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KC1 4 ... MIN 9

Aug 15,1961

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Kansas City Athletics (42-76)

home team

Minnesota Twins (51-67)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Night

start time

0:00PM

temperature

85 F - unknown

wind

7mph unknown

ballpark code

MIN02

Attendance

17,614

timeofgame

139

DH Game

No

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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
Kansas City Athletics	2	0	0		0	1	0		0	1	0		4	9	1	51-67	Won 3	7	7	13	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Minnesota Twins	2	0	0		5	0	2		0	0	x		9	12	0	42-76	Lost 6	9	9	16	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

4th inning: WP.1-2 **Bill Kunkel almost beaned Bob Allison with the 0-2 pitch;**
4th inning: WP.1-2 **HP umpire Larry Napp restrained Allison**

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	28.130	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.604	73	394
2	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.074	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.702	110	522
3	Dick Howser	ss	25.093	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.745	116	116
4	Deron Johnson	rf	23.029	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.558	52	58
5	Leo Posada	lf	25.122	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.698	82	92
6	Norm Siebern	1b	28.020	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.837	111	563
7	Joe Pignatano	c	32.011	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.737	76	254
8	Wayne Causey	3b	24.232	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.716	66	202
9	Jim Archer	p	29.082	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.234	27	27
	Gordon MacKenzie	ph	24.037	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	3	3
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.243	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.761	85	144
Totals				34	4	9	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	801	2375

E: Jim Archer
2B: Jerry Lumpe (23), Dick Howser (21), Jim Archer (1)
HR: Dick Howser (3)
RBI: Dick Howser 2 (38), Deron Johnson (14), Leo Posada (37)
SF: Leo Posada (10)
HBP: Dick Howser (5)

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	28.221	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.829	115	444
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.091	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.600	71	941
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.047	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	1.060	107	497
4	Bob Allison	rf	27.035	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.831	116	422
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.145	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.752	104	897
6	Earl Battey	c	26.222	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.848	96	384
7	Bill Tuttle	3b-cf	32.042	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.610	95	1092
8	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.241	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.714	89	133
9	Jack Kralick	p	26.075	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.347	25	64
Totals				35	9	12	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	818	4874

2B: Lenny Green (24), Earl Battey (20)
HR: Billy Martin (4), Harmon Killebrew (35), Bob Allison (25)
RBI: Billy Martin 3 (27), Harmon Killebrew 2 (91), Bob Allison 2 (85), Jack Kralick (5)
CS: Earl Battey (1)
IBB: Zoilo Versalles (1)
GDP: Lenny Green (4)
HBP: Jim Lemon (4)

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	Jim Archer (L 8-8)	29.082	3.2	7	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	1.35	28	28
2	Bill Kunkel	25.040	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	1.49	44	44
3	Bill Fischer	30.308	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	1.45	31	183
Totals			8.0	12	9	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

WP: Bill Kunkel
HB: Jim Archer
IBB: Zoilo Versalles (1), Jim Archer
BF: Jim Archer 21, Bill Kunkel 10, Bill Fischer 7

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	Jack Kralick (W 11-8)	26.075	9.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	1.26	25	66
Totals			9.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

HB: Jim Archer, Jack Kralick
IBB: Zoilo Versalles (1), Jim Archer
BF: Jack Kralick 39