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Minnesota Twins 4 Kansas City Athletics 6

September 8,1961

Visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (60-80)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (52-89)

Game Date

September 8,1961

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,594

Time of Game

2:34

Umpires

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

Minnesota Twins 4 Kansas City Athletics 6

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2nd inning: **Debut game for Frank Cipriani**
5th inning: HR/7D **480 feet**
7th inning: K# **DIFF: the K not in the official record for Cipriani or Kaat**
8th inning: **Debut game for John Wyatt**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Minnesota Twins	MIN	60-80		0	0	2		0	1	0		1	0	0			4	11	2		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	52-89		1	0	0		0	0	0		4	1	x			6	7	0		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	Lenny Green	cf-lf-cf	28.245	L	5	1	2	1		0	0	.295		137	466
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.115	R	5	1	2	1		0	2	.233		93	963
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.071	R	3	1	2	2		1	0	.295		129	519
4	Bob Allison	rf	27.059	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.241		138	444
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.169	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.259		120	913
	Joe Altobelli	ph-lf	29.105	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.211		21	147
6	Earl Battey	c	26.246	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.303		117	405
7	Bill Tuttle	3b-cf-3b	32.066	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.246		117	1114
8	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.264	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.278		111	155
9	Jim Kaat	p	22.305	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.268		38	52
	Julio Becquer	ph	29.262	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.233		62	480
Totals

Errors: Zoilo Versalles 2

2B: Billy Martin (11)

HR: Harmon Killebrew (40)

RBI: Lenny Green (47), Billy Martin (32), Harmon Killebrew 2 (106)

SH: Jim Kaat (2)

HBP: Harmon Killebrew (2)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.098	L	3	0	0	1		1	2	.289		132	544
2	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.154	R	4	2	1	1		1	0	.246		95	416
3	Leo Posada	lf	25.146	R	3	0	0	0		0	3	.257		104	114
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.267	R	0	0	0	1		0	0	.247		103	162
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.044	L	4	0	2	2		0	0	.288		133	585
5	Deron Johnson	3b	23.053	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.227		75	81
6	Wayne Causey	ss	24.256	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.263		89	225
7	Frank Cipriani	rf	20.147	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.500		1	1
8	Joe Pignatano	c	32.035	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.249		87	265
9	Jim Archer	p	29.106	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.073		32	32
	Ozzie Virgil	ph	29.114	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.149		30	230
	Jay Hankins	pr-lf	25.305	L	1	2	1	0		0	0	.173		66	66
Totals

3B: Norm Siebern (5), Jay Hankins (2)

RBI: Jerry Lumpe (41), Bobby Del Greco (26), Haywood Sullivan (38), Norm Siebern 2 (86), Deron Johnson (34)

SH: Jerry Lumpe (4)

SF: Haywood Sullivan (1)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Kaat	L	L 7-15	6.2	5	1	1	4	5	0		4.00	1.36		31	47
2	Ray Moore	R		1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0		4.11	1.63		41	280
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Kaat (0-0-0), Ray Moore (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		6.1	8	4	4	1	1	1		3.35	1.34		33	33
2	Dave Wickersham	R	W 2-0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		5.40	1.80		11	16
3	John Wyatt	R	SV 1	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0		0.00	1.50		1	1
Totals				0.0

HB: John Wyatt (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Archer (0-0-0), Dave Wickersham (0-0-0), John Wyatt (0-0-0)