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Cleveland Indians 9 Kansas City Athletics 5

September 23,1961

Visiting Team

Cleveland Indians (75-80)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (58-97)

Game Date

September 23,1961

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

1,612

Time of Game

2:37

Umpires

[HP]: Frank Umont [1B]: Bob Stewart [2B]: Joe Linsalata [3B]: Charlie Berry

Cleveland Indians 9 Kansas City Athletics 5

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1st inning: **Debut game for Bill Kirk**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cleveland Indians	CLE	75-80		0	0	4		0	0	0		0	1	4			9	14	2		5	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	58-97		0	0	3		0	0	0		2	0	0			5	9	1		8	8	15	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	Miguel de la Hoz	3b	22.356	R	4	0	1	0		1	2	.262		55	104
2	Vic Power	2b-1b	33.326	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.265		142	1091
3	Chuck Essegian	lf	30.045	R	4	1	1	2		0	1	.288		64	193
	Tito Francona	ph-lf	27.323	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.298		149	740
4	Bob Nieman	rf	34.240	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.392		44	1043
	Ty Cline	pr-rf	22.100	L	0	2	0	0		0	0	.167		7	14
5	Jim Piersall	cf	31.313	R	5	2	2	1		0	0	.324		119	1271
6	John Romano	c	27.031	R	4	1	2	3		1	1	.298		137	303
7	Woodie Held	ss	29.182	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.262		141	589
8	Hal Jones	1b	25.167	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.156		10	10
	Willie Kirkland	ph	27.218	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.259		141	525
	Ken Aspromonte	2b	30.001	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.226		84	397
9	Mudcat Grant	p	26.041	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.181		45	184
	Walt Bond	ph	23.339	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.106		35	75
	Bill Dailey	p	26.133	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		11	11
Totals

Errors: Woodie Held, Hal Jones

2B: Vic Power (33), Ken Aspromonte (16)

HR: Chuck Essegian (12), John Romano (21)

RBI: Chuck Essegian 2 (36), Jim Piersall (39), John Romano 3 (77), Woodie Held (70), Willie Kirkland (89), Ken Aspromonte (18)

SF: Woodie Held (5)

HBP: Ty Cline (1)

GDP: Vic Power (17)

SB: Jim Piersall (8)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.132	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.275		151	151
2	Wayne Causey	3b	24.271	L	4	2	1	1		1	1	.273		103	239
3	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.113	L	4	0	2	1		1	0	.293		141	553
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.059	L	3	0	1	1		2	1	.302		146	598
5	Deron Johnson	lf	23.068	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.216		89	95
6	Leo Posada	rf	25.161	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.257		111	121
7	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.169	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.237		108	429
8	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.282	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.243		111	170
	Frank Cipriani	ph	20.162	R	0	1	0	0		1	0	.217		9	9
	Ed Rakow	p	26.116	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.107		42	51
	Billy Bryan	ph	22.293	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.176		7	7
	Jim Rivera	ph	40.063	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.238		61	1149
Totals

Errors: Wayne Causey

RBI: Wayne Causey (49), Jerry Lumpe (44), Norm Siebern (93), Deron Johnson (40)

SH: Dick Howser (7)

SF: Deron Johnson (4)

GDP: Deron Johnson (11)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mudcat Grant	R		6.1	6	2	2	5	2	0		3.73	1.25		33	147
2	Dick Stigman	L		0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0		4.92	1.41		21	62
3	Bill Dailey	R	W 1-0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0.52	0.98		11	11
Totals				0.0

WP: Mudcat Grant (8)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mudcat Grant (0-0-0), Dick Stigman (0-0-0), Bill Dailey (0-0-0)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Kirk	L		3.0	6	4	4	1	3	2		12.00	2.33		1	1
2	Ed Rakow	R		4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0		4.71	1.40		42	51
3	Bill Kunkel	R		1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0		4.97	1.50		57	57
4	Dave Wickersham	R	L 2-1	0.1	3	4	4	1	1	0		5.50	1.56		15	20
5	John Wyatt	R		0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0		2.45	1.64		5	5
Totals				0.0

HB: Dave Wickersham (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bill Kirk (0-0-0), Ed Rakow (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0), Dave Wickersham (0-0-0), John Wyatt (0-0-0)