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September 15,1961

Visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (65-82)

Home Team

Cleveland Indians (72-75)

Game Date

September 15,1961

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Cleveland Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

4,503

Time of Game

3:05

Umpires

[HP]: Bill McKinley [1B]: John Rice [2B]: Al Smith [3B]: Harry Schwarts

Minnesota Twins 3 Cleveland Indians 2

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1st inning: **Debut game for Sam McDowell**
2nd inning: **Debut game for Jim Snyder**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Minnesota Twins	MIN	65-82		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	3			3	8	0		7	7	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cleveland Indians	CLE	72-75		0	0	1		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	8	1		5	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jake Jacobs	cf	24.098	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.500		1	7
	Dan Dobbek	ph-cf	26.283	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.181		64	190
2	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.271	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.275		117	161
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.078	R	2	0	0	0		3	1	.291		136	526
4	Bob Allison	rf	27.066	R	5	1	1	1		0	0	.238		145	451
5	Earl Battey	c	26.253	R	3	0	1	1		2	2	.308		124	412
6	Jim Lemon	lf	33.176	R	5	0	2	1		0	1	.260		126	919
7	Bill Tuttle	3b	32.073	R	3	0	0	0		2	0	.239		124	1121
8	Jim Snyder	2b	29.031	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	1
	Julio Becquer	ph	29.269	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.227		64	482
	Hal Naragon	ph	32.349	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.289		48	387
9	Jack Kralick	p	26.106	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.159		31	70
	Rich Rollins	ph	23.152	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.294		13	13
	Joe Altobelli	ph-lf	29.112	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.265		27	153
Totals

2B: Jim Lemon (26)

RBI: Bob Allison (97), Earl Battey (54), Jim Lemon (53)

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Temple	2b	34.038	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.279		125	1182
2	Jim Piersall	cf	31.305	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.324		117	1269
3	Chuck Essegian	lf	30.037	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.296		62	191
4	Bob Nieman	rf	34.232	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.394		40	1039
5	Hal Jones	1b	25.159	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.000		2	2
6	Woodie Held	ss	29.174	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.263		133	581
7	Jack Kubiszyn	3b	24.270	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.083		17	17
	Tito Francona	ph	27.315	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.295		142	733
8	Valmy Thomas	c	32.329	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.182		22	238
	Willie Kirkland	ph	27.210	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.257		137	521
9	Sam McDowell	p	18.359	L	2	0	0	0		0	2	.000		1	1
	Frank Funk	p	26.016	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.059		55	64
	Don Dillard	ph	24.250	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.271		69	85
Totals

Errors: Hal Jones

2B: Chuck Essegian (8)

HR: Chuck Essegian (11)

RBI: Chuck Essegian (34), Bob Nieman (11)

GDP: Valmy Thomas (6)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Kralick	L		6.0	6	2	2	0	6	1		3.63	1.31		31	72
2	Lee Stange	R	W 1-0	2.0	2	0	0	1	4	0		0.00	1.80		3	3
3	Ray Moore	R	SV 13	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		4.03	1.60		42	281
Totals				0.0

WP: Jack Kralick (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Kralick (0-0-0), Lee Stange (0-0-0), Ray Moore (0-0-0)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Sam McDowell	L		6.1	3	0	0	5	5	0		0.00	1.26		1	1
2	Frank Funk	R	L 11-11	2.1	4	3	3	2	3	0		3.35	1.20		55	64
3	Bill Dailey	R		0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0.68	1.05		9	9
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Sam McDowell (0-0-0), Frank Funk (0-0-0), Bill Dailey (0-0-0)