New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 16, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1963 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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)
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New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Neal 3b 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 1
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 0 1 0
Hickman cf 4 1 2 0
Cook rf 4 2 2 2
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 2
Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0
  Coleman ph 1 0 0 0
Hook p 2 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan ss 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 2 3 2
McCovey lf 4 1 1 2
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 0
Bailey c 3 1 1 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 1 0
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 1
O'Dell p 3 1 2 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 5
New York 000 014 000591
San Francisco 002 220 00x691
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hook  L (1-5) 5.0 6 6 5 1 1
  Stallard   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Bearnarth   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
1
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  W (5-0) 6.0 8 5 5 1 5
  Perry  SV (2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
5

  E–Hunt (7).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Bailey (1).  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (11,off Hook).  HR–San Francisco Mays (6,3rd inning off Hook 1 on, 2 out); McCovey (6,5th inning off Hook 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Neal (1,off Perry); Davenport (4,off Hook).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Bailey (1,by Hook).  Team–5.  CS–Amalfitano (5,2nd base by Hook/Cannizzaro).  HBP–Hook (3,Bailey).  U-HP–Frank Walsh, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:16.  A–8,849.
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