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New York Yankees 3 Cleveland Indians 2

June 15,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (37-22)

Home Team

Cleveland Indians (38-22)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

11

Ballpark

Cleveland Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

23,350

Time of Game

2:51

Umpires

[HP]: John Rice [1B]: Harry Schwarts [2B]: Larry Napp [3B]: Johnny Stevens

New York Yankees 3 Cleveland Indians 2

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	37-22		0	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	0		0	1		3	10	0		3	3	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cleveland Indians	CLE	38-22		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0		2	7	4		2	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Clete Boyer	3b	24.126	R	4	0	1	0		1	0	.224		57	349
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.246	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.316		59	603
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.278	L	5	0	2	0		0	0	.238		58	577
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.238	B	5	1	1	1		0	1	.305		57	1428
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.034	L	4	1	0	0		0	0	.309		47	1500
	Bob Cerv	ph-lf	35.041	R	0	1	0	0		1	0	.223		37	736
6	Bill Skowron	1b	30.179	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.262		59	852
7	Elston Howard	c	32.112	R	5	0	2	1		0	1	.357		37	676
8	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.300	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.243		59	528
	Johnny Blanchard	ph	28.109	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.246		31	134
9	Ralph Terry	p	25.157	R	5	0	1	0		0	2	.345		13	139
Totals

HR: Mickey Mantle (19)

RBI: Mickey Mantle (45), Elston Howard (15), Johnny Blanchard (14)

GDP: Bobby Richardson (6)

SB: Bob Cerv (1)

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Temple	2b	33.311	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.313		57	1114
2	Jim Piersall	cf	31.213	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.363		54	1206
3	Tito Francona	lf	27.223	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.295		56	647
4	Vic Power	1b	33.226	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.289		60	1009
5	Willie Kirkland	rf	27.118	L	5	0	0	0		0	2	.254		54	438
6	John Romano	c	26.296	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.325		57	223
7	Woodie Held	ss	29.082	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.259		60	508
8	Bubba Phillips	3b	33.111	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.265		60	657
9	Mudcat Grant	p	25.306	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.139		20	159
	Bob Hale	ph	27.220	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.235		21	344
	Frank Funk	p	25.289	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		23	32
Totals

Errors: Jim Piersall, Tito Francona, John Romano, Woodie Held

2B: Vic Power (19), Bubba Phillips 2 (11)

RBI: John Romano (42), Bubba Phillips (36)

SH: Vic Power (4)

SB: Jim Piersall (2)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ralph Terry	R	W 5-0	11.0	7	2	2	1	8	0		3.76	1.16		13	148
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ralph Terry (0-0-0)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mudcat Grant	R		8.0	7	1	1	1	4	1		2.87	1.12		13	127
2	Frank Funk	R	L 7-5	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0		1.76	0.93		23	32
Totals				0.0

WP: Mudcat Grant (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mudcat Grant (0-0-0), Frank Funk (0-0-0)