New York Yankees (10) Minnesota Twins (7)

| 1961

Date of Game: Saturday, June 24, 1961
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

New York Yankees (AL)	Minnesota Twins (AL)
Record: 42-26	Record: 26-42
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Attendance: 35,199 Time of Game: 3:02

Game Notes:

Jim Lemon - 2 home runs

Best at-bats

Roger Maris 2B in 1st inning (13.02)

Yogi Berra 1B in 5th inning (11.31)

Billy Martin 1B in 8th inning (10.75)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	10	12	0
Minnesota Twins	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	7	9	4

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	25.310	5	2	2	1	0	0	.243	68	537	1	18	4
Tony Kubek	ss	24.255	5	0	2	0	0	0	.306	66	610	4	22	1
Roger Maris	rf	26.287	2	2	1	1	2	0	.256	67	586	27	60	0
Mickey Mantle	cf	29.248	4	1	1	1	1	1	.311	66	1437	22	57	5
Jack Reed	cf	28.142	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	17	17	0	0	0
Yogi Berra	lf	36.043	4	1	1	2	0	0	.294	53	1506	11	29	0
Bill Skowron	1b	30.188	5	1	1	2	0	2	.268	68	861	15	47	0
Johnny Blanchard	c	28.118	3	1	2	2	1	1	.287	36	139	7	18	0
Elston Howard	ph-c	32.121	1	1	1	1	0	0	.360	44	683	2	17	1
Billy Gardner	3b	33.341	5	1	1	0	0	2	.236	48	890	1	11	0
Rollie Sheldon	p	24.189	3	0	0	0	0	1	.100	13	13	0	2	0
Jim Coates	p	28.324	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	19	92	0	0	0
Luis Arroyo	p	34.126	1	0	0	0	0	1	.182	28	160	0	0	0
Totals:			38	10	12	10	4	8	.316	593	7531

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
Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.189	5	0	0	0	0	0	.291	55	99	3	21	12
Bill Tuttle	cf	31.355	5	0	0	0	0	0	.234	48	1045	0	11	0
Harmon Killebrew	3b	24.360	5	1	2	1	0	2	.350	58	448	21	55	1
Jim Lemon	lf	33.093	5	3	3	2	0	0	.256	59	852	6	25	1
Bob Allison	1b	26.348	4	1	0	0	0	0	.240	66	372	12	44	1
Dan Dobbek	rf	26.200	2	2	0	0	2	0	.181	49	175	4	11	1
Earl Battey	c	26.170	3	0	3	3	1	0	.294	60	348	4	18	1
Jose Valdivielso	2b	27.033	2	0	0	0	0	0	.164	36	360	1	5	0
Lenny Green	ph	28.169	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278	65	394	3	23	6
Rich Rollins	2b	23.069	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	3	3	0	0	0
Billy Martin	ph-2b	33.039	1	0	1	1	0	0	.263	30	900	2	11	0
Bill Pleis	p	23.323	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	15	15	0	0	0
Don Lee	p	27.118	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	12	64	0	0	0
Julio Becquer	ph	29.187	1	0	0	0	0	0	.205	29	447	2	8	0
Danny McDevitt	p	28.218	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	11	96	0	0	0
Ron Henry	ph	24.321	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	15	15	0	3	0
Chuck Stobbs	p	31.357	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	15	394	0	1	0
Totals:			36	7	9	7	4	4	.250	626	6027

Game Stats

2B: Earl Battey (10), Billy Gardner (10), Harmon Killebrew (9), Jim Lemon (12), Roger Maris (6)
3B: Earl Battey (1)
HR: Johnny Blanchard (7), Elston Howard (2), Harmon Killebrew (21), Jim Lemon 2 (6), Bill Skowron (15)
RBIs: Earl Battey 3 (18), Yogi Berra 2 (29), Johnny Blanchard 2 (18), Elston Howard (17), Harmon Killebrew (55), Jim Lemon 2 (25), Mickey Mantle (57), Roger Maris (60), Billy Martin (11), Bobby Richardson (18), Bill Skowron 2 (47)
SH: Jim Coates (2)
SF: Yogi Berra (2)

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#
Rollie Sheldon (W 4-2)	24.189	5.2	6	5	5	2	3	3	3.05	1.21	0	0	0	13	13
Jim Coates	28.324	1.1	1	2	2	2	0	0	3.95	1.23	0	0	0	20	94
Luis Arroyo (Sv 15)	34.126	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.40	1.02	0	0	0	28	161
Pitching Totals:		9	9	7	7	4	4	3			0	0	0	61	268

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Bert Cueto (L 0-2)	23.314	1	5	5	4	0	0	2	8.10	1.80	0	0	0	3	3
Bill Pleis	23.323	3	3	3	3	3	4	0	7.50	2.22	0	0	0	15	15
Don Lee	27.118	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	2.79	1.07	0	0	0	14	70
Danny McDevitt	28.218	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	6.16	1.79	0	0	0	12	107
Chuck Stobbs	31.357	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	6.55	1.45	0	0	0	16	413
Pitching Totals:		9	12	10	8	4	8	3			0	0	0	60	608

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rollie Sheldon 0-0-0; Jim Coates 0-0-0; Luis Arroyo 0-0-0; Bert Cueto 0-0-0; Bill Pleis 0-0-0; Don Lee 0-0-0; Danny McDevitt 0-0-0; Chuck Stobbs 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Rollie Sheldon 25; Jim Coates 8; Luis Arroyo 8; Bert Cueto 8; Bill Pleis 15; Don Lee 10; Danny McDevitt 8; Chuck Stobbs 4;
Time of Game: 3:02 Attendance: 35,199
Umpires: Home: Eddie Hurley 1B Jim Honochick 2B Red Flaherty 3B Bill Kinnamon

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