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New York Yankees 2 Detroit Tigers 4

June 16,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (37-23)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (40-22)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

51,744

Time of Game

2:12

Umpires

[HP]: Bob Stewart [1B]: Charlie Berry [2B]: Joe Linsalata [3B]: Frank Umont

New York Yankees 2 Detroit Tigers 4

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7th inning: 64(1)/FO **Yankees manager Houk ejected by 2B umpire Linsalata for**
7th inning: 64(1)/FO **arguing that Skowron was safe at 2nd on force out**

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	37-23		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	0			2	6	5		3	3	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	40-22		2	0	1		0	1	0		0	0	x			4	8	1		1	1	1	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	24.127	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.224		58	350
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.247	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.311		60	604
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.279	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.234		59	578
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.239	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.299		58	1429
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.035	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.310		48	1501
6	Bill Skowron	1b	30.180	R	4	1	2	2		0	1	.266		60	853
7	Elston Howard	c	32.113	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.354		38	677
	Johnny Blanchard	ph-c	28.110	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.254		32	135
8	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.301	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.240		60	529
9	Bill Stafford	p	21.307	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.125		14	26
	Bob Cerv	ph	35.042	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.221		38	737
Totals

Errors: Clete Boyer 2, Tony Kubek, Roger Maris 2

2B: Bill Stafford (1)

HR: Bill Skowron (12)

RBI: Bill Skowron 2 (39)

GDP: Tony Kubek (4), Bill Skowron (10)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jake Wood	2b	23.359	R	4	2	2	0		0	0	.271		61	61
2	Bill Bruton	cf	35.219	L	4	2	4	0		0	0	.256		61	959
3	Al Kaline	rf	26.179	R	4	0	1	2		0	0	.276		55	1106
4	Rocky Colavito	lf	27.310	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.283		62	740
5	Norm Cash	1b	26.218	L	3	0	1	0		1	2	.361		62	254
6	Steve Boros	3b	24.286	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.281		60	90
7	Dick Brown	c	26.150	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.261		57	220
8	Chico Fernandez	ss	29.106	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.247		62	567
9	Phil Regan	p	24.071	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.040		13	30
Totals

Errors: Steve Boros

2B: Al Kaline (12)

RBI: Al Kaline 2 (33)

GDP: Rocky Colavito (4)

SB: Bill Bruton (8)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Stafford	R	L 4-3	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	0		2.44	1.07		15	26
2	Jim Coates	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0		3.83	1.24		18	92
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bill Stafford (0-0-0), Jim Coates (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Regan	R	W 7-2	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	1		3.89	1.19		13	30
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Regan (0-0-0)