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Previous Game: July 16, 1966 Dodgers 7, Mets 1 1966 Regular Season Game 87 July 17, 1966 Mets 4, Astros 2 Next Game: July 17, 1966 Mets 7, Astros 5

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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 Arrigo, Gerry 14 6 1 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 6 1.000 .714 Bearnarth, Larry 25 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 2 .250 .125 Boyer, Ken 78 285 37 77 15 1 8 35 18 2 32 5 0 0 4 2 .270 118 .414 .308 Bressoud, Eddie 67 189 26 41 3 3 8 31 23 3 57 2 4 0 1 1 .217 74 .392 .299 Coleman, Choo Choo 6 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 3 .188 .188 Eilers, Dave 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Elliot, Larry 10 39 4 12 2 1 0 4 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .308 16 .410 .357 Fisher, Jack 22 36 2 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 13 0 3 0 0 0 .139 7 .194 .225 Friend, Bob 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gardner, Rob 24 36 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .167 7 .194 .167 Grote, Jerry 59 158 13 39 7 1 2 12 21 4 41 0 1 2 4 2 .247 54 .342 .343 Hamilton, Jack 31 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .100 3 .100 .129 Hepler, Bill 20 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167 1 .167 .167 Hickman, Jim 18 55 5 13 1 0 2 4 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 .236 20 .364 .288 Hiller, Chuck 57 111 17 39 4 2 1 7 8 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 .351 50 .450 .410 Hunt, Ron 82 305 44 90 14 1 3 23 29 2 22 1 9 8 8 6 .295 115 .377 .370 Jones, Cleon 76 280 39 80 10 3 4 32 19 1 35 4 2 3 8 5 .286 108 .386 .333 Klimchock, Lou 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Kranepool, Ed 79 242 25 56 8 0 8 31 30 5 42 2 0 1 1 2 .231 88 .364 .316 Lewis, Johnny 52 139 19 29 5 1 5 19 16 0 33 1 0 0 2 0 .209 51 .367 .288 Luplow, Al 56 159 11 37 5 1 2 16 17 1 23 0 1 2 0 4 .233 50 .314 .315 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP McGraw, Tug 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 2 .286 .375 McMillan, Roy 64 186 20 36 8 1 0 8 15 2 19 1 2 1 1 1 .194 46 .247 .256 Murphy, Billy 53 88 11 18 3 1 3 8 6 0 23 1 2 0 1 2 .205 32 .364 .253 Ribant, Dennis 24 26 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .192 5 .192 .192 Richardson, Gordie 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Rusteck, Dick 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Selma, Dick 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 .000 0 .000 .300 Shaw, Bob 9 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .200 4 .200 .273 Stephenson, John 38 93 11 18 1 1 0 8 5 0 17 0 0 1 0 0 .194 21 .226 .242 Stuart, Dick 31 87 7 19 0 0 4 13 9 2 26 0 0 0 0 1 .218 31 .356 .292 Sutherland, Darrell 16 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 2 .667 .667 Swoboda, Ron 64 201 15 40 2 3 4 23 18 3 34 1 1 2 3 2 .199 60 .299 .270 Taylor, Hawk 31 71 2 14 2 0 1 5 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 .197 19 .268 .208

Pitching Statistics as of July 17, 1966

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Arrigo, Gerry 14 28 3 1 .750 28 14 13 20 12 2 0 0 0 4.18 Bearnarth, Larry 25 47.2 2 3 .400 53 29 27 22 17 1 0 0 0 5.10 Eilers, Dave 23 34.2 1 1 .500 39 18 18 14 7 0 0 0 0 4.67 Fisher, Jack 22 118.2 6 9 .400 119 61 52 66 33 17 4 0 0 3.94 Friend, Bob 6 27.2 1 1 .500 26 14 11 11 4 5 0 0 0 3.58 Gardner, Rob 22 104.1 3 6 .333 107 55 53 60 46 15 3 0 0 4.57 Hamilton, Jack 31 105.1 4 9 .308 94 59 44 60 55 13 3 1 0 3.76 Hepler, Bill 20 32.2 1 2 .333 33 15 15 13 25 2 0 0 0 4.13 McGraw, Tug 7 25.1 1 4 .200 28 15 15 18 9 5 0 0 0 5.33 Ribant, Dennis 23 91.1 4 4 .500 79 30 26 41 22 11 4 1 0 2.56 Richardson, Gordie 15 18.2 0 2 .000 24 19 19 15 6 1 0 0 0 9.16 Rusteck, Dick 4 15 1 2 .333 17 9 7 5 5 3 1 1 0 4.20 Selma, Dick 19 45.1 3 3 .500 50 27 21 37 18 4 0 0 0 4.17 Shaw, Bob 9 60 5 4 .556 68 32 28 38 9 8 3 0 0 4.20 Sutherland, Darrell 16 22.1 1 0 1.000 34 15 15 11 13 0 0 0 0 6.04

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