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Minnesota Twins 7 Kansas City Athletics 8

July 2,1961

Visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (30-46)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (30-45)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

6,851

Time of Game

3:15

Umpires

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

Minnesota Twins 7 Kansas City Athletics 8

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5th inning: NP **Billy Martin left with knee injury**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Minnesota Twins	MIN	30-46		0	0	0		0	0	4		2	0	1			7	9	1		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	30-45		2	0	0		0	2	2		1	0	1			8	15	2		8	8	15	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	21.196	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.284		63	107
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.047	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.250		37	907
	Jose Valdivielso	2b	27.041	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.167		39	363
	Hal Naragon	ph	32.274	L	0	0	0	0		0	0	.288		23	362
	Dan Dobbek	ph-rf	26.208	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.194		56	182
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	25.003	R	4	3	3	2		1	1	.360		66	456
4	Bob Allison	rf-1b-rf	26.356	R	5	1	1	1		0	3	.233		74	380
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.101	R	5	1	3	2		0	0	.252		66	859
6	Earl Battey	c	26.178	R	5	0	0	1		0	0	.290		67	355
7	Lenny Green	cf	28.177	L	3	0	1	0		2	1	.280		73	402
8	Bill Tuttle	3b-2b	31.363	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.230		56	1053
9	Pedro Ramos	p	26.065	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.200		24	332
	Julio Becquer	ph	29.194	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.233		32	450
	Jim Kaat	ph	22.237	L	0	0	0	0		0	0	.296		21	35
Totals

2B: Jim Lemon (14)

HR: Harmon Killebrew (24)

RBI: Harmon Killebrew 2 (64), Bob Allison (54), Jim Lemon 2 (30), Earl Battey (22)

HBP: Zoilo Versalles (1), Hal Naragon (1), Jim Kaat (1)

GDP: Bill Tuttle (6)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.049	R	3	2	2	2		2	0	.277		75	75
2	Jim Rivera	rf	39.345	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.156		16	1104
	Hank Bauer	ph-rf	38.336	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.255		40	1365
3	Lou Klimchock	1b	21.260	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.227		43	72
	Leo Posada	lf	25.078	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.264		54	64
4	Norm Siebern	lf-1b	27.341	L	5	1	1	1		0	1	.283		72	524
5	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.030	L	4	1	2	0		1	0	.274		67	479
6	Gene Stephens	cf	28.163	L	5	2	3	3		0	0	.172		51	819
7	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.199	R	4	1	2	0		1	0	.292		56	115
8	Wayne Causey	3b	24.188	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.216		23	159
9	Jerry Walker	p	22.140	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.269		21	104
	Gerry Staley	p	40.315	R	0	1	0	0		1	0			27	451
	Joe Nuxhall	ph	32.337	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.400		20	336
	Joe Pignatano	ph	31.332	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.260		49	227
Totals

Errors: Dick Howser, Lou Klimchock

2B: Jerry Lumpe (12)

HR: Gene Stephens (3)

RBI: Dick Howser 2 (28), Norm Siebern (44), Gene Stephens 3 (12)

SH: Wayne Causey (4)

HBP: Dick Howser (4)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pedro Ramos	R		5.0	10	4	4	1	0	1		4.31	1.37		22	269
2	Danny McDevitt	L		1.2	1	1	1	3	2	0		5.79	1.84		15	110
3	Don Lee	R		0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0		2.27	0.98		20	76
4	Bill Pleis	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		6.43	2.00		17	17
5	Chuck Stobbs	L	L 1-3	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0		6.55	1.51		17	414
Totals				0.0

HB: Danny McDevitt (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pedro Ramos (0-0-0), Danny McDevitt (0-0-0), Don Lee (0-0-0), Bill Pleis (0-0-0), Chuck Stobbs (0-0-0)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Walker	R		5.1	6	3	3	2	3	0		5.10	1.55		19	97
2	Gerry Staley	R		1.2	1	2	2	1	2	1		3.74	1.22		27	457
3	Ed Rakow	R	W 1-2	2.0	2	1	1	1	4	0		3.92	1.43		19	28
Totals				0.0

HB: Gerry Staley (1), Ed Rakow 2 (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Walker (0-0-0), Gerry Staley (0-0-0), Ed Rakow (0-0-0)