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New York Yankees 10 Detroit Tigers 12

June 17,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (37-24)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (41-22)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

51,509

Time of Game

2:58

Umpires

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

New York Yankees 10 Detroit Tigers 12

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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	37-24		0	0	0		5	0	0		0	0	5			10	13	1		3	3	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	41-22		4	3	1		1	0	2		0	1	x			12	14	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	24.128	R	5	1	2	2		0	0	.229		59	351
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.248	L	5	1	2	1		0	1	.313		61	605
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.280	L	5	2	2	1		0	0	.237		60	579
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.240	B	3	2	1	3		2	1	.299		59	1430
5	Elston Howard	c	32.114	R	5	2	3	1		0	0	.363		39	678
6	Bill Skowron	1b	30.181	R	5	1	2	1		0	0	.269		61	854
7	Bob Cerv	lf	35.043	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.222		39	738
8	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.302	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.236		61	530
	Rollie Sheldon	p	24.182	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.071		11	11
	Hector Lopez	ph	31.344	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		40	850
	Earl Torgeson	ph	37.167	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.063		21	1288
	Johnny Blanchard	ph	28.111	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		33	136
Totals

Errors: Clete Boyer

2B: Roger Maris (3), Bob Cerv (4)

HR: Clete Boyer (3), Roger Maris (23), Mickey Mantle (20), Elston Howard (1)

RBI: Clete Boyer 2 (21), Tony Kubek (21), Roger Maris (51), Mickey Mantle 3 (48), Elston Howard (16), Bill Skowron (40), Bob Cerv (17)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jake Wood	2b	23.360	R	5	3	3	0		0	0	.277		62	62
2	Bill Bruton	cf	35.220	L	4	3	2	0		1	0	.260		62	960
3	Al Kaline	rf	26.180	R	5	3	4	5		0	0	.288		56	1107
4	Rocky Colavito	lf	27.311	R	4	2	1	1		0	0	.282		63	741
5	Norm Cash	1b	26.219	L	3	0	2	3		1	1	.365		63	255
6	Dick Brown	c	26.151	R	3	0	0	1		0	1	.257		58	221
7	Chico Fernandez	ss	29.107	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.248		63	568
8	Ozzie Virgil	3b	29.031	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.188		12	212
9	Don Mossi	p	32.157	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.161		14	289
	Paul Foytack	p	30.213	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		10	213
Totals

Errors: Jake Wood

2B: Jake Wood (7), Al Kaline (13)

3B: Rocky Colavito (2)

HR: Al Kaline (7), Chico Fernandez (3)

RBI: Al Kaline 5 (38), Rocky Colavito (44), Norm Cash 3 (57), Dick Brown (32), Chico Fernandez (21)

SH: Paul Foytack (3)

SF: Dick Brown (3)

HBP: Rocky Colavito (1)

GDP: Rocky Colavito (5), Paul Foytack (2)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bud Daley	L	L 4-9	1.1	6	6	6	1	1	0		5.68	1.75		17	169
2	Rollie Sheldon	R		1.2	2	1	1	0	1	1		2.45	1.26		11	11
3	Bob Turley	R		2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0		5.60	1.72		10	250
4	Tex Clevenger	R		3.0	4	3	3	1	1	1		3.74	1.51		23	275
Totals				0.0

WP: Bob Turley (2)

HB: Tex Clevenger (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bud Daley (0-0-0), Rollie Sheldon (0-0-0), Bob Turley (0-0-0), Tex Clevenger (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Mossi	L		3.2	7	5	5	2	2	1		2.40	1.15		14	294
2	Paul Foytack	R	W 4-4	5.0	5	4	4	0	1	2		5.56	1.36		10	225
3	Bill Fischer	R		0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1		4.50	1.57		17	169
4	Terry Fox	R	SV 4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.29	1.24		15	20
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Mossi (0-0-0), Paul Foytack (0-0-0), Bill Fischer (0-0-0), Terry Fox (0-0-0)