Don Bosch

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Don Bosch was a center fielder for the Mets in 1967 and 1968. He had 32 hits in 94 games played with the team. Bosch scored 21 runs as a Met.

Bosch came to the Mets with Don Cardwell in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb on December 6, 1966. On Opening Day in '67, he led off the game with a single and came around to score in the Mets eventual 6-3 loss to the Pirates at Shea Stadium. At Pittsburgh on April 17, Don scored twice and drove in a run during the Mets' 9-6 win. Against Gaylord Perry on May 2, Bosch hit the only triple of his career in the Mets' 3-2 victory in 12 innings over the Giants at Shea.

In 1968, Bosch had 19 hits for 29 total bases. He hit three homers and drove in seven runs during the year. At Shea on June 14, Don hit his first major league home run in the Mets' 7-3 victory over the Giants. He homered off Juan Marichal to lead off the first inning the next day. In the second game of a doubleheader at Shea on July 4, Bosch hit a two-run homer off Jim Bunning that put the Mets ahead to stay in a 4-3 win over the Pirates.

Bosch completed his career with the Montreal Expos in 1969.