Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 17, 1963 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 16, 1963
Mets 4, Colt .45's 3 1963 Regular Season Game 93
July 17, 1963
Mets 9, Giants 7 Next Game:
July 18, 1963
Giants 6, Mets 5

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National League Standings, July 17, 1963

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Joe
Christopher cf
Joe
Hicks lf
Duke
Snider c
Jesse
Gonder 1b
Frank
Thomas 3b
Jim
Hickman 2b
Larry
Burright ss
Al
Moran p
Tracy
Stallard

July 17, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 9, San Francisco Giants 7

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Harvey Kuenn 3b-rf 5 1 3 1 0 1

- Felipe Alou rf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Tom Haller rf 4 0 0 0 0 2

- Jim Davenport ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 1

Willie McCovey lf 5 1 2 2 0 0

Willie Mays cf 5 2 2 0 0 0

Ed Bailey c 5 1 1 0 0 3

Orlando Cepeda 1b 4 2 2 1 1 0

Chuck Hiller 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0

Jose Pagan ss 5 0 1 1 0 1

Gaylord Perry p 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Billy Hoeft p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Matty Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jack Fisher p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Joey Amalfitano ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Don Larsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joe Christopher rf 5 3 3 2 1 0 .267

Joe Hicks cf 6 1 2 2 0 1 .385

Duke Snider lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .235

- Rod Kanehl pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .221

Jesse Gonder c 5 1 1 3 0 1 .364

Frank Thomas 1b 5 0 3 1 0 0 .260

Jim Hickman 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .223

Larry Burright 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .246

Al Moran ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .193

Tracy Stallard p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .045

- Don Rowe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231

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

- Ken MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Choo Choo Coleman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .204

- Galen Cisco p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .043

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

San Francisco Giants 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 14 3

New York Mets 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 16 0

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Gaylord Perry 5.2 11 6 4 1 2

Billy Hoeft 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Jack Fisher 4.0 3 1 1 1 2

Don Larsen (L) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tracy Stallard 7.0 10 5 5 1 5 4.40

Don Rowe 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4.12

Jay Hook 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 6.08

Ken MacKenzie 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06

Galen Cisco (W,6-7) 3.0 0 0 0 0 5 4.56

Errors: Willie Mays.
WP: Gaylord Perry.
2B: Frank Thomas 2 (8).
3B: Willie Mays, Harvey Kuenn.
HR: Joe Christopher (1), Jesse Gonder (3), Joe Hicks (2), Willie McCovey.

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