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Previous Game: August 7, 1968 Astros 4, Mets 3 1968 Regular Season Game 116 August 9, 1968 Mets 5, Giants 4 Next Game: August 10, 1968 Mets 3, Giants 1

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Batting Statistics as of August 9, 1968

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Agee, Tommie 92 244 21 44 6 2 4 12 12 3 75 1 1 2 8 4 .180 66 .270 .224 Bosch, Don 46 108 14 18 1 0 3 7 9 1 32 1 1 0 0 2 .167 28 .259 .229 Boswell, Ken 46 179 24 44 4 2 4 10 9 0 18 2 2 1 6 0 .246 64 .358 .283 Buchek, Jerry 48 133 5 27 2 0 1 11 5 1 37 0 2 3 0 1 .203 32 .241 .248 Cardwell, Don 21 43 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 .047 5 .116 .047 Charles, Ed 83 266 34 80 8 0 11 39 17 4 36 2 4 2 3 2 .301 121 .455 .345 Collins, Kevin 46 124 11 26 5 2 1 12 6 2 32 2 5 0 0 1 .210 38 .306 .242 Connors, Bill 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Frisella, Danny 19 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 .083 1 .083 .083 Goossen, Greg 38 106 4 22 7 0 0 6 10 0 21 0 1 2 0 0 .208 29 .274 .288 Grote, Jerry 95 308 23 85 12 0 2 24 37 10 60 0 3 3 0 4 .276 103 .334 .359 Harrelson, Bud 75 278 27 62 6 2 0 7 19 1 41 1 1 1 1 5 .223 72 .259 .274 Jackson, Al 19 24 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .250 7 .292 .240 Jones, Cleon 104 361 44 103 22 2 12 43 19 0 77 2 3 3 17 7 .285 165 .457 .325 Koonce, Cal 39 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .182 Koosman, Jerry 24 64 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 45 0 2 0 0 0 .063 5 .078 .077 Kranepool, Ed 88 254 21 68 10 1 2 15 11 2 19 1 9 2 0 2 .268 86 .339 .302 Linz, Phil 52 175 17 37 3 0 0 11 7 0 28 2 2 2 1 0 .211 40 .229 .247 Martin, J. C. 52 151 11 34 6 1 0 20 17 3 22 1 3 3 0 0 .225 42 .278 .314 McAndrew, Jim 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Rohr, Les 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Ryan, Nolan 18 41 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 .098 4 .098 .140 Seaver, Tom 26 68 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 34 0 2 0 0 0 .118 9 .132 .143 Selma, Dick 28 48 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 3 0 1 0 .208 11 .229 .208 Shamsky, Art 82 255 17 57 12 3 6 30 12 3 42 4 3 6 1 0 .224 93 .365 .271 Shaw, Don 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 20 72 10 16 3 0 1 2 9 0 18 0 0 0 1 0 .222 22 .306 .309 Swoboda, Ron 98 331 34 82 10 4 10 49 40 1 83 1 1 4 6 1 .248 130 .393 .335 Taylor, Ron 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 77 241 13 42 4 0 1 12 18 3 47 2 2 1 3 1 .174 49 .203 .233

Pitching Statistics as of August 9, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 20 130.1 5 10 .333 113 51 43 61 39 18 3 1 0 2.97 Connors, Bill 6 10 0 1 .000 10 6 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 5.40 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 18 76.1 3 5 .375 67 30 26 44 12 8 0 0 0 3.07 Koonce, Cal 39 67.1 4 4 .500 50 11 10 35 18 0 0 0 0 1.34 Koosman, Jerry 24 179 14 7 .667 146 46 39 128 47 23 12 6 0 1.96 McAndrew, Jim 2 10.2 0 2 .000 15 3 3 9 2 2 0 0 0 2.53 Rohr, Les 2 6 0 2 .000 9 4 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 4.50 Ryan, Nolan 18 125.2 6 9 .400 86 46 42 130 67 18 3 0 0 3.01 Seaver, Tom 25 192.2 10 8 .556 159 49 44 134 32 24 9 4 0 2.06 Selma, Dick 23 135 8 7 .533 117 47 38 86 43 18 3 2 0 2.53 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 24 20.2 0 2 .000 20 14 14 17 13 0 0 0 0 6.10 Taylor, Ron 40 48.2 1 2 .333 40 17 17 32 10 0 0 0 0 3.14

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