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New York Yankees 6 Kansas City Athletics 2

June 20,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (39-25)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (27-35)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

19,928

Time of Game

2:37

Umpires

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

New York Yankees 6 Kansas City Athletics 2

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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	39-25		0	0	3		0	3	0		0	0	0			6	9	1		3	3	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	27-35		0	1	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			2	8	1		8	8	14	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	24.131	R	4	1	0	0		1	0	.225		62	354
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.251	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.312		62	606
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.283	L	5	1	1	1		0	0	.242		63	582
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.243	B	4	1	2	1		1	1	.302		62	1433
5	Elston Howard	c	32.117	R	3	1	2	0		1	0	.366		41	680
6	Bill Skowron	1b	30.184	R	4	0	1	2		0	1	.275		64	857
7	Bob Cerv	lf	35.046	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.214		40	739
8	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.305	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.241		64	533
9	Bill Stafford	p	21.311	R	2	1	0	0		1	0	.111		15	27
Totals

Errors: Mickey Mantle

2B: Tony Kubek (17), Bill Skowron (11), Bobby Richardson (5)

HR: Roger Maris (26)

RBI: Tony Kubek (22), Roger Maris (55), Mickey Mantle (50), Bill Skowron 2 (44)

SH: Bill Stafford (1)

SF: Tony Kubek (3)

GDP: Bill Skowron (11)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.037	R	4	0	1	0		1	1	.269		62	62
2	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.163	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.234		57	565
3	Gene Stephens	cf	28.151	L	1	0	0	0		1	0	.174		43	811
	Jim Rivera	ph-cf	39.333	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.083		8	1096
4	Norm Siebern	1b	27.329	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.301		59	511
5	Wes Covington	rf	29.085	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.238		39	436
6	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.018	L	4	2	2	0		0	0	.259		54	466
7	Deron Johnson	lf	22.338	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.171		19	25
8	Joe Pignatano	c	31.320	R	2	0	0	0		1	1	.277		43	221
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.187	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.301		45	104
9	Joe Nuxhall	p	32.325	L	2	0	2	2		0	0	.429		15	331
	Lou Klimchock	ph	21.248	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.247		34	63
	Bobby Prescott	ph	30.085	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		3	3
Totals

Errors: Deron Johnson

2B: Norm Siebern (13), Jerry Lumpe (9), Joe Nuxhall (1)

3B: Joe Nuxhall (1)

RBI: Joe Nuxhall 2 (6)

GDP: Jim Rivera (1), Wes Covington (3)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Stafford	R	W 5-3	7.0	8	2	2	4	3	0		2.45	1.14		16	27
2	Jim Coates	R	SV 3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		3.70	1.20		19	93
Totals				0.0

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

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Nuxhall	L	L 4-3	4.0	8	5	5	3	2	1		4.12	1.53		13	340
2	Art Ditmar	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.47	1.30		13	260
3	Jerry Walker	R		2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		5.04	1.61		14	92
4	Bill Kunkel	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.49	1.19		24	24
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Nuxhall (0-0-0), Art Ditmar (0-0-0), Jerry Walker (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0)