Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 9, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 8, 1962
Colt .45's 6, Mets 5 1962 Regular Season Game 145
September 9, 1962
Mets 7, Colt .45's 7 Next Game:
September 10, 1962
Braves 5, Mets 2

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National League Standings, September 9, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Elio
Chacon c
Choo Choo
Coleman 2b
Felix
Mantilla lf
Gene
Woodling 3b
Charlie
Neal 1b
Marv
Throneberry cf
Jim
Hickman rf
Joe
Christopher p
Craig
Anderson

September 9, 1962, Colt Stadium, Houston, TX

New York Mets 7, Houston Colt .45's 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Elio Chacon ss 2 0 0 0 3 1 .233

Choo Choo Coleman c 4 0 2 2 1 0 .240

Felix Mantilla 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .278

Gene Woodling lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .280

- Rod Kanehl lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254

Charlie Neal 3b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .256

Marv Throneberry 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .248

Jim Hickman cf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .263

Joe Christopher rf 3 2 0 0 2 1 .216

Craig Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

- Galen Cisco p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Sammy Taylor ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218

- Al Jackson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .072

- Sherman Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429

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

- Frank Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261

- Ray Daviault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071

Colt .45's ab r h bi bb so

Bob Lillis ss 4 2 1 0 0 0

Al Spangler lf 4 1 3 2 0 0

Johnny Temple 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0

Dave Roberts 1b 4 0 0 1 0 1

Carl Warwick cf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Roman Mejias rf 3 1 1 0 1 0

Bob Aspromonte 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0

Hal Smith c 3 0 0 1 0 1

Bob Bruce p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Russ Kemmerer p 2 1 2 0 0 0

- Jim Umbricht p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Golden p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Don McMahon p 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 7 10 1

Houston Colt .45's 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 10 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Anderson 0.0 4 3 3 0 0 5.73

Galen Cisco 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 4.50

Sherman Jones 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 7.71

Bob Miller 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7.45

Ray Daviault 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 6.32

Houston Colt .45's ip h r er bb so

Bob Bruce 1.2 3 2 2 3 2

Russ Kemmerer 2.2 5 3 3 1 0

Jim Umbricht 1.2 2 1 1 1 3

Jim Golden 0.1 0 1 1 3 1

Don McMahon 1.2 0 0 0 2 0

Errors: Felix Mantilla (10), Al Spangler.
WP: Jim Golden 2.
2B: Marv Throneberry (10), Felix Mantilla (15), Jim Hickman (17), Al Spangler, Johnny Temple.
3B: Bob Aspromonte.
Intentional Walks: Choo Choo Coleman.
HBP: Sammy Taylor.
SF: Felix Mantilla, Hal Smith.
SB: Choo Choo Coleman (1), Roman Mejias.

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