art 85 253 35 76 9 3 12 38 31 2 28 3 2 2 1 2 .300 127 .502 .377 Swoboda, Ron 90 262 31 63 10 2 6 41 32 3 71 2 1 1 1 1 .240 95 .363 .323 Taylor, Ron 55 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Weis, Al 87 202 20 44 8 1 2 21 13 1 37 1 6 0 3 3 .218 60 .297 .264

Pitching Statistics as of September 8, 1969

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 27 133.1 6 9 .400 129 58 46 52 42 19 3 0 0 3.11 DiLauro, Jack 20 58 1 4 .200 49 19 17 22 14 4 0 0 0 2.64 Frisella, Danny 3 4.2 0 0 .000 8 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 7.71 Gentry, Gary 29 194.2 10 11 .476 166 87 82 126 73 29 4 1 0 3.79 Jackson, Al 9 11 0 0 .000 18 13 13 10 4 0 0 0 0 10.64 Koonce, Cal 39 81 6 3 .667 84 52 45 47 40 0 0 0 6 5.00 Koosman, Jerry 27 200 13 9 .591 162 60 55 157 54 27 12 3 0 2.48 McAndrew, Jim 24 112 6 6 .500 88 46 43 75 38 18 4 2 0 3.46 McGraw, Tug 36 86.1 7 3 .700 78 30 24 81 42 4 1 0 11 2.50 Ryan, Nolan 20 67.1 5 1 .833 46 27 24 68 38 7 1 0 1 3.21 Seaver, Tom 31 228.1 20 7 .741 179 71 63 182 71 30 13 3 0 2.48 Taylor, Ron 55 69.2 7 4 .636 57 23 23 41 22 0 0 0 12 2.97

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