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New York Yankees 1 Cleveland Indians 5

August 18,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (79-42)

Home Team

Cleveland Indians (63-57)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Cleveland Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

37,840

Time of Game

2:16

Umpires

[HP]: Joe Paparella [1B]: Ed Runge [2B]: Sam Carrigan [3B]: Cal Drummond

New York Yankees 1 Cleveland Indians 5

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	79-42		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			1	3	1		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cleveland Indians	CLE	63-57		3	0	2		0	0	0		0	0	x			5	10	0		4	4	8	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	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.364	R	3	0	0	0		1	2	.262		121	590
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.310	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.286		116	660
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.342	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.283		119	638
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.302	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.316		119	1490
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.098	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.274		89	1542
6	Elston Howard	1b	32.176	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.353		90	729
7	Johnny Blanchard	c	28.173	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.292		64	167
8	Clete Boyer	3b	24.190	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.230		108	400
9	Jim Coates	p	29.014	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.040		33	106
	Bud Daley	p	28.315	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.104		27	168
	Bob Hale	ph	27.284	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.150		46	369
Totals

Errors: Roger Maris

2B: Bud Daley (1)

HR: Elston Howard (12)

RBI: Elston Howard (51)

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Aspromonte	2b	29.330	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.223		77	390
2	Jim Piersall	cf	31.277	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.339		96	1248
3	Tito Francona	lf	27.287	L	3	1	2	1		1	0	.294		116	707
4	Willie Kirkland	rf	27.182	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.256		111	495
5	Bubba Phillips	3b	33.175	R	3	2	1	2		0	0	.278		120	717
6	John Romano	c	26.360	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.300		112	278
7	Vic Power	1b	33.290	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.255		109	1058
8	Woodie Held	ss	29.146	R	4	0	1	2		0	1	.276		106	554
9	Mudcat Grant	p	26.005	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.169		38	177
Totals

2B: Tito Francona 2 (22)

3B: Woodie Held (4)

HR: Bubba Phillips (18)

RBI: Tito Francona (63), Bubba Phillips 2 (70), Woodie Held 2 (55)

HBP: Bubba Phillips (3)

GDP: John Romano (8)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Coates	R	L 9-4	2.2	7	5	5	1	0	1		4.17	1.30		34	108
2	Bud Daley	L		4.1	3	0	0	1	2	0		4.85	1.60		30	182
3	Al Downing	L		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0		7.71	1.86		4	4
Totals				0.0

BK: Al Downing (1)

HB: Jim Coates (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Coates (0-0-0), Bud Daley (0-0-0), Al Downing (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	W 12-6	9.0	3	1	1	1	9	1		3.28	1.18		26	140
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mudcat Grant (0-0-0)