Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 15, 1963 - Box Score

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July 14, 1963
Colt .45's 8, Mets 3 1963 Regular Season Game 90
July 15, 1963
Mets 14, Colt .45's 5 Next Game:
July 15, 1963
Colt .45's 8, Mets 0

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National League Standings, July 15, 1963

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Ron
Hunt 1b
Tim
Harkness rf
Duke
Snider c
Jesse
Gonder lf
Frank
Thomas 3b
Jim
Hickman cf
Joe
Hicks ss
Larry
Burright p
Carl
Willey

July 15, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 14, Houston Colt .45's 5

Colt .45's ab r h bi bb so

Al Spangler lf 5 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Temple 2b 4 2 1 1 1 0

Pete Runnels 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0

Rusty Staub rf 4 0 1 0 1 0

Bob Aspromonte 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Jim Wynn ss 3 1 1 0 1 1

Howie Goss cf 1 1 0 0 3 1

John Bateman c 4 0 1 2 0 1

Ken Johnson p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Don McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Umbricht p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ernie Fazio ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Chris Zachary p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Campbell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Dick Drott p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Carl Warwick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Dickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ron Hunt 2b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .264

- Al Moran ph-ss 0 0 0 1 0 0 .194

Tim Harkness 1b 5 0 0 0 1 2 .195

Duke Snider rf 5 0 1 2 0 2 .236

Jesse Gonder c 5 2 4 1 0 0 .435

Frank Thomas lf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .248

- Rod Kanehl lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225

Jim Hickman 3b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .221

Joe Hicks cf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .333

Larry Burright ss-2b 3 4 2 0 2 0 .228

Carl Willey p 2 1 1 4 0 1 .128

- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Jay Hook p 0 1 0 1 0 0 .160

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

Houston Colt .45's 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 6 2

New York Mets 0 6 1 1 0 0 3 3 x 14 16 3

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

Ken Johnson (L) 1.1 5 6 6 1 0

Don McMahon 1.1 3 1 1 3 2

Jim Umbricht 0.1 0 0 0 0 1

Chris Zachary 2.0 3 1 1 0 3

Dick Drott 2.0 2 3 0 1 1

Jim Dickson 1.0 3 3 1 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Carl Willey (W,7-8) 5.0 5 5 4 4 2 2.77

Jay Hook 4.0 1 0 0 2 3 5.99

Errors: Ron Hunt (15), Howie Goss.
PB: John Bateman.
WP: Dick Drott.
2B: Ron Hunt 2 (14), Duke Snider (7), Joe Hicks (2), Jim Wynn, John Bateman.
HR: Carl Willey (1), Johnny Temple.
Intentional Walks: Larry Burright.
HBP: Ron Hunt, Pete Runnels.
SH: Jay Hook.
SF: Jay Hook, Al Moran, Duke Snider.
SB: Jesse Gonder (1), Larry Burright (1).

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