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Minnesota Twins 9 Kansas City Athletics 3

July 1,1961

Visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (30-45)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (29-45)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

4,921

Time of Game

2:52

Umpires

[HP]: Bill McKinley [1B]: Nestor Chylak [2B]: Al Smith [3B]: Hank Soar

Minnesota Twins 9 Kansas City Athletics 3

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6th inning: CS3(25) **DIFF: the official records do not have this CS**
6th inning: E5/G.3-H(NR)(UR);1X3(546);B-1 **Jim Kaat rounded 2B too far**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Minnesota Twins	MIN	30-45		0	0	2		1	0	2		0	0	4			9	14	2		8	8	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	29-45		2	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1			3	6	3		9	9	16	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	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.195	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.285		62	106
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.046	R	5	1	1	1		0	1	.254		36	906
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.002	R	5	1	4	5		0	0	.353		65	455
4	Bob Allison	rf	26.355	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.233		73	379
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.100	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.244		65	858
	Dan Dobbek	lf	26.207	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.196		55	181
6	Earl Battey	c	26.177	R	4	2	3	1		0	1	.296		66	354
7	Lenny Green	cf	28.176	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.279		72	401
8	Bill Tuttle	3b	31.362	R	4	2	2	1		0	0	.235		55	1052
9	Jim Kaat	p	22.236	L	3	2	2	0		1	0	.296		20	34
Totals

Errors: Harmon Killebrew, Lenny Green

2B: Earl Battey (12), Jim Kaat (3)

HR: Harmon Killebrew (23), Earl Battey (5)

RBI: Billy Martin (15), Harmon Killebrew 5 (62), Earl Battey (21), Bill Tuttle (13)

GDP: Bob Allison 2 (10)

CS: Lenny Green (6)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.174	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.235		68	576
2	Lou Klimchock	1b	21.259	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.237		42	71
3	Dick Howser	ss	25.048	R	3	1	1	1		2	0	.273		74	74
4	Norm Siebern	lf	27.340	L	5	0	1	1		0	2	.285		71	523
5	Leo Posada	cf	25.077	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.266		53	63
6	Deron Johnson	rf	22.349	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.141		26	32
7	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.029	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.271		66	478
8	Joe Pignatano	c	31.331	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.260		48	226
9	Bob Shaw	p	28.002	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.071		18	142
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.198	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.287		55	114
	Bobby Prescott	ph	30.096	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.083		10	10
Totals

Errors: Reno Bertoia, Dick Howser 2

RBI: Dick Howser (26), Norm Siebern (43)

SH: Lou Klimchock (1)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Kaat	L	W 3-7	9.0	6	1	1	6	3	0		4.08	1.52		17	33
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Kaat (0-0-0)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Shaw	R	L 4-7	5.1	10	4	4	1	0	1		4.02	1.45		19	149
2	Gerry Staley	R		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.38	1.22		26	456
3	Ed Rakow	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0		3.89	1.42		18	27
4	Bill Kunkel	R		1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1		2.92	1.26		29	29
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Shaw (0-0-0), Gerry Staley (0-0-0), Ed Rakow (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0)