Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
August 15, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1962 at Polo Grounds V. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 6 0 1 1
Klaus 3b 4 0 0 0
  Savage ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Callison rf 7 1 3 2
Gonzalez cf 5 1 1 0
Demeter lf,3b 7 1 2 0
Torre 1b 4 2 3 0
  Roach pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 5 2 3 3
Wine ss 2 0 1 1
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Amaro ss 2 0 0 0
Mahaffey p 2 0 0 1
  Boozer p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
  Sievers ph 1 0 0 0
  Short p 1 1 1 0
Totals 51 8 15 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 0 3 0
Neal ss 5 0 1 0
Woodling rf 7 1 4 0
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
Thomas lf 7 0 1 0
Throneberry 1b 5 0 0 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Herrscher 1b 2 0 0 0
Mantilla 3b 5 1 1 1
Kanehl 2b 4 1 0 0
Cannizzaro c 3 1 1 1
  Daviault p 0 0 0 0
  Drake ph 0 1 0 0
  Pignatano c 2 0 0 0
Hook p 2 0 1 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman ph,c 1 1 1 2
  Hickman ph 1 1 1 3
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher ph 1 0 0 0
  Moorhead p 1 0 0 0
Totals 51 7 14 7
Philadelphia 010 005 010 000 18151
New York 000 103 030 000 07142
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Mahaffey   6.0 10 4 4 3 5
  Boozer   1.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Smith   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Baldschun   1.2 0 0 0 3 2
  Short  W (6-7) 4.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
14
7
7
8
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hook   5.1 9 6 6 1 3
  Anderson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Daviault   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  MacKenzie   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Moorhead  L (0-2) 4.0 5 1 1 3 1
Totals
13.0
15
8
8
4
7

  E–Torre (5), Kanehl (15), Moorhead (3).  DP–Philadelphia 3, New York 2.  2B–Philadelphia Taylor (19,off Hook); Callison 2 (23,off Moorhead 2), New York Woodling 2 (6,off Mahaffey 2).  3B–New York Cannizzaro (1,off Mahaffey).  HR–Philadelphia Callison (15,6th inning off Hook 0 on, 0 out); Dalrymple (8,8th inning off Daviault 0 on, 0 out), New York Coleman (3,6th inning off Mahaffey 1 on, 2 out); Hickman (9,8th inning off Smith 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Mahaffey (8,off Hook); Torre (1,off Moorhead); Taylor (2,off Moorhead).  HBP–Torre (1,by Hook).  IBB–Amaro (4,by Moorhead); Gonzalez 2 (5,by Moorhead 2); Kanehl (1,by Baldschun).  Team LOB–12.  Team–13.  WP–Moorhead (5).  HBP–Hook (4,Torre).  IBB–Baldschun (9,Kanehl); Moorhead 3 (4,Amaro,Gonzalez 2).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–4:41.  A–9,573.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook