Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 15, 1962 - Box Score

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May 13, 1962
Braves 3, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 26
May 15, 1962
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May 16, 1962
Mets 6, Cubs 5

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National League Standings, May 15, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Jim
Hickman ss
Elio
Chacon 2b
Charlie
Neal lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Ed
Bouchee 3b
Cliff
Cook rf
Gus
Bell c
Sammy
Taylor p
Vinegar Bend
Mizell

May 15, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock cf 5 0 0 1 0 2

Ken Hubbs 2b 6 0 1 0 0 1

Billy Williams lf 6 1 2 1 0 1

Ernie Banks 1b 6 1 3 1 0 0

George Altman rf 6 2 4 2 0 0

Ron Santo ss 5 0 1 0 1 0

Cuno Barragan c 6 0 2 0 0 0

Jim McKnight 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1

- Daryl Robertson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2

Bob Buhl p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Don Elston p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Bob Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Will ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Barney Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Balsamo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Brewer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Cal Koonce p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jim Hickman cf 6 1 1 0 1 3 .305

Elio Chacon ss 6 1 3 0 1 0 .273

Charlie Neal 2b 4 1 1 1 3 0 .284

Frank Thomas lf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .304

- Rod Kanehl pr-lf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .333

Ed Bouchee 1b 2 0 0 1 3 1 .225

- John DeMerit pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

- Gil Hodges 1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .304

Cliff Cook 3b 7 0 2 1 0 2 .312

Gus Bell rf 6 0 1 1 1 0 .149

Sammy Taylor c 6 0 0 0 0 1 .207

- Harry Chiti ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Vinegar Bend Mizell p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500

- Marv Throneberry ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222

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

- Richie Ashburn ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273

- Craig Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Felix Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .311

- Roger Craig p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Hobie Landrith ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 .360

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E

Chicago Cubs 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 14 2

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 12 4

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Bob Buhl 6.1 7 3 3 8 5

Don Elston 3.1 4 2 2 3 1

Bob Anderson 0.1 0 0 0 1 0

Barney Schultz 1.2 0 0 0 0 2

Tony Balsamo (L) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1

Jim Brewer 0.0 0 0 0 1 0

Cal Koonce 0.1 0 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Vinegar Bend Mizell 6.0 6 4 3 0 2 4.50

Ken MacKenzie 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 5.19

Craig Anderson 2.0 4 1 1 1 3 2.29

Roger Craig (W,2-3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 7.52

Errors: Jim Hickman (1), Ron Santo.
PB: Cuno Barragan 2.
WP: Bob Buhl.
2B: Jim Hickman (2), Elio Chacon (2).
HR: George Altman 2, Billy Williams, Ernie Banks.
Intentional Walks: Ed Bouchee.
SH: Bob Buhl 2.
SF: Ed Bouchee, Lou Brock.
SB: Rod Kanehl (1), Elio Chacon (3), George Altman.
CS: Elio Chacon (2).

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