Minnesota Twins (5) Kansas City Athletics (4)
| 1961
Date of Game: Saturday, September 09, 1961
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
| Minnesota Twins (AL) | Kansas City Athletics (AL) |
| Record: 61-80 | Record: 52-90 |
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Attendance: 4,107
Time of Game: 2:36
Game Notes:
Gordon MacKenzie - 1st career RBI Dan Pfister - 1st career game Charlie Shoemaker - 1st career game, 1st career hit Dan Pfister - 1st career game
Best at-bats
Harmon Killebrew HR in 7th inning (27.8)
Earl Battey HR in 6th inning (23.66)
Gene Stephens 1B in 1st inning (16.89)
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Game Notes:
Best at-bats
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GAME INFORMATION
| Team Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||||
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Kansas City Athletics | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
Minnesota Twins Batting Stats |
| Minnesota Twins | Pos | Age | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | S-G# | C-G# | S-HR | S-RBI | S-SB |
| Lenny Green | cf-lf | 28.246 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | 138 | 467 | 9 | 47 | 15 |
| Billy Martin | 2b | 33.116 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | 94 | 964 | 4 | 32 | 2 |
| Harmon Killebrew | 1b | 25.072 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .295 | 130 | 520 | 41 | 108 | 1 |
| Jim Lemon | lf | 33.170 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .264 | 121 | 914 | 14 | 52 | 1 |
| Ted Lepcio | 3b | 31.043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 51 | 717 | 7 | 19 | 1 |
| Earl Battey | c | 26.247 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .302 | 118 | 406 | 16 | 51 | 2 |
| Bob Allison | rf | 27.060 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 | 139 | 445 | 29 | 94 | 2 |
| Bill Tuttle | 3b-cf | 32.067 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 | 118 | 1115 | 4 | 38 | 1 |
| Jose Valdivielso | ss | 27.110 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | 64 | 388 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Al Schroll | p | 29.171 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Altobelli | ph | 29.106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .211 | 22 | 148 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Pleis | p | 24.035 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals: | 34 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .324 | 1034 | 6147 | |||||
Kansas City Athletics Batting Stats |
| Kansas City Athletics | Pos | Age | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | S-G# | C-G# | S-HR | S-RBI | S-SB |
| Bobby Del Greco | cf | 28.155 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 | 96 | 417 | 5 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Shoemaker | 2b | 22.030 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Causey | ss | 24.257 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | 90 | 226 | 7 | 42 | 0 |
| Norm Siebern | 1b | 28.045 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .292 | 134 | 586 | 17 | 87 | 2 |
| Deron Johnson | 3b | 23.054 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | 76 | 82 | 7 | 34 | 0 |
| Jim Rivera | rf | 39.049 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .218 | 55 | 1143 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Frank Cipriani | rf | 20.148 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Stephens | lf | 28.232 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .205 | 90 | 858 | 4 | 28 | 3 |
| Leo Posada | ph-lf | 25.147 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | 105 | 115 | 7 | 50 | 0 |
| Gordon MacKenzie | c | 24.062 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .158 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Howser | ph | 25.118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | 138 | 138 | 3 | 42 | 36 |
| Bob Shaw | p | 28.072 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .156 | 37 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Pfister | p | 24.263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Rakow | p | 25.102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 39 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Haywood Sullivan | ph | 30.268 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 104 | 163 | 5 | 38 | 1 |
| Dave Wickersham | p | 25.348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals: | 40 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .325 | 989 | 3967 | |||||
Game Stats |
2B: Jim Lemon (25), Jose Valdivielso (4)
HR: Earl Battey (16), Harmon Killebrew (41)
RBIs: Earl Battey 2 (51), Harmon Killebrew 2 (108), Jim Lemon (52), Gordon MacKenzie (1), Norm Siebern (87), Gene Stephens 2 (28)
SF: Harmon Killebrew (4)
GDP: Bob Allison (17), Jose Valdivielso 2 (5)
HR: Earl Battey (16), Harmon Killebrew (41)
RBIs: Earl Battey 2 (51), Harmon Killebrew 2 (108), Jim Lemon (52), Gordon MacKenzie (1), Norm Siebern (87), Gene Stephens 2 (28)
SF: Harmon Killebrew (4)
GDP: Bob Allison (17), Jose Valdivielso 2 (5)
Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats |
| Minnesota Twins | Age | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP | Pit | Str | Bal | S-G# | C-G# |
| Al Schroll | 29.171 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5.63 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Bill Pleis (W 4-2) | 24.035 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.26 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Pitching Totals: | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 64 | |||
Kansas City Athletics Pitching Stats |
| Kansas City Athletics | Age | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP | Pit | Str | Bal | S-G# | C-G# |
| Bob Shaw | 28.072 | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.20 | 1.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 166 |
| Dan Pfister | 24.263 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Rakow (L 2-8) | 25.102 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.98 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 48 |
| Dave Wickersham | 25.348 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| Pitching Totals: | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 232 | |||
Other Game Information |
Wild Pitches: Al Schroll;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Al Schroll 0-0-0; Bill Pleis 0-0-0; Bob Shaw 0-0-0; Dan Pfister 0-0-0; Ed Rakow 0-0-0; Dave Wickersham 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Al Schroll 27; Bill Pleis 17; Bob Shaw 23; Dan Pfister 4; Ed Rakow 5; Dave Wickersham 6;
Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 4,107
Umpires: Home: Jim Honochick 1B Bill Kinnamon 2B Eddie Hurley 3B Red Flaherty
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