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Baltimore Orioles 7 Kansas City Athletics 5

August 23,1961

Visiting Team

Baltimore Orioles (74-54)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (45-80)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

12

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,429

Time of Game

3:21

Umpires

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

Baltimore Orioles 7 Kansas City Athletics 5

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**Athletics Manager Hank Bauer ejected by HP umpire Harry Schwarts**
**sometime in game**
5th inning: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3 **DIFF: Official daily records for Del Greco indicates 0**
5th inning: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3 **runs scored and Howser's records indicates 1 run**
9th inning: K **Athletics manager Bauer ejected by HP umpire Schwarts**
9th inning: K **for arguing balls and strikes**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11	12			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	74-54		2	1	0		0	0	0		0	1	1		0	0	2			7	15	1		3	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	45-80		0	1	0		0	4	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			5	13	2		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Baltimore Orioles - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Brooks Robinson	3b	24.097	R	6	1	2	0		0	1	.289		128	584
2	Russ Snyder	cf-lf	27.062	L	6	0	2	0		0	3	.290		88	286
3	Whitey Herzog	lf	29.287	L	5	1	1	1		0	0	.299		86	451
	Jim Busby	pr-cf	34.227	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.253		70	1314
4	Jim Gentile	1b	27.081	L	6	3	4	3		0	1	.326		114	268
5	Earl Robinson	rf	24.293	R	6	1	2	0		0	2	.265		72	80
6	Ron Hansen	ss	23.140	R	6	1	3	1		0	1	.235		125	292
7	Hank Foiles	c	32.074	R	5	0	0	0		1	1	.253		30	476
8	Jerry Adair	2b	24.249	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.252		102	128
	Marv Throneberry	ph	27.355	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.225		83	328
	Marv Breeding	2b	27.168	R	1	0	0	1		1	0	.209		72	224
9	Hal Brown	p	36.255	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.125		22	319
	Dave Philley	ph	41.099	B	1	0	1	0		0	0	.268		83	1314
	Dick Williams	ph	32.108	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.209		84	779
	Billy Hoeft	p	29.098	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.179		30	317
Totals

Errors: Ron Hansen

2B: Jim Gentile (20)

3B: Brooks Robinson (4)

HR: Jim Gentile 2 (38)

RBI: Whitey Herzog (27), Jim Gentile 3 (112), Ron Hansen (42), Marv Breeding (13), Hal Brown (1)

SH: Jerry Adair (1)

SF: Marv Breeding (2), Hal Brown (1)

GDP: Brooks Robinson (18)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.101	R	5	1	2	0		1	1	.274		123	123
2	Wayne Causey	3b	24.240	L	5	1	2	2		0	0	.272		73	209
	Joe Pignatano	ph	32.019	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.257		79	257
3	Leo Posada	lf	25.130	R	6	0	1	0		0	2	.256		89	99
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.028	L	5	0	1	0		1	0	.284		118	570
5	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.082	L	5	0	2	1		0	0	.284		117	529
6	Deron Johnson	rf	23.037	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.191		59	65
	Jay Hankins	rf	25.289	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.176		59	59
7	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.251	R	4	0	0	0		1	2	.264		92	151
8	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.138	R	4	1	2	0		1	0	.233		79	400
9	Bob Shaw	p	28.055	R	3	1	2	0		0	0	.145		31	155
	Bill Fischer	p	30.316	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		36	182
	Bill Kunkel	p	25.047	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.125		45	45
Totals

Errors: Leo Posada, Jerry Lumpe

2B: Bobby Del Greco 2 (11)

RBI: Wayne Causey 2 (29), Jerry Lumpe (31)

SH: Jerry Lumpe (3)

GDP: Leo Posada (9), Deron Johnson (8), Bob Shaw (3)

SB: Dick Howser (33)

Baltimore Orioles - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Hal Brown	R		4.0	5	2	2	2	0	0		2.97	1.04		22	276
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	R		2.0	5	2	2	1	2	0		2.53	1.22		41	470
3	Wes Stock	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.73	1.15		31	55
4	Billy Hoeft	L	W 4-3	5.0	3	0	0	1	4	0		1.92	1.16		30	306
Totals				0.0

WP: Hoyt Wilhelm (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Hal Brown (0-0-0), Hoyt Wilhelm (0-0-0), Wes Stock (0-0-0), Billy Hoeft (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		7.0	9	2	2	1	4	2		3.99	1.47		31	161
2	Bill Fischer	R		1.1	2	1	1	1	2	0		3.98	1.39		36	188
3	Joe Nuxhall	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		5.74	1.69		28	355
4	Bill Kunkel	R	L 2-3	3.2	3	2	2	0	5	0		4.30	1.46		46	46
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Shaw (0-0-0), Bill Fischer (0-0-0), Joe Nuxhall (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0)