Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary (back to top)
Mets
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
June 16, 1966
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets, played on June 16, 1966 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 16, 1966 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
New York Mets
|
Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 16, 1966 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Mets |
Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rob Gardner |
Home Starting Pitcher | Tony Cloninger |
Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
City | Atlanta |
State | GA |
Attendance | 15,108 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ed Sudol 1B: Paul Pryor 2B: John Kibler 3B: Bill Jackowski |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Al Luplow | Right Fielder |
Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
Cleon Jones | Center Fielder |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Ed Kranepool | First Baseman |
Hawk Taylor | Catcher |
Ron Swoboda | Left Fielder |
Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
Rob Gardner | Pitcher |
Wes Westrum | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Denis Menke | Third Baseman |
Woody Woodward | Shortstop |
Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
Felipe Alou | First Baseman |
Rico Carty | Left Fielder |
Gene Oliver | Catcher |
Mack Jones | Center Fielder |
Felix Millan | Second Baseman |
Tony Cloninger | Pitcher |
Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mets
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
June 16, 1966
Top 1
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luplow vs. Cloninger
Luplow hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Cloninger
Hunt hits a line drive into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Cloninger
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Gardner
Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodward vs. Gardner
Woodward bunts towards the mound. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. Menke moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Gardner
Aaron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Gardner
Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Gardner
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kranepool. Menke scores. Aaron moves to third. Carty moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oliver vs. Gardner
Oliver is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Gardner
Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Carty scores. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Millan vs. Gardner
Millan hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Cloninger
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Cloninger
Kranepool is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Cloninger
Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Cloninger
Swoboda hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cloninger vs. Gardner
Cloninger strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Gardner
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Gardner
Woodward hits a fly ball into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Cloninger
Bressoud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Cloninger
Gardner bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luplow vs. Cloninger
Luplow hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Cloninger
Hunt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bressoud moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jones vs. Cloninger
Jones hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Gardner
Aaron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Gardner
Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Gardner
Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Eilers
Dave Eilers now pitching.
Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou moves to third. Carty moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Eilers
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou scores. Carty scores. Oliver moves to third. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Millan vs. Eilers
Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Jones moves to third. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cloninger vs. Eilers
Cloninger hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Eilers
Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Eilers
Woodward hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Eilers
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Eilers
Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Luplow. Alou reaches second base with a double. Woodward goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carty vs. Eilers
Carty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Eilers
John Herrnstein pinch runs for Rico Carty.
Oliver strikes out. View Play
Top 4
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Cloninger
John Herrnstein now playing left field.
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Cloninger
Kranepool takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Cloninger
Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Herrnstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Cloninger
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Eilers
Chuck Hiller now playing third base.
Jones hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Eilers
Millan hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cloninger vs. Eilers
Cloninger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Eilers
Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodward vs. Eilers
Woodward hits a fly ball into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Mets, 0 - Braves, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Cloninger
Bressoud strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Cloninger
Billy Murphy pinch hits for Dave Eilers.
Murphy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luplow vs. Cloninger
Luplow hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Cloninger
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Cloninger
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Bearnarth
Billy Murphy now playing right field. Larry Bearnarth now pitching.
Aaron hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bearnarth
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrnstein vs. Bearnarth
Herrnstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hiller vs. Cloninger
Hiller hits a fly ball into left field. Herrnstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Cloninger
Gary Geiger now playing right field.
Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Cloninger
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Bearnarth
Oliver hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Oliver reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Bearnarth
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops it up and throws to first, with Bearnarth covering, for the out. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Millan vs. Bearnarth
Millan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cloninger vs. Bearnarth
Cloninger hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Bearnarth
Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Menke reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woodward vs. Bearnarth
Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Geiger vs. Bearnarth
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Cloninger
Mike de la Hoz now playing third base. Denis Menke now playing first base. Felipe Alou now playing center field.
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards third. de la Hoz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Cloninger
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Cloninger
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bearnarth vs. Cloninger
Bearnarth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bearnarth
Alou hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrnstein vs. Bearnarth
Herrnstein hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Bearnarth
Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herrnstein moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
de la Hoz vs. Bearnarth
de la Hoz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hiller fields it and throws to second for the out. Herrnstein scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. Bearnarth
Millan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. de la Hoz moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cloninger vs. Bearnarth
Cloninger hits a line drive towards short. Bressoud catches it and throws to second to double up de la Hoz. View Play
Top 8
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Cloninger
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. de la Hoz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Cloninger
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hiller vs. Cloninger
Hiller hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Cloninger
Kranepool strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Bearnarth
Menke hits a line drive into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Bearnarth
Woodward takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Bearnarth
Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodward moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Bearnarth
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out. Woodward moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Herrnstein vs. Bearnarth
Herrnstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Cloninger
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Cloninger
Swoboda hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Braves, 17
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Cloninger
Bressoud hits a fly ball into left field. Herrnstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/16/1966 -- New York at Atlanta (N) New York AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI Luplow A, rf 3 0 1 0 Menke D, 3b-1b 6 1 2 0 Bearnarth L, p 1 0 0 0 Woodward W, ss 4 1 1 0 Hunt R, 2b 4 0 1 0 Aaron H, rf 2 2 0 0 Jones C, cf 4 0 1 0 Geiger G, rf 2 0 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 2 0 0 0 Alou F, 1b-cf 6 2 3 2 Hiller C, 3b 2 0 0 0 Carty R, lf 2 2 2 1 Kranepool E, 1b 3 0 0 0 Herrnstein J, pr-lf 3 1 1 0 Taylor H, c 4 0 1 0 Oliver G, c 4 2 3 0 Swoboda R, lf 4 0 0 0 Jones M, cf 4 2 3 5 Bressoud E, ss 3 0 0 0 de la Hoz M, 3b 1 0 0 1 Gardner R, p 1 0 0 0 Millan F, 2b 5 2 3 2 Eilers D, p 0 0 0 0 Cloninger T, p 5 2 3 5 Murphy B, ph-rf 1 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 1 5 1 44 17 22 16 New York 000 010 000 -- 1 Atlanta 308 103 20x -- 17 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gardner R (L)* 2.0 5 6 6 3 1 Eilers D 2.0 8 6 6 1 1 Bearnarth L 4.0 9 5 5 1 0 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Cloninger T (W) 9.0 5 1 1 3 4 * Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd E -- Kranepool E DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 7, Atlanta 9 2B -- Alou F, Oliver G, Menke D HR -- Cloninger T 2, Jones M, Murphy B, Alou F SH -- Woodward W T -- 2:54 A -- 15108
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score