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Previous Game: August 8, 1972 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 1972 Regular Season Game 103 August 9, 1972 Mets 8, Cardinals 3 Next Game: August 11, 1972 Cubs 7, Mets 2

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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 74 272 37 66 17 0 7 33 37 3 64 2 1 2 6 5 .243 104 .382 .335 Barnes, Lute 2 4 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 5 1.250 .833 Beauchamp, Jim 30 57 3 11 0 0 0 5 1 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 .193 11 .193 .200 Boswell, Ken 66 222 16 40 4 1 5 17 23 1 19 2 6 0 2 1 .180 61 .275 .255 Capra, Buzz 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 .250 .400 Dyer, Duffy 53 184 22 45 11 0 7 25 18 6 47 1 2 2 0 1 .245 77 .418 .317 Fregosi, Jim 80 285 27 67 12 4 5 30 29 2 51 1 2 1 0 1 .235 102 .358 .307 Frisella, Danny 27 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 .200 .200 Garrett, Wayne 65 162 23 36 7 2 2 17 48 3 32 2 3 0 2 1 .222 53 .327 .396 Gentry, Gary 22 40 2 5 1 0 0 3 4 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 .125 6 .150 .205 Grote, Jerry 57 181 11 37 5 1 3 17 23 8 21 3 4 2 1 0 .204 53 .293 .297 Hahn, Don 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .143 Harrelson, Bud 88 320 43 63 7 4 1 18 48 2 49 4 7 3 10 3 .197 81 .253 .304 Jones, Cleon 70 254 27 70 10 1 4 35 20 4 58 3 0 4 1 4 .276 94 .370 .335 Koosman, Jerry 24 34 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 .088 3 .088 .088 Kranepool, Ed 74 194 14 47 6 0 5 19 22 9 24 3 1 0 1 0 .242 68 .351 .315 Marshall, Dave 41 97 10 23 3 0 2 7 11 0 20 0 0 1 0 2 .237 32 .330 .321 Martinez, Ted 68 236 17 53 2 5 0 10 9 0 35 0 3 0 3 3 .225 65 .275 .253 Matlack, Jon 22 51 4 8 1 0 0 2 6 0 26 0 4 0 0 0 .157 9 .176 .246 Mays, Willie 52 148 23 40 6 1 5 16 39 5 32 0 1 0 1 5 .270 63 .426 .422 McAndrew, Jim 18 28 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 1 0 0 .036 1 .036 .100 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP McGraw, Tug 31 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .077 1 .077 .143 Milner, John 74 217 31 55 8 2 10 24 25 1 45 0 4 4 0 0 .253 97 .447 .341 Rauch, Bob 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Sadecki, Ray 18 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222 2 .222 .222 Schneck, Dave 19 76 5 16 3 1 2 5 5 2 14 0 0 1 0 0 .211 27 .355 .268 Seaver, Tom 24 58 3 9 3 0 2 2 5 0 25 0 4 0 0 0 .155 18 .310 .222 Staub, Rusty 57 212 30 63 10 0 9 36 27 7 12 4 1 2 0 1 .297 100 .472 .376 Strom, Brent 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Sudakis, Bill 8 25 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .080 2 .080 .179 Taylor, Chuck 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Pitching Statistics as of August 9, 1972

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Capra, Buzz 14 53 3 2 .600 50 27 27 45 27 6 0 0 0 4.58 Frisella, Danny 27 47 4 7 .364 38 16 15 31 11 0 0 0 7 2.87 Gentry, Gary 22 134 5 8 .385 125 65 57 94 59 22 3 0 0 3.83 Koosman, Jerry 24 118.1 8 7 .533 104 54 48 109 35 16 3 1 1 3.65 Matlack, Jon 22 158.1 10 5 .667 131 45 36 101 44 20 5 3 0 2.05 McAndrew, Jim 18 99.1 8 3 .727 79 31 30 55 26 13 4 0 1 2.72 McGraw, Tug 31 72.2 4 5 .444 53 19 15 66 23 0 0 0 15 1.86 Rauch, Bob 5 5.1 0 1 .000 3 2 2 5 8 0 0 0 0 3.38 Sadecki, Ray 18 40 2 0 1.000 38 14 12 20 14 2 0 0 0 2.70 Seaver, Tom 23 175 12 9 .571 154 68 62 154 55 23 9 2 0 3.19 Strom, Brent 1 6.2 0 0 .000 2 2 1 7 4 1 0 0 0 1.35 Taylor, Chuck 20 31 0 0 .000 44 19 19 9 9 0 0 0 2 5.52

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