Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 23, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 22, 1962
Cubs 9, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 156
September 23, 1962
Mets 2, Cubs 1 Next Game:
September 25, 1962
Braves 7, Mets 3

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National League Standings, September 23, 1962

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Elio
Chacon c
Choo Choo
Coleman rf
Joe
Christopher lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Ed
Kranepool 3b
Sammy
Drake cf
Jim
Hickman 2b
Rod
Kanehl p
Bob
Miller

September 23, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Billy Ott rf 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Hubbs 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1

Ernie Banks 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Billy Williams lf 3 0 2 0 1 0

Nelson Mathews cf 3 0 1 1 0 1

Ron Santo 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Alex Grammas ss 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Bob Will ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Andre Rodgers ss 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cuno Barragan c 2 0 0 0 0 2

- George Altman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Dick Bertell c 0 0 0 0 0 0

George Gerberman p 1 0 0 0 1 0

- Freddie Burdette p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Danny Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Don Elston p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Brewer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Elio Chacon ss 2 0 0 0 3 1 .235

Choo Choo Coleman c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .259

Joe Christopher rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .248

Frank Thomas lf 4 1 2 2 1 1 .262

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200

- Rick Herrscher pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

- Roger Craig p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053

Sammy Drake 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .209

Jim Hickman cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .249

Rod Kanehl 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .251

- Marv Throneberry ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244

- Felix Mantilla ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275

Bob Miller p 2 0 0 0 1 0 .132

- Gil Hodges ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .252

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

Chicago Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 1

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

George Gerberman 5.1 3 1 1 5 1

Freddie Burdette 0.2 0 0 0 1 0

Don Elston 1.1 1 0 0 2 2

Jim Brewer (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1

Bob Anderson 0.1 1 0 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Miller 8.0 2 1 1 3 9 5.15

Roger Craig (W,10-23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4.42

Errors: Elio Chacon (15), Ken Hubbs 2.
PB: Choo Choo Coleman.
WP: Bob Anderson.
2B: Choo Choo Coleman 2 (7), Ed Kranepool (1).
HR: Frank Thomas (33).
Intentional Walks: Rod Kanehl, Sammy Drake.
SH: Nelson Mathews.

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