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Minnesota Twins 5 Kansas City Athletics 4

September 9,1961

Visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (61-80)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (52-90)

Game Date

September 9,1961

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

4,107

Time of Game

2:36

Umpires

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

Minnesota Twins 5 Kansas City Athletics 4

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1st inning: **Debut game for Charlie Shoemaker**
6th inning: **Debut game for Dan Pfister**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Minnesota Twins	MIN	61-80		0	0	0		0	0	4		1	0	0			5	11	1		7	7	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	52-90		3	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	0			4	13	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	28.246	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.294		138	467
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.116	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.235		94	964
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.072	R	3	1	1	2		0	0	.295		130	520
4	Jim Lemon	lf	33.170	R	4	1	3	1		0	0	.264		121	914
5	Earl Battey	c	26.247	R	4	1	1	2		0	2	.302		118	406
6	Bob Allison	rf	27.060	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.243		139	445
7	Bill Tuttle	3b-cf	32.067	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.244		118	1115
8	Jose Valdivielso	ss	27.110	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.185		64	388
9	Al Schroll	p	29.171	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.273		6	30
	Joe Altobelli	ph	29.106	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.211		22	148
	Bill Pleis	p	24.035	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		33	33
Totals

Errors: Billy Martin

2B: Jim Lemon (25), Jose Valdivielso (4)

HR: Harmon Killebrew (41), Earl Battey (16)

RBI: Harmon Killebrew 2 (108), Jim Lemon (52), Earl Battey 2 (51)

SF: Harmon Killebrew (4)

GDP: Bob Allison (17), Jose Valdivielso 2 (5)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.155	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.245		96	417
2	Charlie Shoemaker	2b	22.030	L	4	0	2	0		1	1	.500		1	1
3	Wayne Causey	ss	24.257	L	5	0	2	0		0	0	.266		90	226
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.045	L	4	1	3	1		1	0	.292		134	586
5	Deron Johnson	3b	23.054	R	5	2	1	0		0	0	.226		76	82
6	Jim Rivera	rf	40.049	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.218		55	1143
	Frank Cipriani	rf	20.148	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.333		2	2
7	Gene Stephens	lf	28.232	L	2	0	1	2		1	0	.205		90	858
	Leo Posada	ph-lf	25.147	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.258		105	115
8	Gordon Mackenzie	c	24.062	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.158		9	9
	Dick Howser	ph	25.118	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.277		138	138
9	Bob Shaw	p	28.072	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.156		37	161
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.268	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.250		104	163
Totals

RBI: Norm Siebern (87), Gene Stephens 2 (28), Gordon Mackenzie (1)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Al Schroll	R		5.0	8	4	4	4	4	0		5.57	1.73		7	31
2	Bill Pleis	L	W 4-2	4.0	5	0	0	0	2	0		5.23	1.65		33	33
Totals				0.0

WP: Al Schroll (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Al Schroll (0-0-0), Bill Pleis (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		5.1	8	4	4	1	2	1		4.21	1.49		36	166
2	Dan Pfister	R		0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0.00	9.00		1	1
3	Ed Rakow	R	L 2-8	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1		4.97	1.42		39	48
4	Dave Wickersham	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.61	1.61		12	17
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Shaw (0-0-0), Dan Pfister (0-0-0), Ed Rakow (0-0-0), Dave Wickersham (0-0-0)