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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 Bearnarth, Larry 38 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 2 .286 .250 Berra, Yogi 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 2 .222 .222 Bethke, Jim 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Cannizzaro, Chris 89 204 15 36 7 2 0 5 21 2 49 0 3 1 0 2 .176 47 .230 .257 Christopher, Joe 100 288 20 69 7 2 2 26 22 3 52 2 1 4 3 2 .240 86 .299 .301 Cisco, Galen 31 26 5 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 .269 7 .269 .296 Cowan, Billy 82 156 16 28 8 2 3 9 4 1 45 0 1 1 3 2 .179 49 .314 .205 Fisher, Jack 28 57 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 2 1 0 0 .140 10 .175 .155 Gonder, Jesse 53 105 6 25 4 0 4 9 11 4 20 1 0 0 0 0 .238 41 .390 .308 Hickman, Jim 97 244 21 55 13 0 8 21 16 1 49 0 0 1 1 1 .225 92 .377 .276 Hiller, Chuck 65 192 18 50 7 1 4 14 11 2 17 1 1 1 0 1 .260 71 .370 .302 Hunt, Ron 13 46 5 11 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 .239 14 .304 .340 Jackson, Al 37 40 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 .125 6 .150 .125 Jones, Cleon 13 32 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 .156 5 .156 .156 Klaus, Bobby 93 255 24 50 12 0 1 11 38 0 45 0 3 1 1 5 .196 65 .255 .303 Kolb, Gary 14 44 4 10 1 0 1 6 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 .227 14 .318 .239 Kranepool, Ed 103 360 33 95 21 3 8 42 26 6 52 8 0 2 0 1 .264 146 .406 .311 Kroll, Gary 31 25 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 .120 4 .160 .120 Lary, Frank 14 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 4 .211 .211 Lewis, Johnny 104 339 52 90 14 1 14 39 44 4 79 1 3 0 3 4 .265 148 .437 .349 McGraw, Tug 27 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP McMillan, Roy 112 391 33 91 15 1 1 24 16 1 43 2 11 2 1 0 .233 111 .284 .265 Miller, Larry 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Musgraves, Dennis 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Napoleon, Danny 57 74 3 13 0 1 0 6 6 1 16 0 0 2 0 0 .176 15 .203 .256 Parsons, Tom 27 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 .063 1 .063 .118 Ribant, Dennis 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Richardson, Gordie 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Schaffer, Jimmie 8 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .188 4 .250 .235 Smith, Charley 93 342 37 91 14 2 13 44 8 1 86 4 6 2 1 1 .266 148 .433 .284 Spahn, Warren 21 35 0 4 1 0 0 2 7 0 12 0 2 1 0 1 .114 5 .143 .279 Stephenson, John 29 40 1 9 3 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 12 .300 .262 Swoboda, Ron 97 297 36 68 9 3 16 39 20 2 81 0 1 1 1 3 .229 131 .441 .280 Taylor, Hawk 25 46 5 7 0 0 4 10 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 .152 19 .413 .167 Willey, Carl 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Pitching Statistics as of August 8, 1965

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bearnarth, Larry 38 51.2 3 3 .500 65 38 27 15 23 1 0 0 0 4.70 Bethke, Jim 18 29.1 2 0 1.000 32 15 10 11 12 0 0 0 0 3.07 Cisco, Galen 31 96.1 3 8 .273 103 58 51 48 46 15 1 1 0 4.76 Fisher, Jack 28 174.1 7 14 .333 174 82 77 72 44 25 7 0 0 3.98 Jackson, Al 25 135 5 15 .250 142 77 68 88 37 21 5 2 0 4.53 Kroll, Gary 31 84.1 6 6 .500 79 44 39 59 37 10 1 0 0 4.16 Lary, Frank 14 57.1 1 3 .250 48 24 19 23 16 7 0 0 0 2.98 McGraw, Tug 26 40 0 2 .000 46 20 17 26 25 1 0 0 0 3.83 Miller, Larry 22 39 1 1 .500 44 20 20 24 15 1 0 0 0 4.62 Musgraves, Dennis 5 16 0 0 .000 11 2 1 11 7 1 0 0 0 0.56 Parsons, Tom 27 79.1 1 9 .100 92 45 40 49 14 10 1 1 0 4.54 Ribant, Dennis 12 18.1 1 3 .250 18 12 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 5.40 Richardson, Gordie 14 22.2 0 0 .000 22 14 12 20 8 0 0 0 0 4.76 Spahn, Warren 20 126 4 12 .250 140 70 61 56 35 19 5 0 0 4.36 Willey, Carl 7 13.2 0 1 .000 15 8 8 4 5 1 0 0 0 5.27

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CUBS KAYO METS AGAIN, 7-6



New York Daily News
August 9, 1965

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