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MIN 5 ... KC1 4

Sep 9,1961

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visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (61-80)

home team

Kansas City Athletics (52-90)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Day

start time

1:30PM

temperature

0 F - unknown

wind

-1mph unknown

ballpark code

KAN05

Attendance

4,107

timeofgame

156

DH Game

No

HP Umpire

1B Umpire

2B Umpire

3B Umpire

LF Umpire

RF Umpire

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team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		r	h	e	record	streak	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	1961 links
Minnesota Twins	0	0	0		0	0	4		1	0	0		5	11	1	52-90	Lost 1	8	8	15	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Kansas City Athletics	3	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	0		4	13	0	61-80	Won 1	7	7	13	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

1st inning: **Debut game for Charlie Shoemaker**
6th inning: **Debut game for Dan Pfister**

Minnesota Twins - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Lenny Green	cf-lf	28.246	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.805	138	467
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.116	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.596	94	964
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.072	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	1.008	130	520
4	Jim Lemon	lf	33.170	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.773	121	914
5	Earl Battey	c	26.247	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.854	118	406
6	Bob Allison	rf	27.060	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.832	139	445
7	Bill Tuttle	3b-cf	32.067	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.637	118	1115
8	Jose Valdivielso	ss	27.110	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.457	64	388
9	Al Schroll	p	29.171	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	1.021	6	30
	Joe Altobelli	ph	29.106	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.637	22	148
	Bill Pleis	p	24.035	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.222	33	33
Totals				34	5	11	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	983	5430

E: Billy Martin
2B: Jim Lemon (25), Jose Valdivielso (4)
HR: Harmon Killebrew (41), Earl Battey (16)
RBI: Harmon Killebrew 2 (108), Jim Lemon (52), Earl Battey 2 (51)
SF: Harmon Killebrew (4)
GDP: Bob Allison (17), Jose Valdivielso 2 (5)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.155	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.694	96	417
2	Charlie Shoemaker	2b	22.030	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.100	1	1
3	Wayne Causey	ss	24.257	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.727	90	226
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.045	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.855	134	586
5	Deron Johnson	3b	23.054	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.629	76	82
6	Jim Rivera	rf	39.049	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.655	55	1143
	Frank Cipriani	rf	20.148	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.667	2	2
7	Gene Stephens	lf	28.232	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.597	90	858
	Leo Posada	ph-lf	25.147	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.695	105	115
8	Gordon MacKenzie	c	24.062	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.358	9	9
	Dick Howser	ph	25.118	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.739	138	138
9	Bob Shaw	p	28.072	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.350	37	161
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.268	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.697	104	163
Totals				40	4	13	4	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	937	3901

RBI: Norm Siebern (87), Gene Stephens 2 (28), Gordon MacKenzie (1)
IBB: Norm Siebern (3)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Al Schroll	29.171	5.0	8	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.57	1.73	7	31
2	Bill Pleis (W 4-2)	24.035	4.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	1.65	33	33
Totals			9.0	13	4	4	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

WP: Al Schroll
IBB: Norm Siebern (3), Al Schroll
BF: Al Schroll 27, Bill Pleis 17

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Bob Shaw	28.072	5.1	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	1.49	36	166
2	Dan Pfister	24.263	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.00	1	1
3	Ed Rakow (L 2-8)	25.102	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	1.42	39	48
4	Dave Wickersham	25.348	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	1.61	12	17
Totals			9.0	11	5	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

IBB: Norm Siebern (3), Al Schroll
BF: Bob Shaw 23, Dan Pfister 4, Ed Rakow 5, Dave Wickersham 6