Minnesota Twins (7) Kansas City Athletics (0)

| 1961

Date of Game: Sunday, September 10, 1961
Stadium: Municipal Stadium

Minnesota Twins (AL)	Kansas City Athletics (AL)
Record: 62-81	Record: 53-91
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Attendance: 7,706 Time of Game: 2:26

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Harmon Killebrew HR in 3rd inning (29.82)

Earl Battey HR in 3rd inning (7.10001)

Bill Tuttle ? in 8th inning (4.14)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota Twins	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	1
Kansas City Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

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	28.247	5	1	1	0	0	1	.293	140	469	9	47	15
Billy Martin	2b	33.117	3	1	1	0	1	0	.234	96	966	4	32	2
Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.073	2	2	1	3	3	0	.298	132	522	43	112	1
Joe Altobelli	lf	29.107	5	1	2	0	0	0	.227	24	150	0	1	0
Earl Battey	c	26.248	4	2	2	1	0	1	.303	120	408	17	52	2
Bob Allison	rf	27.061	3	0	1	1	1	0	.242	141	447	29	95	2
Bill Tuttle	3b	32.068	4	0	0	0	1	0	.242	120	1117	4	38	1
Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.267	4	0	1	1	0	0	.277	113	157	6	43	14
Pedro Ramos	p	26.135	4	0	1	0	0	1	.172	47	355	2	10	0
Totals:			34	7	10	6	6	3	.294	933	4591

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	28.156	4	0	1	0	0	1	.244	98	419	5	27	0
Charlie Shoemaker	2b	22.031	4	0	1	0	0	0	.385	3	3	0	1	0
Dick Howser	ss	25.119	4	0	0	0	0	0	.281	140	140	3	44	36
Norm Siebern	1b	28.046	4	0	1	0	0	2	.295	136	588	17	90	2
Deron Johnson	lf	23.055	3	0	1	0	1	0	.233	78	84	7	35	0
Wayne Causey	3b	24.258	3	0	0	0	1	0	.265	92	228	7	43	0
Frank Cipriani	rf	20.149	3	0	1	0	1	0	.357	4	4	0	2	0
Joe Pignatano	c	32.037	3	0	0	0	1	1	.246	88	266	4	22	2
Jim Rivera	ph	39.050	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217	56	1144	2	10	4
Ed Rakow	p	25.103	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	40	49	0	2	0
Gene Stephens	ph	28.233	1	0	0	0	0	0	.204	91	859	4	28	3
Lew Krausse	p	18.138	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	12	12	0	0	0
Joe Nuxhall	ph	33.042	1	0	0	0	0	1	.290	52	368	2	13	0
John Wyatt	p	26.144	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	2	0	0	0
Totals:			31	0	5	0	4	5	.161	892	4166

Game Stats

HR: Earl Battey (17), Harmon Killebrew (43)
RBIs: Bob Allison (95), Earl Battey (52), Harmon Killebrew 3 (112), Zoilo Versalles (43)
SH: Bob Allison (5), Earl Battey (5)
GDP: Frank Cipriani (1), Bill Tuttle (12)

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Pedro Ramos (W 11-17)	26.135	9	5	0	0	4	5	0	3.95	1.30	0	0	0	38	285
Pitching Totals:		9	5	0	0	4	5	0			0	0	0	38	285

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#
Bill Kunkel (L 3-4)	25.066	3	4	4	4	3	1	2	4.98	1.49	0	0	0	54	54
Ed Rakow	25.103	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	4.89	1.43	0	0	0	40	49
Lew Krausse	18.138	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.36	1.89	0	0	0	11	11
John Wyatt	26.144	2	4	3	2	2	1	0	4.50	2.25	0	0	0	2	2
Pitching Totals:		9	10	7	6	6	3	2			0	0	0	107	116

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Bill Kunkel; John Wyatt;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pedro Ramos 0-0-0; Bill Kunkel 0-0-0; Ed Rakow 0-0-0; Lew Krausse 0-0-0; John Wyatt 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Pedro Ramos 35; Bill Kunkel 15; Ed Rakow 8; Lew Krausse 7; John Wyatt 13;
Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 7,706
Umpires: Home: Eddie Hurley 1B Red Flaherty 2B Jim Honochick 3B Bill Kinnamon

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