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CLE 9 ... KC1 5

Sep 23,1961

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visiting Team

Cleveland Indians (75-80)

home team

Kansas City Athletics (58-97)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Day

start time

0:00PM

temperature

0 F - unknown

wind

-1mph unknown

ballpark code

KAN05

Attendance

1,612

time

2:37

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
Cleveland Indians	0	0	4		0	0	0		0	1	4		9	14	2	58-97	Lost 1	8	8	15	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Kansas City Athletics	0	0	3		0	0	0		2	0	0		5	9	1	75-80	Won 1	5	5	10	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

1st inning: **Debut game for Bill Kirk**

Cleveland Indians - 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	Mike De la Hoz	3b	22.356	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.669	55	104
2	Vic Power	2b-1b	33.327	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.675	142	1091
3	Chuck Essegian	lf	30.045	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.889	64	193
	Tito Francona	ph-lf	27.323	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.819	149	740
4	Bob Nieman	rf	34.240	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.392	.999	44	1043
	Ty Cline	pr-rf	22.100	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.551	7	14
5	Jim Piersall	cf	31.313	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.823	119	1271
6	John Romano	c	27.031	4	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.858	137	303
7	Woodie Held	ss	29.182	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.802	141	589
8	Hal Jones	1b	25.167	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.456	10	10
	Willie Kirkland	ph	27.218	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.791	141	525
	Ken Aspromonte	2b	30.001	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.624	84	397
9	Mudcat Grant	p	26.041	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.457	45	184
	Walt Bond	ph	23.339	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.380	35	75
	Bill Dailey	p	26.133	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	11	11
Totals				40	9	14	9	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1184	6550

E: Woodie Held, Hal Jones
2B: Vic Power (33), Ken Aspromonte (16)
HR: Chuck Essegian (12), John Romano (21)
RBI: Chuck Essegian 2 (36), Jim Piersall (39), John Romano 3 (77), Woodie Held (70), Willie Kirkland (89), Ken Aspromonte (18)
SB: Jim Piersall (8)
SF: Woodie Held (5)
GDP: Vic Power (17)
HBP: Ty Cline (1)

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	Dick Howser	ss	25.132	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.728	151	151
2	Wayne Causey	3b	24.271	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.749	103	239
3	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.113	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.735	141	553
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.059	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.866	146	598
5	Deron Johnson	lf	23.068	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.609	89	95
6	Leo Posada	rf	25.161	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.697	111	121
7	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.169	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.687	108	429
8	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.282	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.686	111	170
9	Frank Cipriani	ph	20.162	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.497	9	9
	Ed Rakow	p	25.116	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.240	42	51
	Billy Bryan	ph	22.293	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.616	7	7
	Jim Rivera	ph	40.063	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.687	61	1149
Totals				33	5	9	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1079	3572

E: Wayne Causey
RBI: Wayne Causey (49), Jerry Lumpe (44), Norm Siebern (93), Deron Johnson (40)
SH: Dick Howser (7)
SF: Deron Johnson (4)
GDP: Deron Johnson (11)

Cleveland Indians - 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	Mudcat Grant	26.041	6.1	6	2	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	1.25	33	147
2	Dick Stigman	25.243	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.92	1.41	21	62
3	Bill Dailey (W 1-0)	26.133	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	0.98	11	11
Totals			9.0	9	5	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

WP: Mudcat Grant
BF: Mudcat Grant 30, Dick Stigman 3, Bill Dailey 7

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	Bill Kirk	26.066	3.0	6	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.00	2.33	1	1
2	Ed Rakow	25.116	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	1.40	42	51
3	Bill Kunkel (BS 3)	25.078	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	1.50	57	57
4	Dave Wickersham (L 2-1)	25.362	0.1	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.50	1.56	15	20
5	John Wyatt	26.157	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	1.64	5	5
Totals			9.0	14	9	9	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

HB: Dave Wickersham
BF: Bill Kirk 17, Ed Rakow 13, Bill Kunkel 6, Dave Wickersham 6, John Wyatt 3