Kansas City Royals vs California Angels - September 7,1975

**Protest=H**
4th inning: HR/9 **the Angels claimed the pine tar on John Mayberry's**
4th inning: HR/9 **bat was too far up the handle; the umpires did not**
4th inning: HR/9 **penalize Mayberry; the Angels protested the game**
4th inning: HR/9 **but that was denied by AL President Lee McPhail**
4th inning: HR/9 **who said that the pine tar did not give a batter**
4th inning: HR/9 **a competitive edge and that the rule was to**
4th inning: HR/9 **prevent ball discoloration**
11th inning: **Debut game for George Throop**

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Freddie Patek	ss	30.333	R	5	0	1	0	0	0	.233	117	964
2	Amos Otis	cf	28.134	R	4	0	1	0	1	0	.250	114	923
3	George Brett	3b	22.115	L	5	1	1	0	0	0	.298	139	285
4	John Mayberry	dh-1b	26.201	L	5	3	3	3	0	0	.296	135	664
5	Al Cowens	rf	23.317	R	5	1	3	0	0	0	.285	101	211
6	Tony Solaita	1b	28.235	L	4	3	4	4	1	0	.278	80	177
7	Jim Wohlford	lf	24.191	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.252	100	303
8	Bob Stinson	c	29.331	B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.256	51	189
	Harmon Killebrew	ph	39.070	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	97	2426
9	Frank White	2b	25.003	R	5	0	1	0	0	0	.234	92	242
Totals

Errors: John Mayberry, Tony Solaita

HR: John Mayberry 2 (33), Tony Solaita 3 (16)

RBI: John Mayberry 3 (94), Tony Solaita 4 (41)

SH: Jim Wohlford (6)

GDP: George Brett (9), Jim Wohlford (2)

SB: Al Cowens (10)

CS: Al Cowens (5)

California Angels - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Remy	2b	22.303	L	6	2	3	2	0	1	.266	136	136
2	Mickey Rivers	cf	26.312	L	6	1	2	0	0	0	.290	139	441
3	Bruce Bochte	1b	24.299	L	4	0	2	2	2	0	.285	91	148
4	Adrian Garrett	dh	32.247	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	.229	41	122
	Bobby Valentine	ph	25.117	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.283	24	397
5	Leroy Stanton	rf	29.150	R	5	0	0	1	1	2	.261	123	496
6	John Balaz	lf	24.287	R	5	0	1	0	0	1	.252	36	50
7	Dave Chalk	3b	25.008	R	5	2	2	0	0	1	.274	132	289
8	Ellie Rodriguez	c	29.106	R	3	1	1	1	0	0	.237	88	736
	Dave Collins	ph-lf	22.322	B	2	1	1	0	0	0	.272	84	84
9	Mike Miley	ss	22.161	B	5	0	1	1	0	1	.184	55	55
Totals

2B: Jerry Remy (17), Bruce Bochte (17), Ellie Rodriguez (6), Dave Collins (12)

RBI: Jerry Remy 2 (43), Bruce Bochte 2 (42), Leroy Stanton (76), Ellie Rodriguez (27), Mike Miley (21)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Al Fitzmorris	R		7.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	3.77	1.30	31	203
2	Bob McClure	L		0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.45	7	7
3	Lindy McDaniel	R		1.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.23	1.37	35	978
4	Ray Sadecki	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	1.53	35	517
5	Nelson Briles	R		0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.02	1.31	23	373
6	Mark Littell	R	W 1-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.00	1.56	4	12
7	Steve Mingori	L		0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.33	1.19	31	207
8	George Throop	R	SV 1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
Totals				0.0

WP: Steve Mingori (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Al Fitzmorris (0-0-0), Bob McClure (0-0-0), Lindy McDaniel (0-0-0), Ray Sadecki (0-0-0), Nelson Briles (0-0-0), Mark Littell (0-0-0), Steve Mingori (0-0-0), George Throop (0-0-0)

California Angels - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Dick Lange	R		5.0	8	5	5	1	1	3	5.44	1.70	28	68
2	Mickey Scott	L	L 4-2	5.1	6	3	3	1	1	2	3.38	1.14	47	84
3	Don Kirkwood	R		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	1.28	40	43
Totals				0.0

BK: Dick Lange (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dick Lange (0-0-0), Mickey Scott (0-0-0), Don Kirkwood (0-0-0)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	80-61		0	1	0		2	0	3		0	0	1		0	1		8	14	3		2	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
California Angels	CAL	64-79		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	1	4		0	0		7	13	0		6	10	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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