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Previous Game: August 8, 1969 Mets 4, Braves 1 1969 Regular Season Game 108 August 8, 1969 Braves 1, Mets 0 Next Game: August 9, 1969 Mets 5, Braves 3

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Batting Statistics as of August 8, 1969

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Agee, Tommie 99 368 61 99 17 4 17 49 32 0 87 2 5 1 5 5 .269 175 .476 .328 Boswell, Ken 71 262 37 64 7 4 3 20 19 1 35 1 4 2 6 2 .244 88 .336 .299 Cardwell, Don 21 32 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 17 1 0 1 0 0 .188 9 .281 .206 Charles, Ed 49 135 15 27 7 1 2 15 15 3 27 1 0 1 4 2 .200 42 .311 .283 Clendenon, Donn 37 95 11 26 4 0 3 21 6 2 28 1 0 0 1 0 .274 39 .411 .314 Collins, Kevin 16 40 1 6 3 0 1 2 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 .150 12 .300 .209 DiLauro, Jack 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Dyer, Duffy 8 7 2 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 5 .714 .375 Frisella, Danny 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Garrett, Wayne 85 270 29 66 7 2 1 28 28 3 47 3 4 1 4 2 .244 80 .296 .315 Gaspar, Rod 84 189 23 42 5 1 1 11 19 2 16 1 6 2 7 3 .222 52 .275 .299 Gentry, Gary 23 50 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 33 0 5 1 0 0 .120 7 .140 .154 Grote, Jerry 78 248 19 56 8 3 4 28 22 4 37 2 3 1 2 0 .226 82 .331 .289 Harrelson, Bud 77 245 24 56 7 3 0 13 37 4 37 1 1 1 1 2 .229 69 .282 .331 Jackson, Al 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Jones, Cleon 103 360 73 126 20 4 11 64 47 8 52 3 1 6 13 8 .350 187 .519 .430 Koonce, Cal 32 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .286 4 .286 .286 Koosman, Jerry 20 52 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 1 0 0 0 .019 1 .019 .019 Kranepool, Ed 85 282 30 67 9 1 9 44 28 5 25 4 2 0 3 0 .238 105 .372 .303 Martin, J.C. 50 150 11 34 5 1 4 20 11 1 27 1 1 0 0 0 .227 53 .353 .278 McAndrew, Jim 18 15 0 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 .267 5 .333 .389 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP McGraw, Tug 26 18 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111 3 .167 .158 Otis, Amos 36 66 5 9 3 0 0 2 5 1 19 0 2 0 0 0 .136 12 .182 .197 Pfeil, Bobby 29 104 10 23 6 0 0 4 5 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 .221 29 .279 .257 Ryan, Nolan 17 21 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .048 1 .048 .048 Seaver, Tom 27 54 5 6 2 0 0 3 7 0 21 0 3 1 1 0 .111 8 .148 .226 Shamsky, Art 58 166 27 58 6 1 9 27 24 1 19 2 0 1 1 1 .349 93 .560 .430 Swoboda, Ron 67 190 21 47 5 2 3 25 23 3 51 2 1 0 1 1 .247 65 .342 .326 Taylor, Ron 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 67 171 17 37 8 1 2 17 12 1 34 1 3 0 3 1 .216 53 .310 .266

Pitching Statistics as of August 8, 1969

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 21 99.1 3 9 .250 103 54 43 38 27 15 3 0 0 3.90 DiLauro, Jack 14 47.1 1 3 .250 39 15 14 17 11 4 0 0 0 2.66 Frisella, Danny 3 4.2 0 0 .000 8 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 7.71 Gentry, Gary 23 159.2 9 9 .500 133 70 65 105 62 23 4 1 0 3.66 Jackson, Al 9 11 0 0 .000 18 13 13 10 4 0 0 0 0 10.64 Koonce, Cal 32 67.2 5 3 .625 66 41 36 43 35 0 0 0 5 4.79 Koosman, Jerry 20 154.1 9 7 .563 118 37 34 120 44 20 9 3 0 1.98 McAndrew, Jim 18 65 3 4 .429 59 37 35 40 28 12 2 0 0 4.85 McGraw, Tug 26 67.1 5 2 .714 68 29 23 70 37 4 1 0 6 3.07 Ryan, Nolan 17 61 4 1 .800 44 27 24 63 34 6 1 0 1 3.54 Seaver, Tom 25 179 15 7 .682 147 57 53 146 52 24 10 2 0 2.66 Taylor, Ron 44 56.2 6 3 .667 45 19 19 36 18 0 0 0 10 3.02

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