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Cleveland Indians 12 Kansas City Athletics 5

July 26,1961

Visiting Team

Cleveland Indians (54-46)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (35-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,690

Time of Game

2:49

Umpires

[HP]: Larry Napp [1B]: Johnny Stevens [2B]: John Rice [3B]: Harry Schwarts

Cleveland Indians 12 Kansas City Athletics 5

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2nd inning: NP **Jim Rivera left with a pulled leg muscle**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cleveland Indians	CLE	54-46		0	2	1		1	0	2		1	3	2			12	17	1		4	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	35-62		2	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	2			5	8	3		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Temple	2b	33.352	R	5	2	2	0		1	0	.289		86	1143
2	Jim Piersall	cf	31.254	R	6	3	4	1		0	0	.333		81	1233
3	Tito Francona	1b-lf	27.264	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.296		96	687
4	Bubba Phillips	3b	33.152	R	6	0	1	2		0	0	.272		100	697
5	Willie Kirkland	rf	27.159	L	4	2	1	0		2	0	.254		91	475
6	Chuck Essegian	lf	29.351	R	5	1	1	2		0	2	.295		48	177
7	John Romano	c	26.337	R	5	1	2	1		0	1	.303		93	259
8	Woodie Held	ss	29.123	R	5	2	4	2		0	0	.284		86	534
9	Gary Bell	p	24.251	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.163		21	119
Totals

Errors: Tito Francona

3B: Johnny Temple (3), Jim Piersall (6), Tito Francona (5), Chuck Essegian (1)

HR: Woodie Held (11)

RBI: Jim Piersall (32), Tito Francona (47), Bubba Phillips 2 (58), Chuck Essegian 2 (29), John Romano (54), Woodie Held 2 (47)

SH: Tito Francona (9), Gary Bell (7)

HBP: Tito Francona (2)

SB: Willie Kirkland (4)

CS: Johnny Temple (2)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.110	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.233		54	375
2	Wayne Causey	ss	24.212	L	4	2	1	0		1	0	.298		45	181
3	Jim Rivera	rf	40.004	L	0	1	0	0		1	0	.243		32	1120
	Gene Stephens	ph-rf	28.187	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.201		67	835
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.000	L	5	1	2	2		0	0	.299		94	546
5	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.054	L	3	1	2	1		2	0	.287		89	501
6	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.199	R	3	0	1	2		0	0	.232		73	581
7	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.223	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.276		69	128
8	Jay Hankins	lf	25.261	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.152		41	41
9	Jim Archer	p	29.062	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.061		23	23
	Mickey McDermott	ph	32.088	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.118		25	399
	Joe Nuxhall	p	32.361	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		30	346
	Leo Posada	ph	25.102	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.257		67	77
Totals

Errors: Bobby Del Greco, Haywood Sullivan, Jim Archer

2B: Norm Siebern (22), Jerry Lumpe (20)

3B: Norm Siebern (4), Jerry Lumpe (5)

RBI: Norm Siebern 2 (61), Jerry Lumpe (23), Reno Bertoia 2 (21)

SH: Bobby Del Greco (4)

SF: Reno Bertoia 2 (6)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Gary Bell	R	W 7-9	9.0	8	3	3	6	2	0		4.35	1.41		21	125
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Gary Bell (0-0-0)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Archer	L		3.0	5	1	1	2	2	0		3.73	1.35		24	24
2	Norm Bass	R	L 4-7	2.1	5	3	3	0	1	0		4.95	1.47		27	27
3	Joe Nuxhall	L		2.1	5	4	4	2	0	1		5.20	1.62		22	349
4	Ed Rakow	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		5.08	1.47		25	34
5	Bill Kunkel	R		1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0		3.75	1.50		39	39
Totals				0.0

WP: Bill Kunkel (3)

HB: Jim Archer (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Archer (0-0-0), Norm Bass (0-0-0), Joe Nuxhall (0-0-0), Ed Rakow (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0)