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1962 Regular Season Game 42
May 31, 1962
Dodgers 6, Mets 3
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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Hickman Jim
Hickman
ss
Chacon Elio
Chacon
2b
Neal Charlie
Neal
lf
Thomas Frank
Thomas
1b
Throneberry Marv
Throneberry
rf
Christopher Joe
Christopher
3b
Mantilla Felix
Mantilla
c
Taylor Sammy
Taylor
p
Jackson Al
Jackson
May 31, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Los Angeles Dodgers 6, New York Mets 3

Dodgers ab r hbibbso
Maury Wills ss 5 2 3 0 0 0
Jim Gilliam 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1
Willie Davis cf 3 0 0 0 1 1
Tommy Davis lf 4 1 3 2 0 0
Frank Howard rf 3 1 0 0 1 1
Ron Fairly 1b 3 1 2 1 0 1
Larry Burright 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0
Norm Sherry c 3 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Moeller p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Lee Walls ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Ed Roebuck p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Ron Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Jim Hickman cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .264
- Richie Ashburn ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .356
Elio Chacon ss 2 1 0 1 1 0 .259
Charlie Neal 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .264
Frank Thomas lf 3 0 1 1 1 2 .325
- Rod Kanehl pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Marv Throneberry 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143
- Gil Hodges ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .312
- Bob Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Joe Christopher rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .184
Felix Mantilla 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .285
Sammy Taylor c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241
Al Jackson p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .105
- Ed Bouchee ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
- Ken MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 10 1
New York Mets 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h rer bbso
Joe Moeller 3.0 2 2 2 2 0
Ed Roebuck (W) 5.0 1 1 0 2 4
Ron Perranoski 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Al Jackson (L,2-6) 8.0 9 6 6 2 6 5.71
Ken MacKenzie 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 5.11

Errors: Larry Burright.
PB: Norm Sherry.
WP: Joe Moeller.
2B: Al Jackson (1), Jim Gilliam.
3B: Larry Burright.
HR: Ron Fairly.
SH: Larry Burright, Ron Fairly, Jim Gilliam.
SF: Elio Chacon, Norm Sherry.
SB: Maury Wills 3.


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