Minnesota Twins (9) Kansas City Athletics (4)

| 1961

Date of Game: Tuesday, August 15, 1961
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Kansas City Athletics (AL)	Minnesota Twins (AL)
Record: 42-76	Record: 51-67
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Attendance: 17,614 Time of Game: 2:19

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Bob Allison HR in 1st inning (27.57)

Billy Martin HR in 4th inning (17.27)

Lenny Green ? in 4th inning (12.99)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Athletics	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	9	1
Minnesota Twins	2	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	x	9	12	0

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	28.130	4	0	0	0	1	1	.224	73	394	3	16	0
Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.074	5	2	3	0	0	0	.280	110	522	1	25	1
Dick Howser	ss	25.093	4	2	3	2	0	0	.273	116	116	3	38	28
Deron Johnson	rf	23.029	4	0	2	1	0	0	.177	52	58	4	14	0
Jay Hankins	pr-rf	25.282	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	55	55	3	5	1
Leo Posada	lf	25.122	3	0	0	1	0	0	.253	82	92	6	37	0
Norm Siebern	1b	28.020	3	0	0	0	1	0	.285	111	563	14	71	2
Joe Pignatano	c	32.011	4	0	0	0	0	2	.257	76	254	4	20	2
Wayne Causey	3b	24.232	3	0	0	0	1	1	.275	66	202	4	27	0
Jim Archer	p	29.082	2	0	1	0	0	0	.087	27	27	0	0	0
Bill Kunkel	p	25.040	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	43	43	0	0	0
Gordon MacKenzie	ph	24.037	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3	3	0	0	0
Bill Fischer	p	30.308	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	31	177	0	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.243	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276	85	144	5	36	1
Totals:			34	4	9	4	3	4	.265	930	2650

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	28.221	5	2	2	0	0	0	.306	115	444	5	37	11
Billy Martin	2b	33.091	5	1	1	3	0	0	.226	71	941	4	27	0
Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.047	4	2	3	2	0	0	.310	107	497	35	91	1
Bob Allison	rf	27.035	4	1	1	2	0	1	.237	116	422	25	85	2
Jim Lemon	lf	33.145	3	0	1	0	0	0	.254	104	897	12	44	1
Ted Lepcio	3b	31.018	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	40	706	7	19	1
Earl Battey	c	26.222	4	1	2	0	0	0	.303	96	384	12	39	2
Bill Tuttle	3b-cf	32.042	4	0	0	0	0	1	.229	95	1092	3	30	1
Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.241	3	1	1	0	1	1	.282	89	133	5	31	14
Jack Kralick	p	26.075	3	1	1	1	1	0	.162	25	64	0	5	0
Totals:			35	9	12	8	2	3	.343	858	5580

Game Stats

2B: Jim Archer (1), Earl Battey (20), Lenny Green (24), Dick Howser (21), Jerry Lumpe (23)
HR: Bob Allison (25), Dick Howser (3), Harmon Killebrew (35), Billy Martin (4)
RBIs: Bob Allison 2 (85), Dick Howser 2 (38), Deron Johnson (14), Harmon Killebrew 2 (91), Jack Kralick (5), Billy Martin 3 (27), Leo Posada (37)
CS: Earl Battey (1)
SF: Leo Posada (10)
GDP: Lenny Green (4)

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#
Jim Archer (L 8-8)	29.082	3.2	7	7	3	2	0	2	3.28	1.36	0	0	0	28	28
Bill Kunkel	25.040	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	4.30	1.48	0	0	0	44	44
Bill Fischer	30.308	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.25	1.44	0	0	0	31	183
Pitching Totals:		8	12	9	5	2	3	3			0	0	0	103	255

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Jack Kralick (W 11-8)	26.075	9	9	4	4	3	4	1	3.17	1.26	0	0	0	25	66
Pitching Totals:		9	9	4	4	3	4	1			0	0	0	25	66

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Bill Kunkel;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Archer 0-0-0; Bill Kunkel 0-0-0; Bill Fischer 0-0-0; Jack Kralick 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Jim Archer 21; Bill Kunkel 10; Bill Fischer 7; Jack Kralick 39;
Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 17,614
Umpires: Home: Larry Napp 1B Johnny Stevens 2B John Rice 3B Harry Schwarts

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