New York Mets vs Houston Colt 45s - May 23,1964

Visiting Team

New York Mets (11-27)

Home Team

Houston Colt 45s (18-22)

Game Date

May 23,1964

Year

1964

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Colt Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

9,457

Time of Game

2:04

Umpires

[HP]: Ken Burkhart [1B]: Paul Pryor [2B]: (none) [3B]: Frank Secory

**game started at 11pm; first game of DH began at 1:04;**
**there were at least two rain delays**
5th inning: K/DP.3XH(212) **Al Spangler tried to score on throw back to the mound**
6th inning: 5/FL.3-H(E5/TH)(UR);1-2 **bad throw after Bob Aspromonte faked going to HP**
9th inning: S4/G.2-3;1-2 **the Colts argued that Jesse Gonder interfered with play running to 2B**

New York Mets - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Amado Samuel	ss	25.169	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.135	23	113
	Dick Smith	ph	25.006	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	.224	24	44
2	Rod Kanehl	cf	30.052	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.303	30	272
	Jim Hickman	ph	27.013	R	1	0	0	0	0	1	.185	29	315
3	Ron Hunt	2b	23.090	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.300	37	180
4	George Altman	lf	31.064	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	.217	24	685
5	Frank Thomas	1b	34.347	R	3	0	1	0	0	1	.259	31	1414
6	Joe Christopher	rf	28.162	R	3	0	1	0	0	1	.313	29	350
7	Charley Smith	3b	26.251	R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.204	28	236
8	Chris Cannizzaro	c	26.020	R	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333	6	92
9	Craig Anderson	p	25.327	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	2	76
	Jesse Gonder	ph	28.124	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	.322	34	133
Totals

Errors: Charley Smith

GDP: Ron Hunt (8), Charley Smith (6)

Houston Colt 45s - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Al Spangler	lf	30.320	L	5	1	3	0	0	0	.214	32	455
2	Bob Lillis	ss-2b	33.356	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222	23	497
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	22.072	R	3	1	1	0	1	0	.230	37	107
4	Walt Bond	rf	26.217	L	4	1	1	0	0	1	.257	32	122
5	Mike White	2b-rf	25.157	R	4	0	1	2	0	0	.327	21	24
6	Bob Aspromonte	3b	25.339	R	4	1	3	1	0	0	.263	39	393
7	Rusty Staub	1b	20.052	L	4	0	2	0	0	0	.208	38	188
8	Jerry Grote	c	21.230	R	3	0	0	0	1	0	.135	15	18
9	Ken Johnson	p	30.342	R	4	0	1	0	0	3	.045	8	140
Totals

2B: Al Spangler (3)

3B: Walt Bond (2)

RBI: Mike White 2 (11), Bob Aspromonte (8)

SH: Bob Lillis (3)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Craig Anderson	R	L 0-1	7.0	11	3	3	2	4	0	3.27	1.45	2	80
2	Tom Sturdivant	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	1.15	10	326
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Craig Anderson (0-0-0), Tom Sturdivant (0-0-0)

Houston Colt 45s - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Ken Johnson	R	W 4-4	9.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	2.66	0.92	9	146
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Johnson (0-0-0)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Mets	NYN	11-27		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	5	1		10	10	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Colt 45s	HOU	18-22		0	1	0		0	0	1		2	0	x		4	12	0		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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