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Previous Game: July 7, 1962 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 82 July 8, 1962 Cardinals 15, Mets 1 Next Game: July 12, 1962 Dodgers 3, Mets 0

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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 Anderson, Craig 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Ashburn, Richie 66 174 26 51 4 2 5 18 33 0 19 2 1 0 4 2 .293 74 .425 .402 Bell, Gus 30 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 10 0 7 2 2 0 0 1 .149 20 .198 .221 Bouchee, Ed 40 72 7 11 2 0 3 10 17 2 15 1 0 0 0 0 .153 22 .306 .311 Cannizzaro, Chris 25 50 3 10 1 0 0 4 12 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 .200 11 .220 .349 Chacon, Elio 75 239 33 55 7 2 1 17 47 2 38 1 2 1 7 3 .230 69 .289 .358 Chiti, Harry 15 41 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .195 9 .220 .233 Christopher, Joe 48 120 14 26 4 1 3 13 12 0 23 0 2 1 5 1 .217 41 .342 .293 Cook, Cliff 36 107 11 25 6 1 2 9 3 0 33 1 0 2 1 0 .234 39 .364 .265 Craig, Roger 21 34 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 15 0 1 1 0 0 .059 2 .059 .135 Daviault, Ray 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 DeMerit, John 14 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 6 .375 .278 Ginsberg, Joe 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hickman, Jim 69 183 30 49 11 0 7 22 21 1 56 3 6 1 2 1 .268 81 .443 .341 Hillman, Dave 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hodges, Gil 48 114 15 31 1 0 9 17 13 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 .272 59 .518 .346 Hook, Jay 25 34 6 9 0 0 0 4 4 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 .265 9 .265 .342 Hunter, Willard 8 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .273 3 .273 .273 Jackson, Al 21 37 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 .081 4 .108 .128 Jones, Sherman 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Kanehl, Rod 58 85 19 22 2 0 2 10 5 0 9 0 1 1 2 1 .259 30 .353 .308 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Labine, Clem 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Landrith, Hobie 23 45 6 13 3 0 1 7 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .289 19 .422 .389 MacKenzie, Ken 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Mantilla, Felix 71 232 31 63 8 2 6 29 16 0 26 4 1 3 1 0 .272 93 .401 .322 Marshall, Jim 17 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .344 21 .656 .400 Miller, Bob 22 22 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .227 7 .318 .227 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 14 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 .250 .250 Moford, Herb 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Moorhead, Bob 23 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .308 Neal, Charlie 74 275 31 73 7 3 7 31 31 1 38 3 2 0 1 3 .265 107 .389 .337 Smith, Bobby 8 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .136 5 .227 .240 Taylor, Sammy 50 141 11 32 4 2 3 19 20 1 16 3 0 1 0 0 .227 49 .348 .321 Thomas, Frank 80 303 40 90 13 3 15 50 24 2 54 3 0 6 1 1 .297 154 .508 .357 Throneberry, Marv 46 122 9 30 5 2 4 17 12 0 29 3 0 0 1 0 .246 51 .418 .307 Woodling, Gene 22 65 7 14 3 0 1 9 11 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 .215 20 .308 .325 Zimmer, Don 14 52 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .077 5 .096 .127

Pitching Statistics as of July 8, 1962

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Anderson, Craig 27 58.1 3 8 .273 60 37 28 31 25 4 1 0 0 4.32 Craig, Roger 21 111.1 5 11 .313 132 67 58 54 29 17 6 0 0 4.69 Daviault, Ray 10 31.1 1 1 .500 40 25 21 24 22 2 0 0 0 6.03 Hillman, Dave 13 15.2 0 0 .000 21 12 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 6.32 Hook, Jay 21 98.2 6 9 .400 115 73 64 48 28 18 6 0 0 5.84 Hunter, Willard 8 35.2 1 4 .200 41 27 26 27 21 4 1 0 0 6.56 Jackson, Al 20 118.2 4 9 .308 125 67 58 70 31 17 4 2 0 4.40 Jones, Sherman 7 22.1 0 4 .000 30 20 18 11 7 3 0 0 0 7.25 Labine, Clem 3 4 0 0 .000 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.25 MacKenzie, Ken 25 43.2 3 3 .500 46 22 22 28 17 0 0 0 0 4.53 Miller, Bob 19 76.2 0 7 .000 80 58 44 44 33 11 0 0 0 5.17 Mizell, Vinegar Bend 14 32.2 0 2 .000 42 29 25 13 19 2 0 0 0 6.89 Moford, Herb 7 15 0 1 .000 21 15 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 Moorhead, Bob 23 60 0 0 .000 66 38 29 33 23 3 0 0 0 4.35

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MUSIAL HITS 3; METS LOSE



New York Daily News
July 9, 1962

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