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Kansas City Athletics 12 Minnesota Twins 7

August 16,1961

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (43-76)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (51-68)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,894

Time of Game

2:50

Umpires

[HP]: Johnny Stevens [1B]: John Rice [2B]: Harry Schwarts [3B]: Larry Napp

Kansas City Athletics 12 Minnesota Twins 7

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9th inning: OA.2X2(4) **Billy Martin caught Gene Stephens with the hidden ball trick**

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	43-76		0	1	4		1	0	1		3	2	0			12	13	1		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	51-68		0	0	0		2	0	0		4	0	1			7	12	2		7	7	13	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	25.094	R	4	2	1	0		1	0	.273		117	117
2	Jim Rivera	rf	40.025	L	3	1	1	0		0	0	.232		40	1128
	Bobby Del Greco	ph-cf	28.131	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.223		74	395
3	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.075	L	4	2	2	4		1	0	.282		111	523
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.021	L	5	2	1	0		0	2	.284		112	564
5	Deron Johnson	3b	23.030	R	4	2	3	3		0	0	.194		53	59
	Wayne Causey	3b	24.233	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.275		67	203
6	Gene Stephens	cf-rf	28.208	L	5	1	2	3		0	0	.207		83	851
7	Leo Posada	lf	25.123	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.253		83	93
	Jay Hankins	lf	25.282	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.178		56	56
8	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.244	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.274		86	145
9	Norm Bass	p	22.207	R	3	1	1	1		0	2	.105		30	30
	Bill Fischer	p	30.309	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		32	178
Totals

Errors: Jerry Lumpe

2B: Jim Rivera (5), Jerry Lumpe (24), Deron Johnson (5), Haywood Sullivan (12)

3B: Gene Stephens (1)

HR: Deron Johnson (5), Norm Bass (1)

RBI: Jerry Lumpe 4 (29), Deron Johnson 3 (17), Gene Stephens 3 (26), Norm Bass (5)

SH: Bobby Del Greco (5)

GDP: Haywood Sullivan (5)

SB: Dick Howser (29), Gene Stephens (3)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lenny Green	cf	28.222	L	4	1	0	0		1	0	.303		116	445
2	Billy Martin	2b	33.092	R	4	1	3	1		0	0	.236		72	942
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	25.048	R	5	1	2	2		0	0	.311		108	498
4	Bob Allison	rf	27.036	R	4	2	2	3		1	0	.240		117	423
5	Jim Lemon	lf	33.146	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.253		105	898
6	Earl Battey	c	26.223	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.303		97	385
7	Bill Tuttle	3b	32.043	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.229		96	1093
8	Zoilo Versalles	ss	21.241	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.282		90	134
9	Pedro Ramos	p	26.110	B	2	0	0	0		0	1	.162		39	347
	Joe Altobelli	ph	29.082	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.400		8	134
	Julio Becquer	ph	29.239	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.244		54	472
Totals

Errors: Billy Martin 2

2B: Billy Martin 2 (8), Bob Allison (16), Jim Lemon (21)

HR: Harmon Killebrew (36), Bob Allison (26)

RBI: Billy Martin (28), Harmon Killebrew 2 (93), Bob Allison 3 (88), Earl Battey (40)

HBP: Billy Martin (2)

GDP: Harmon Killebrew (9), Jim Lemon (10), Bill Tuttle (10)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Norm Bass	R	W 7-8	6.2	9	6	6	2	1	2		5.09	1.44		32	32
2	Bill Fischer	R	SV 5	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0		4.26	1.46		32	184
Totals				0.0

HB: Norm Bass (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Norm Bass (0-0-0), Bill Fischer (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pedro Ramos	R	L 9-14	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	2		4.09	1.32		33	280
2	Bill Pleis	L		1.0	3	3	3	0	0	0		7.41	1.91		26	26
3	Al Schroll	R		2.0	2	2	2	2	2	0		3.78	1.50		3	27
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pedro Ramos (0-0-0), Bill Pleis (0-0-0), Al Schroll (0-0-0)