New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians - August 20,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (82-42)

Home Team

Cleveland Indians (63-60)

Game Date

August 20,1961

Year

1961

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Cleveland Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

56,307

Time of Game

2:41

Umpires

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

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	26.001	R	5	1	1	0	0	0	.262	124	593
2	Billy Gardner	3b	34.032	R	4	1	1	0	0	1	.244	73	915
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.344	L	2	1	0	0	1	2	.279	122	641
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.304	B	2	0	1	2	2	0	.321	122	1493
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.100	L	4	0	1	1	0	0	.272	92	1545
6	Johnny Blanchard	c	28.175	L	4	1	1	0	0	2	.284	66	169
7	Bill Skowron	1b	30.245	R	3	1	1	2	1	0	.272	113	906
8	Clete Boyer	ss	24.192	R	4	0	0	0	0	2	.226	111	403
9	Rollie Sheldon	p	24.246	R	4	0	1	0	0	2	.128	25	25
Totals

Errors: Billy Gardner

HR: Bill Skowron (21)

RBI: Mickey Mantle 2 (112), Yogi Berra (48), Bill Skowron 2 (65)

HBP: Billy Gardner (3), Roger Maris (6)

GDP: Bobby Richardson (12), Yogi Berra (6)

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Ken Aspromonte	2b	29.332	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.226	80	393
2	Jim Piersall	cf	31.279	R	4	1	1	0	0	0	.333	99	1251
3	Tito Francona	lf	27.289	L	4	1	3	1	0	0	.297	119	710
4	Willie Kirkland	rf	27.184	L	4	0	2	1	0	1	.254	114	498
5	Bubba Phillips	3b	33.177	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.271	123	720
6	John Romano	c	26.362	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.302	115	281
7	Vic Power	1b	33.292	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.251	112	1061
8	Woodie Held	ss	29.148	R	3	0	1	0	1	0	.272	109	557
9	Gary Bell	p	24.276	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	.140	26	124
	Bob Allen	p	23.301	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	37	37
Totals

Errors: Bubba Phillips, John Romano

2B: Tito Francona (23)

HR: Tito Francona (14)

RBI: Tito Francona (64), Willie Kirkland (71)

GDP: Bubba Phillips (10)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Rollie Sheldon	R	W 9-3	9.0	8	1	1	1	2	1	3.00	1.20	26	26
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rollie Sheldon (0-0-0)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Gary Bell	R	L 8-13	5.1	3	2	2	2	6	1	4.53	1.39	26	130
2	Bob Allen	L		1.2	4	2	2	2	1	0	3.27	1.62	37	37
3	Frank Funk	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.16	1.14	45	54
Totals				0.0

HB: Gary Bell 2 (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Gary Bell (0-0-0), Bob Allen (0-0-0), Frank Funk (0-0-0)

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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	82-42		0	2	0		0	0	1		0	2	0		5	7	1		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cleveland Indians	CLE	63-60		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	1	0		2	8	2		5	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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