The Baseball Cube

Search Results

New York Yankees 5 Kansas City Athletics 1

August 26,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (85-44)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (46-82)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

32,149

Time of Game

2:18

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Kinnamon [1B]: Eddie Hurley [2B]: Red Flaherty [3B]: Jim Honochick

New York Yankees 5 Kansas City Athletics 1

Jump to...

Major League Baseball Linescore Boxscore Play by Play Pitches Report Season Stats 1961 Boxscores 1961 MLB Summary MLB Boxscores Minor League Boxscores

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	85-44		0	0	2		1	0	2		0	0	0			5	10	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	46-82		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1			1	3	2		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	26.007	R	4	1	1	1		1	0	.267		129	598
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.318	L	4	1	1	1		1	0	.281		122	666
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.350	L	4	1	1	1		1	1	.277		127	646
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.310	B	3	1	2	0		2	1	.323		127	1498
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.106	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.271		97	1550
6	Bill Skowron	1b	30.251	R	5	0	2	1		0	0	.280		118	911
7	Johnny Blanchard	c	28.181	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.286		70	173
8	Clete Boyer	3b	24.198	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.228		116	408
9	Bill Stafford	p	22.013	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.140		28	40
Totals

2B: Bobby Richardson (14), Clete Boyer (15)

HR: Tony Kubek (6), Roger Maris (51)

RBI: Bobby Richardson (42), Tony Kubek (36), Roger Maris (119), Yogi Berra (51), Bill Skowron (71)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.104	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.276		126	126
2	Jim Rivera	rf	40.035	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.223		47	1135
3	Wayne Causey	2b	24.243	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.267		76	212
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.031	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.282		121	573
5	Deron Johnson	3b	23.040	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.198		62	68
6	Leo Posada	lf	25.133	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.254		92	102
7	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.141	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.232		82	403
8	Joe Pignatano	c	32.022	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.253		80	258
9	Jerry Walker	p	22.195	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.217		36	119
	Joe Nuxhall	p	33.027	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.280		42	358
Totals

Errors: Deron Johnson, Joe Pignatano

2B: Dick Howser (22)

RBI: Wayne Causey (30)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Stafford	R	W 11-7	9.0	3	1	1	1	8	0		2.80	1.16		29	40
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bill Stafford (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	L 5-11	5.0	9	5	5	5	2	2		5.27	1.60		30	108
2	Joe Nuxhall	L		4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0		5.53	1.64		29	356
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Walker (0-0-0), Joe Nuxhall (0-0-0)