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July 27,1961

Visiting Team

Cleveland Indians (54-47)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (36-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

4,062

Time of Game

1:43

Umpires

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

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7th inning: S1/BG.2-3 **Art Ditmar had rubbed all the skin off his right big toe**
7th inning: S1/BG.2-3 **scraping it on the pitching rubber**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cleveland Indians	CLE	54-47		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0			1	8	0		4	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	36-62		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	1	x			2	5	1		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	33.353	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.289		87	1144
2	Jim Piersall	cf	31.255	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.332		82	1234
3	Tito Francona	lf	27.265	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.293		97	688
4	Bubba Phillips	3b	33.153	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.272		101	698
5	Willie Kirkland	rf	27.160	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.254		92	476
6	John Romano	c	26.338	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.309		94	260
7	Vic Power	1b	33.268	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.273		90	1039
8	Woodie Held	ss	29.124	R	2	0	0	1		0	1	.282		87	535
9	Mudcat Grant	p	25.348	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.132		34	173
Totals

2B: Johnny Temple (16), John Romano (23)

RBI: Woodie Held (48)

SH: Vic Power (5), Mudcat Grant (1)

SF: Woodie Held (3)

GDP: Vic Power (10), Woodie Held (8)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jay Hankins	lf	25.262	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.146		42	42
2	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.200	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.228		74	582
3	Gene Stephens	rf	28.188	L	3	0	0	0		0	2	.198		68	836
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.001	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.299		95	547
5	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.055	L	3	1	2	0		0	0	.291		90	502
6	Wayne Causey	ss	24.213	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.299		46	182
7	Joe Pignatano	c	31.357	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.261		64	242
8	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.111	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.235		55	376
9	Art Ditmar	p	32.115	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.083		24	265
	Gerry Staley	p	40.340	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		36	460
Totals

Errors: Art Ditmar

2B: Wayne Causey (8)

HR: Bobby Del Greco (3)

RBI: Wayne Causey (18), Bobby Del Greco (13)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mudcat Grant	R	L 9-5	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	1		3.47	1.21		22	136
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mudcat Grant (0-0-0)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Art Ditmar	R		6.0	8	1	1	1	5	0		5.17	1.41		25	272
2	Gerry Staley	R	W 1-4	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		4.11	1.30		36	466
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Art Ditmar (0-0-0), Gerry Staley (0-0-0)