New York Yankees (8) Los Angeles Angels (6)

| 1961

Date of Game: Wednesday, August 23, 1961
Stadium: Wrigley Field

New York Yankees (AL)	Los Angeles Angels (AL)
Record: 83-43	Record: --
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Attendance: 19,773 Time of Game: 3:43

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Roger Maris 3B in 10th inning (45.97)

Bobby Richardson ? in 8th inning (41.38)

Bill Skowron HR in 6th inning (24.6)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York Yankees	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	8	10	0
Los Angeles Angels	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	1

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York Yankees	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Bobby Richardson	2b	26.004	6	0	1	1	0	0	.259	126	595	3	39	7
Billy Gardner	3b	34.035	6	1	0	0	0	3	.238	75	917	2	13	0
Roger Maris	rf	26.347	3	3	1	1	3	1	.282	124	643	50	117	0
Mickey Mantle	cf	29.308	4	1	1	0	2	3	.319	124	1495	46	112	11
Yogi Berra	lf	36.103	6	0	1	0	0	0	.270	94	1547	17	49	2
Elston Howard	c	32.181	4	2	2	1	0	2	.356	94	733	12	53	1
Bill Skowron	1b	30.248	3	1	3	4	2	0	.275	115	908	22	69	0
Clete Boyer	ss	24.195	5	0	1	0	0	0	.224	113	405	8	41	1
Whitey Ford	p	32.306	1	0	0	0	0	1	.185	31	286	0	9	0
Earl Torgeson	ph	37.235	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	42	1309	0	1	0
Hal Reniff	p	23.052	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	16	16	0	0	0
Tony Kubek	ph	24.315	1	0	0	0	0	0	.284	119	663	5	35	1
Rollie Sheldon	p	24.249	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	27	27	0	4	0
Johnny Blanchard	ph	28.178	0	0	0	0	1	0	.284	68	171	15	38	1
Joe DeMaestri	pr	32.257	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	25	1060	0	2	0
Luis Arroyo	p	34.186	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	52	184	0	0	0
Totals:			41	8	10	7	8	10	.244	1245	10959

Los Angeles Angels Batting Stats

Los Angeles Angels	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Albie Pearson	rf	26.345	4	2	1	1	2	0	.295	111	410	7	36	7
Joe Koppe	ss	30.308	5	0	2	1	1	1	.262	64	259	4	23	0
George Thomas	lf	23.267	6	0	1	1	0	1	.291	61	63	8	34	2
Steve Bilko	1b	32.283	1	1	0	1	2	0	.298	93	441	15	47	1
Lee Thomas	ph-1b	25.200	0	0	0	0	2	0	.276	96	96	16	43	0
Earl Averill	c	29.349	4	0	1	0	0	1	.280	91	280	18	47	1
Ken Hunt	cf	27.041	4	0	1	0	1	1	.257	118	149	20	70	7
Eddie Yost	3b	34.314	2	1	0	0	3	1	.173	60	1619	1	10	0
Billy Moran	2b	27.269	3	1	2	2	0	1	.250	51	175	2	22	0
Leon Wagner	ph	27.102	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261	102	295	20	53	1
Rocky Bridges	2b	34.016	1	0	0	0	0	0	.189	52	884	1	12	1
Ryne Duren	p	32.182	1	1	0	0	1	0	.048	34	174	0	2	0
Eli Grba	p	27.014	1	0	0	0	0	1	.163	32	75	2	8	0
Del Rice	ph	38.300	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	40	680	4	11	0
Jim Donohue	p	22.296	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	38	38	0	1	0
Ron Moeller	p	22.314	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	27	35	0	2	0
Ed Sadowski	ph	30.216	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	58	95	4	10	2
Totals:			35	6	8	6	12	8	.229	1128	5768

Game Stats

2B: Clete Boyer (14), Mickey Mantle (14), Bill Skowron (18)
3B: Roger Maris (3), Billy Moran (1)
HR: Bill Skowron (22)
RBIs: Steve Bilko (47), Elston Howard (53), Joe Koppe (23), Roger Maris (117), Billy Moran 2 (22), Albie Pearson (36), Bobby Richardson (39), Bill Skowron 4 (69), George Thomas (34)
SB: Yogi Berra (2), Ken Hunt (7)
SH: Earl Averill (1)

New York Yankees Pitching Stats

New York Yankees	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Whitey Ford	32.306	4	6	6	6	6	2	0	3.37	1.15	0	0	0	31	306
Hal Reniff	23.052	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.00	1.48	0	0	0	16	16
Rollie Sheldon	24.249	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2.96	1.20	0	0	0	27	27
Luis Arroyo (W 11-3)	34.186	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	1.74	1.03	0	0	0	52	185
Pitching Totals:		10	8	6	6	12	8	0			0	0	0	126	534

Los Angeles Angels Pitching Stats

Los Angeles Angels	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Ryne Duren	32.182	5.1	4	5	5	4	8	1	4.24	1.51	0	0	0	36	177
Eli Grba	27.014	2.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	3.94	1.43	0	0	0	31	74
Jim Donohue (L 4-6)	22.296	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	3.68	1.51	0	0	0	38	38
Ron Moeller	22.314	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.34	1.78	0	0	0	27	35
Pitching Totals:		10	10	8	8	8	10	1			0	0	0	132	324

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Hal Reniff; Luis Arroyo; Ron Moeller;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Whitey Ford 0-0-0; Hal Reniff 0-0-0; Rollie Sheldon 0-0-0; Luis Arroyo 0-0-0; Ryne Duren 0-0-0; Eli Grba 0-0-0; Jim Donohue 0-0-0; Ron Moeller 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Whitey Ford 23; Hal Reniff 3; Rollie Sheldon 9; Luis Arroyo 13; Ryne Duren 25; Eli Grba 14; Jim Donohue 10; Ron Moeller 1;
Time of Game: 3:43 Attendance: 19,773
Umpires: Home: Hank Soar 1B Bill McKinley 2B Nestor Chylak 3B Al Smith

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