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Kansas City Athletics 3 Minnesota Twins 4

June 15,1961

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (25-32)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (23-36)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

12,476

Time of Game

2:34

Umpires

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

Kansas City Athletics 3 Minnesota Twins 4

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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	25-32		0	0	2		0	0	0		0	0	1			3	6	0		8	8	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	23-36		0	0	3		0	0	0		0	0	1			4	9	1		9	9	15	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	25.032	R	4	0	1	1		1	1	.285		57	57
2	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.013	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.251		49	461
3	Hank Bauer	rf	38.319	R	3	1	1	2		1	0	.264		34	1359
4	Leo Posada	lf	25.061	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.286		39	49
5	Joe Pignatano	c	31.315	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.296		38	216
6	Norm Siebern	1b	27.324	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.286		54	506
	Haywood Sullivan	ph-1b	30.182	R	1	0	0	0		1	1	.308		43	102
7	Deron Johnson	cf	22.333	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.130		14	20
8	Reno Bertoia	3b	26.158	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.253		52	560
9	Joe Nuxhall	p	32.320	L	2	1	1	0		0	0	.368		14	330
	Jerry Walker	ph	22.123	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.318		14	97
Totals

2B: Deron Johnson (1)

HR: Hank Bauer (3)

RBI: Dick Howser (20), Hank Bauer 2 (16)

SH: Reno Bertoia (4), Joe Nuxhall (4)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Billy Martin	2b	33.030	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.269		22	892
2	Lenny Green	cf-lf	28.160	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.292		57	386
3	Harmon Killebrew	3b	24.351	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.324		49	439
4	Jim Lemon	lf	33.084	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.250		50	843
5	Bob Allison	1b-rf	26.339	R	4	0	1	3		0	1	.234		57	363
6	Earl Battey	c	26.161	R	3	1	2	0		1	0	.295		51	339
7	Bill Tuttle	rf-cf	31.346	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.239		40	1037
8	Jose Valdivielso	ss	27.024	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.128		28	352
9	Jack Kralick	p	26.014	L	3	1	1	0		0	0	.188		13	52
Totals

Errors: Harmon Killebrew

2B: Lenny Green (14), Bob Allison (9)

RBI: Bob Allison 3 (39), Jose Valdivielso (3)

SH: Bill Tuttle (4)

GDP: Bill Tuttle (5)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Nuxhall	L		7.1	7	3	3	3	2	0		3.60	1.44		12	339
2	Bill Kunkel	R		0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.58	1.19		23	23
3	Gerry Staley	R	L 0-4	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		5.06	1.36		20	450
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Nuxhall (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0), Gerry Staley (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Kralick	L	W 6-4	9.0	6	3	3	4	6	1		3.40	1.29		13	54
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Kralick (0-0-0)