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Previous Game: August 22, 1962 Mets 5, Giants 4 1962 Regular Season Game 128 August 23, 1962 Giants 2, Mets 1 Next Game: August 24, 1962 Mets 6, Dodgers 3

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Batting Statistics as of August 23, 1962

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Anderson, Craig 39 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .083 2 .083 .120 Ashburn, Richie 111 328 53 101 4 3 7 28 72 2 33 2 1 0 12 6 .308 132 .402 .430 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 50 112 7 24 2 1 0 9 17 0 24 2 1 1 0 1 .214 28 .250 .318 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 87 178 22 35 7 1 3 15 22 0 34 0 2 2 7 2 .197 53 .298 .292 Coleman, Choo Choo 26 63 10 15 2 2 4 10 6 1 12 0 0 0 0 1 .238 33 .524 .304 Cook, Cliff 40 112 12 26 6 1 2 9 3 0 34 1 0 3 1 0 .232 40 .357 .269 Craig, Roger 33 59 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 25 0 2 1 0 0 .051 3 .051 .111 Daviault, Ray 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .083 1 .083 .154 DeMerit, John 14 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 6 .375 .278 Drake, Sammy 10 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 2 .286 .444 Ginsberg, Joe 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Herrscher, Rick 16 31 2 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .194 11 .355 .242 Hickman, Jim 107 284 40 72 14 2 9 32 27 1 75 3 6 3 3 2 .254 117 .412 .322 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 34 51 6 12 0 0 0 4 8 0 20 0 5 0 0 0 .235 12 .235 .339 Hunter, Willard 17 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 37 59 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 5 0 0 0 .068 6 .102 .098 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 103 250 40 68 6 2 3 21 19 1 25 0 3 1 8 5 .272 87 .348 .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 38 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .091 Mantilla, Felix 115 398 47 111 11 3 11 54 29 0 43 6 2 3 3 1 .279 161 .405 .328 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Miller, Bob 34 32 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 .156 7 .219 .156 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 33 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .048 1 .048 .231 Neal, Charlie 117 435 51 109 10 9 11 45 47 1 76 5 8 0 1 5 .251 170 .391 .320 Pignatano, Joe 17 38 2 10 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .263 12 .316 .300 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 126 477 59 130 20 3 29 80 35 3 80 4 0 7 1 1 .273 243 .509 .329 Throneberry, Marv 89 269 24 66 9 3 13 38 25 3 64 4 1 0 1 2 .245 120 .446 .305 Woodling, Gene 64 153 15 42 7 1 3 19 20 3 19 3 0 0 0 0 .275 60 .392 .352 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 23, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 39 94.2 3 13 .188 105 74 59 48 46 10 2 0 0 5.61 Craig, Roger 33 183 7 20 .259 205 105 91 87 50 26 11 0 0 4.48 Daviault, Ray 26 61.2 1 3 .250 69 48 44 44 40 2 0 0 0 6.42 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 30 160.2 7 14 .333 180 107 94 84 46 27 10 0 0 5.27 Hunter, Willard 17 50.1 1 5 .167 58 36 35 33 30 5 1 0 0 6.26 Jackson, Al 30 190.2 6 17 .261 196 109 92 97 66 27 9 3 0 4.34 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 38 73.1 5 4 .556 79 41 40 46 32 1 0 0 0 4.91 Miller, Bob 12 17.1 2 1 .667 22 11 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 5.71 Miller, Bob 28 115.1 0 10 .000 120 86 66 73 50 17 0 0 0 5.15 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 33 100.2 0 2 .000 107 61 49 59 38 7 0 0 0 4.38

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August 24, 1962

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