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October 1,1961

Visiting Team

Boston Red Sox (76-87)

Home Team

New York Yankees (109-54)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Yankee Stadium I

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

23,154

Time of Game

1:57

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Kinnamon [1B]: Red Flaherty [2B]: Jim Honochick [3B]: Al Salerno

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4th inning: HR/9LD **Roger Maris' 61st homerun**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Boston Red Sox	BOS	76-87		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	4	0		6	6	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
New York Yankees	NYA	109-54		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	x			1	5	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Chuck Schilling	2b	23.341	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.259		158	158
2	Gary Geiger	cf	24.180	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.232		140	425
3	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	22.040	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.266		148	148
4	Frank Malzone	3b	31.215	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.266		151	786
5	Lou Clinton	rf	23.353	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.255		17	113
6	Pete Runnels	1b	33.246	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.317		143	1487
7	Russ Nixon	c	26.224	L	3	0	2	0		0	0	.289		87	445
8	Pumpsie Green	ss	27.339	B	2	0	0	0		1	1	.260		88	271
9	Tracy Stallard	p	24.031	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.083		43	47
	Jackie Jensen	ph	34.206	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.263		137	1412
Totals

3B: Russ Nixon (2)

SH: Tracy Stallard (4)

SB: Gary Geiger (16)

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	26.043	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.262		162	631
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.354	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.276		153	697
3	Roger Maris	cf	27.021	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.269		160	679
4	Yogi Berra	lf	36.142	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.272		119	1572
	Hector Lopez	lf-rf	32.085	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.221		93	903
5	Johnny Blanchard	rf-c	28.217	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.303		93	196
6	Elston Howard	c	32.220	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.348		129	768
	Jack Reed	lf	28.241	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.154		28	28
7	Bill Skowron	1b	30.287	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.267		150	943
	Bob Hale	1b	27.328	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.163		53	376
8	Clete Boyer	3b	24.234	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.224		148	440
9	Bill Stafford	p	22.049	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.179		35	47
	Hal Reniff	p	23.091	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000		25	25
	Tom Tresh	ph	23.011	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		9	9
Totals

HR: Roger Maris (61)

RBI: Roger Maris (141)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tracy Stallard	R	L 2-7	7.0	5	1	1	1	5	1		4.88	1.55		43	47
2	Chet Nichols	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.09	1.28		26	131
Totals				0.0

WP: Tracy Stallard (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tracy Stallard (0-0-0), Chet Nichols (0-0-0)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Stafford	R	W 14-9	6.0	3	0	0	1	7	0		2.68	1.16		36	47
2	Hal Reniff	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2.58	1.37		25	25
3	Luis Arroyo	L	SV 29	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2.19	1.11		65	198
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bill Stafford (0-0-0), Hal Reniff (0-0-0), Luis Arroyo (0-0-0)