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August 22,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (82-43)

Home Team

Los Angeles Angels (0-0)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Wrigley Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

19,930

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Al Smith [1B]: Hank Soar [2B]: Bill McKinley [3B]: Nestor Chylak

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1st inning: T7 **the ball rolled under bullpen bench**
6th inning: HR/8XD.1-H **Roger Maris became the first player to reach the**
6th inning: HR/8XD.1-H **50 homerun mark during August**

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	82-43		0	0	0		0	0	2		0	0	1			3	6	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Los Angeles Angels	LAA	0-0		3	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	x			4	8	0		10	10	18	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	26.003	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.260		125	594
2	Billy Gardner	3b	34.034	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.244		74	916
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.346	L	3	1	2	2		1	0	.281		123	642
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.306	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.320		123	1494
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.102	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.272		93	1546
6	Elston Howard	c	32.180	R	4	0	1	0		0	3	.354		93	732
7	Bill Skowron	1b	30.247	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.270		114	907
8	Clete Boyer	ss	24.194	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.225		112	404
	Johnny Blanchard	ph	28.177	L	0	0	0	0		0	0	.284		67	170
	Bob Cerv	ph	35.109	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.221		66	765
9	Bill Stafford	p	22.009	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.152		27	39
	Bud Daley	p	28.319	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.102		28	169
	Tony Kubek	ph	25.314	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.285		118	662
	Hector Lopez	ph	32.045	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.218		70	880
Totals

2B: Elston Howard (14)

HR: Roger Maris (50), Yogi Berra (17)

RBI: Roger Maris 2 (116), Yogi Berra (49)

HBP: Johnny Blanchard (2)

Los Angeles Angels - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Albie Pearson	rf	26.344	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.295		110	409
2	Joe Koppe	ss	30.307	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.259		63	258
3	Lee Thomas	1b	25.198	L	4	1	1	2		0	1	.276		95	95
4	Leon Wagner	lf	27.101	L	3	1	2	1		1	0	.262		101	293
5	Ken Hunt	cf	27.040	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.257		117	148
6	Earl Averill	c	29.347	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.281		90	279
7	George Thomas	3b	23.266	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.296		60	62
8	Billy Moran	2b	27.268	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.242		50	174
9	Ken McBride	p	26.010	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.086		32	48
Totals

2B: Billy Moran (7)

3B: Albie Pearson (2)

HR: Lee Thomas (16), Leon Wagner (20), Earl Averill (18)

RBI: Lee Thomas 2 (43), Leon Wagner (53), Earl Averill (47)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Stafford	R	L 10-7	3.2	5	3	3	4	3	2		2.92	1.21		28	39
2	Bud Daley	L		2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0		4.78	1.58		31	183
3	Luis Arroyo	L		2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1		1.80	1.02		51	184
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bill Stafford (0-0-0), Bud Daley (0-0-0), Luis Arroyo (0-0-0)

Los Angeles Angels - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken McBride	R	W 10-10	9.0	6	3	3	2	7	2		3.32	1.34		28	44
Totals				0.0

HB: Ken McBride (7)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken McBride (0-0-0)