Baltimore Orioles vs New York Mets
October 16, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 16, 1969 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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

Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Mets 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 3 1 1 1
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
  Salmon pr 0 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
McNally p 2 1 1 2
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 2 1 0
Clendenon 1b 3 1 1 2
Swoboda rf 4 1 2 1
Charles 3b 4 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Weis 2b 4 1 1 1
Koosman p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
Baltimore 003 000 000352
New York 000 002 12x570
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   7.0 5 3 3 2 6
  Watt  L (0-1) 1.0 2 2 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
2
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (2-0) 9.0 5 3 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
5

  E–Powell (1), Watt (1).  2B–New York Koosman (1,off McNally); Jones (1,off Watt); Swoboda (1,off Watt).  HR–Baltimore McNally (1,3rd inning off Koosman 1 on, 0 out); F Robinson (1,3rd inning off Koosman 0 on, 2 out), New York Clendenon (3,6th inning off McNally 1 on, 0 out); Weis (1,7th inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Jones (1,by McNally).  SB–Agee (1,2nd base off McNally/Etchebarren).  HBP–McNally (1,Jones).  U–Lou DiMuro (AL), Lee Weyer (NL), Hank Soar (AL), Frank Secory (NL), Shag Crawford (NL), Larry Napp (AL).  T–2:14.  A–57,397.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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