Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 4, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 3, 1962
Giants 10, Mets 1 1962 Regular Season Game 77
July 4, 1962
Giants 11, Mets 4 Next Game:
July 4, 1962
Giants 10, Mets 3

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National League Standings, July 4, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Richie
Ashburn cf
Rod
Kanehl lf
Gene
Woodling 3b
Frank
Thomas 2b
Charlie
Neal c
Sammy
Taylor 1b
Marv
Throneberry ss
Elio
Chacon p
Jay
Hook

July 4, 1962, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Giants 11, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn rf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .315

Rod Kanehl cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275

Gene Woodling lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241

- Joe Christopher lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .192

Frank Thomas 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .297

Charlie Neal 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .264

Sammy Taylor c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .229

- Chris Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190

Marv Throneberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232

Elio Chacon ss 3 1 1 2 0 0 .234

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

- Jim Hickman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264

Jay Hook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

- Bob Miller p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .227

- Gil Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267

- Bob Moorhead p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Felix Mantilla ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .255

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Chuck Hiller 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0

Jim Davenport 3b 3 3 2 1 1 0

Willie Mays cf 4 3 2 2 1 0

- Matty Alou cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Willie McCovey lf-1b 3 2 3 7 0 0

Felipe Alou rf 5 0 1 0 0 0

Orlando Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Manny Mota lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ed Bailey c 5 1 2 1 0 0

Jose Pagan ss 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Ernie Bowman ss 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bobby Bolin p 3 1 0 0 1 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 3

San Francisco Giants 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 x 11 13 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jay Hook 0.2 5 3 3 0 0 5.70

Bob Miller (L,0-7) 3.1 4 4 3 2 0 4.94

Bob Moorhead 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 4.35

Ken MacKenzie 2.0 2 3 3 1 0 4.53

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Bobby Bolin (W) 9.0 7 4 4 3 5

Errors: Rod Kanehl (6).
2B: Sammy Taylor (4), Orlando Cepeda.
3B: Willie Mays.
HR: Frank Thomas (15), Elio Chacon (1), Willie McCovey 2, Jim Davenport, Ed Bailey.
HBP: Chuck Hiller, Orlando Cepeda.
SH: Jim Davenport.
SF: Willie McCovey 2.
SB: Jose Pagan.
CS: Willie McCovey.

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