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Los Angeles Angels 4 Kansas City Athletics 6

May 16,1961

Visiting Team

Los Angeles Angels (0-0)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (12-13)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

6,419

Time of Game

2:18

Umpires

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

Los Angeles Angels 4 Kansas City Athletics 6

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**No source for the play-by-play for this game has**
**been located. The events were either taken from**
**the newspaper accounts of the game or assumed.**
9th inning: 53/5.2-3# **Angels manager Bill Rigney argued that Lou Klimchock's foot**
9th inning: 53/5.2-3# **was off the bag**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Los Angeles Angels	LAA	0-0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	4			4	8	1		10	10	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	12-13		0	0	0		2	1	2		0	1	x			6	15	0		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Los Angeles Angels - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Aspromonte	2b	29.236	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.229		27	340
2	Albie Pearson	cf	26.246	L	5	0	0	0		0	1	.264		26	325
3	Leon Wagner	lf	27.003	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.295		22	214
4	Ted Kluszewski	1b	36.248	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.269		25	1258
5	Ken Hunt	rf	26.307	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.324		26	57
6	Earl Averill	c	29.249	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.301		24	213
7	Gene Leek	3b	24.305	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.262		25	38
8	Rocky Bridges	ss	33.282	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.000		4	836
9	Eli Grba	p	26.280	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.067		8	51
	Lee Thomas	ph	25.100	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		6	6
	Steve Bilko	ph	32.184	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.293		23	371
Totals

Errors: Ken Hunt

2B: Earl Averill (3), Gene Leek (5), Steve Bilko (2)

RBI: Earl Averill (14), Gene Leek 2 (9), Steve Bilko (5)

HBP: Ken Hunt (3)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.002	R	3	2	2	1		2	0	.283		25	25
2	Jay Hankins	cf	25.190	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.186		13	13
3	Jerry Lumpe	2b	27.348	L	5	0	2	1		0	1	.253		25	437
4	Lou Klimchock	1b	21.213	L	5	1	2	1		0	0	.346		16	45
5	Norm Siebern	lf	27.294	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.230		24	476
6	Marv Throneberry	rf	27.256	L	4	1	3	1		0	0	.260		24	269
7	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.152	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.358		22	81
8	Wayne Causey	3b	24.141	L	4	1	2	2		0	0	.500		5	141
9	Norm Bass	p	22.115	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.000		6	6
Totals

2B: Marv Throneberry (2)

RBI: Dick Howser (10), Jerry Lumpe (6), Lou Klimchock (6), Marv Throneberry (17), Wayne Causey 2 (2)

SH: Jay Hankins (4), Norm Bass (1)

HBP: Jay Hankins (1)

Los Angeles Angels - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Eli Grba	R	L 3-4	5.2	10	5	5	2	0	0		5.52	1.64		8	51
2	Jerry Casale	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		6.93	1.95		7	69
3	Tom Morgan	R		2.0	5	1	1	0	2	0		3.93	1.20		13	328
Totals				0.0

HB: Jerry Casale (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Eli Grba (0-0-0), Jerry Casale (0-0-0), Tom Morgan (0-0-0)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Norm Bass	R	W 2-1	8.0	7	4	4	2	1	0		2.76	1.33		6	6
2	Jim Archer	L	SV 3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.35	0.95		7	7
Totals				0.0

HB: Norm Bass (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Norm Bass (0-0-0), Jim Archer (0-0-0)