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Kansas City Athletics 4 Minnesota Twins 3

May 18,1961

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (13-13)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (16-14)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

8,878

Time of Game

2:24

Umpires

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

Kansas City Athletics 4 Minnesota Twins 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	13-13		0	3	0		0	0	0		0	1	0			4	9	0		5	5	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	16-14		1	0	0		0	0	0		1	1	0			3	7	1		3	3	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.004	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.271		26	26
2	Jerry Lumpe	2b	27.350	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.252		26	438
3	Lou Klimchock	1b	21.215	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.367		17	46
	Hank Bauer	lf	38.291	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.265		14	1339
4	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.154	R	4	0	0	0		1	2	.338		23	82
5	Bill Tuttle	cf	31.318	R	3	1	1	0		0	1	.280		22	1019
	Al Pilarcik	ph-rf	30.319	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.172		17	601
6	Norm Siebern	lf	27.296	L	3	2	1	0		1	1	.233		25	477
7	Andy Carey	3b	29.212	R	3	0	2	0		0	1	.254		23	804
8	Marv Throneberry	rf-1b	27.258	L	4	1	2	4		0	1	.272		25	270
9	Ray Herbert	p	31.154	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.111		7	229
Totals

2B: Norm Siebern (5)

HR: Marv Throneberry (5)

RBI: Marv Throneberry 4 (21)

HBP: Andy Carey (2)

GDP: Marv Throneberry (3)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.151	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.304		26	70
2	Lenny Green	cf	28.132	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.312		29	358
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	24.323	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.365		20	410
4	Earl Battey	c	26.133	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.320		29	317
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.056	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.273		28	821
6	Bob Allison	rf	26.311	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.264		30	336
7	Billy Gardner	2b	33.303	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.226		30	872
	Dan Dobbek	ph	26.163	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.207		22	148
8	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.130	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.195		29	537
	Elmer Valo	ph	40.074	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.176		16	953
9	Jim Kaat	p	22.192	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		6	20
	Don Mincher	ph-1b	22.328	L	1	0	0	0		1	0	.226		22	49
Totals

Errors: Reno Bertoia

2B: Elmer Valo (2)

HR: Bob Allison (8)

RBI: Zoilo Versalles (14), Harmon Killebrew (22), Bob Allison (24)

GDP: Harmon Killebrew (1)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ray Herbert	R	W 3-2	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	1		4.39	1.43		7	237
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ray Herbert (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Kaat	L	L 1-3	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	1		4.50	1.50		7	23
2	Ed Palmquist	R		2.0	3	1	1	2	3	0		4.72	1.87		7	29
3	Ray Moore	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.65	1.35		15	254
Totals				0.0

HB: Jim Kaat (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Kaat (0-0-0), Ed Palmquist (0-0-0), Ray Moore (0-0-0)