New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
September 16, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1966 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 2 2 1
Bressoud 2b 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 1
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Hickman rf,1b 4 0 1 1
Swoboda lf 2 0 0 0
  Hiller ph 0 0 0 0
  Fitzmaurice pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Goossen c 3 0 1 0
  Luplow ph 0 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 1 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
  Napoleon ph 1 0 0 0
  Grote c 0 0 0 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 1
  Lewis pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 5 0 1 0
Henderson rf 3 1 1 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 1
McCovey 1b 2 1 1 1
Alou lf 4 0 1 0
  Johnson lf 0 0 0 0
Haller c 3 1 1 1
  Hiatt ph 1 0 1 0
  Mason pr 0 1 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Lanier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hart ph 1 0 0 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Priddy p 2 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
New York 100 100 003572
San Francisco 010 000 111480
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   7.1 6 3 3 1 1
  Miller   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sutherland  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gardner   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Hamilton  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   4.1 5 2 2 2 5
  Priddy   3.2 0 1 1 2 3
  Hoeft  L (1-3) 0.2 2 2 2 0 2
  McDaniel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
10

  E–Bressoud (22), Fisher (2).  DP–New York 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Boyer (28,off Sadecki), San Francisco Henderson (1,off Fisher).  3B–New York Harrelson 2 (3,off Sadecki,off Hoeft).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (30,2nd inning off Fisher 0 on, 0 out); Haller (25,7th inning off Fisher 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Boyer (7,off Sadecki).  HBP–Swoboda (4,by Priddy); Henderson (1,by Fisher).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Harrelson 2 (5,2nd base off Priddy/Haller,Home off McDaniel/Haller); Fitzmaurice (1,2nd base off Hoeft/Haller); Mays (5,2nd base off Miller/Goossen).  WP–Hamilton (18).  HBP–Fisher (8,Henderson); Priddy (3,Swoboda).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:44.  A–17,273.
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