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MIN 9 ... KC1 3

Jul 1,1961

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visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (30-45)

home team

Kansas City Athletics (29-45)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Day

start time

0:00PM

temperature

90 F - unknown

wind

-1mph unknown

ballpark code

KAN05

Attendance

4,921

time

2:52

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	2		1	0	2		0	0	4		9	14	2	29-45	Lost 6	9	9	16	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Kansas City Athletics	2	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1		3	6	3	30-45	Won 2	8	8	15	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

6th inning: CS3(25) **DIFF: the official records do not have this CS**
6th inning: E5/G.3-H(NR)(UR);1X3(546);B-1 **Jim Kaat rounded 2B too far**

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	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.196	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.707	62	106
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.046	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.664	36	906
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.002	5	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	1.189	65	455
4	Bob Allison	rf	26.355	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.786	73	379
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.100	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.720	65	858
	Dan Dobbek	lf	26.207	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.644	55	181
6	Earl Battey	c	26.177	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.801	66	354
7	Lenny Green	cf	28.176	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.770	72	401
8	Bill Tuttle	3b	31.362	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.583	55	1052
9	Jim Kaat	p	22.236	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.752	20	34
Totals				40	9	14	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	569	4726

E: Harmon Killebrew, Lenny Green
2B: Earl Battey (12), Jim Kaat (3)
HR: Harmon Killebrew (23), Earl Battey (5)
RBI: Billy Martin (15), Harmon Killebrew 5 (62), Earl Battey (21), Bill Tuttle (13)
CS: Lenny Green (6)
GDP: Bob Allison 2 (10)

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	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.174	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.580	68	576
2	Lou Klimchock	1b	21.260	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.570	42	71
3	Dick Howser	ss	25.048	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.760	74	74
4	Norm Siebern	lf	27.340	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.852	71	523
5	Leo Posada	cf	25.077	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.797	53	63
6	Deron Johnson	rf	22.349	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.450	26	32
7	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.029	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.678	66	478
8	Joe Pignatano	c	31.331	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.745	48	226
9	Bob Shaw	p	28.002	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.233	18	142
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.198	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.811	55	114
	Bobby Prescott	ph	30.096	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.298	10	10
Totals				34	3	6	2	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	531	2309

E: Reno Bertoia, Dick Howser 2
RBI: Dick Howser (26), Norm Siebern (43)
SH: Lou Klimchock (1)

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	Jim Kaat (W 3-7)	22.236	9.0	6	1	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	1.52	17	33
Totals			9.0	6	3	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

BF: Jim Kaat 41

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 (L 4-7)	28.002	5.1	10	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	1.45	19	149
2	Gerry Staley	40.314	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	1.22	26	456
3	Ed Rakow	25.032	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	1.42	18	27
4	Bill Kunkel	24.359	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	1.26	29	29
Totals			9.0	14	9	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

BF: Bob Shaw 26, Gerry Staley 2, Ed Rakow 6, Bill Kunkel 7