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Previous Game: August 15, 1965 Mets 3, Astros 0 1965 Regular Season Game 119 August 16, 1965 Giants 3, Mets 2 Next Game: August 17, 1965 Giants 3, Mets 2

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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 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Cannizzaro, Chris 93 212 16 37 7 2 0 5 21 2 51 0 3 2 0 2 .175 48 .226 .255 Christopher, Joe 107 304 22 72 8 2 2 27 23 3 55 3 1 4 4 2 .237 90 .296 .296 Cisco, Galen 32 27 5 7 0 0 0 4 2 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 .259 7 .259 .310 Cowan, Billy 82 156 16 28 8 2 3 9 4 1 45 0 1 1 3 2 .179 49 .314 .205 Fisher, Jack 29 60 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 2 1 0 0 .133 10 .167 .148 Gonder, Jesse 53 105 6 25 4 0 4 9 11 4 20 1 0 0 0 0 .238 41 .390 .308 Hickman, Jim 103 259 21 56 13 0 8 21 16 1 50 0 0 1 1 1 .216 93 .359 .264 Hiller, Chuck 71 216 21 56 9 1 5 17 12 2 19 1 1 1 1 1 .259 82 .380 .300 Hunt, Ron 16 48 5 11 3 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 .229 14 .292 .327 Jackson, Al 40 45 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 0 4 0 0 0 .111 6 .133 .130 Jones, Cleon 13 32 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 .156 5 .156 .156 Klaus, Bobby 98 260 25 52 12 0 1 11 39 0 47 0 3 1 1 5 .200 67 .258 .307 Kolb, Gary 20 59 6 12 2 0 1 6 3 0 14 1 0 0 3 0 .203 17 .288 .238 Kranepool, Ed 109 384 33 101 21 3 8 43 26 6 54 8 1 2 0 1 .263 152 .396 .307 Kroll, Gary 32 26 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 .115 4 .154 .115 Lary, Frank 14 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 4 .211 .211 Lewis, Johnny 111 365 55 92 14 2 14 40 47 4 85 1 3 0 3 4 .252 152 .416 .337 McGraw, Tug 30 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 119 417 36 101 15 1 1 27 17 1 45 2 12 3 1 0 .242 121 .290 .276 Miller, Larry 24 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .125 1 .125 .125 Moorhead, Bob 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 29 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 .059 1 .059 .111 Ribant, Dennis 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Richardson, Gordie 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Schaffer, Jimmie 11 22 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .182 5 .227 .217 Smith, Charley 100 371 39 97 17 3 14 50 8 1 94 4 6 3 2 1 .261 162 .437 .280 Spahn, Warren 21 35 0 4 1 0 0 2 7 0 12 0 2 1 0 1 .114 5 .143 .279 Stephenson, John 34 52 3 11 4 0 0 4 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 .212 15 .288 .255 Sutherland, Darrell 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 1.000 .333 Swoboda, Ron 102 309 38 71 10 3 18 41 22 3 83 0 1 1 1 3 .230 141 .456 .283 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 16, 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 19 30 2 0 1.000 32 15 10 12 13 0 0 0 0 3.00 Cisco, Galen 32 102.1 3 8 .273 106 58 51 51 48 16 1 1 0 4.49 Fisher, Jack 29 182.2 7 15 .318 179 85 79 76 47 26 8 0 0 3.89 Jackson, Al 27 151 6 16 .273 157 81 71 96 43 23 6 3 0 4.23 Kroll, Gary 32 87 6 6 .500 83 48 43 62 41 11 1 0 0 4.45 Lary, Frank 14 57.1 1 3 .250 48 24 19 23 16 7 0 0 0 2.98 McGraw, Tug 29 42.1 0 2 .000 46 20 17 30 25 1 0 0 0 3.61 Miller, Larry 24 45.1 1 1 .500 51 22 22 31 21 2 0 0 0 4.37 Moorhead, Bob 1 2 0 1 .000 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Musgraves, Dennis 5 16 0 0 .000 11 2 1 11 7 1 0 0 0 0.56 Parsons, Tom 29 84.1 1 10 .091 99 49 44 51 16 11 1 1 0 4.70 Ribant, Dennis 12 18.1 1 3 .250 18 12 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 5.40 Richardson, Gordie 17 26 0 1 .000 26 18 15 24 10 0 0 0 0 5.19 Spahn, Warren 20 126 4 12 .250 140 70 61 56 35 19 5 0 0 4.36 Sutherland, Darrell 3 7.2 1 0 1.000 5 3 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 3.52 Willey, Carl 7 13.2 0 1 .000 15 8 8 4 5 1 0 0 0 5.27

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August 17, 1965

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