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Kansas City Athletics 4 Minnesota Twins 3

August 14,1966

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (52-65)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (60-58)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

24,797

Time of Game

2:47

Umpires

[HP]: John Rice [1B]: Jim Odom [2B]: Al Salerno [3B]: Larry Napp

Kansas City Athletics 4 Minnesota Twins 3

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4th inning: HR/9 **412 feet**
6th inning: HR/7 **363 feet**

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	52-65		0	0	0		0	0	1		3	0	0			4	6	1		8	8	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	60-58		0	0	1		2	0	0		0	0	0			3	6	1		5	5	12	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	Bert Campaneris	ss	24.158	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.269		102	313
2	Mike Hershberger	rf	26.309	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.264		114	703
3	Danny Cater	1b	26.170	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.253		97	298
4	Dick Green	2b	25.115	R	4	1	1	0		0	3	.264		112	388
5	Ed Charles	3b	33.107	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.270		84	669
6	Ossie Chavarria	lf	26.009	R	3	1	2	1		0	0	.208		60	60
	Jim Gosger	ph-lf	23.281	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.236		95	195
7	Joe Nossek	cf	25.279	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.237		69	163
	Larry Stahl	ph	25.046	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.237		93	136
8	Phil Roof	c	25.162	R	4	0	1	2		0	2	.227		84	138
9	Gil Blanco	p	20.242	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		4	20
	Ernie Fazio	ph	24.201	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.212		25	139
	Ken Sanders	p	25.037	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		52	73
Totals

Errors: Danny Cater

2B: Ossie Chavarria (6)

HR: Mike Hershberger (2)

RBI: Mike Hershberger (48), Ossie Chavarria (4), Phil Roof 2 (33)

CS: Phil Roof (3)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Tovar	ss	26.042	R	3	0	2	1		2	0	.282		93	111
2	Ted Uhlaender	cf	25.297	L	4	0	0	0		1	1	.200		62	75
3	Tony Oliva	rf	28.025	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.317		115	441
4	Harmon Killebrew	1b	30.046	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.276		118	1226
5	Earl Battey	c	31.221	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.253		85	1062
6	Jimmie Hall	lf	28.160	L	4	1	1	1		0	3	.236		89	542
7	Rich Rollins	3b	28.120	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.240		67	662
8	Bernie Allen	2b	27.120	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.241		85	476
9	Jim Merritt	p	22.248	L	2	1	0	0		0	1	.130		23	39
	Don Mincher	ph	28.051	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.230		106	584
	Russ Nixon	ph	31.176	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.271		37	784
Totals

Errors: Bernie Allen

2B: Bernie Allen (16)

HR: Jimmie Hall (13)

RBI: Cesar Tovar (26), Tony Oliva (66), Jimmie Hall (35)

GDP: Earl Battey (13)

SB: Cesar Tovar (9)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Gil Blanco	L		5.0	4	2	2	5	3	1		4.74	1.58		4	21
2	Ken Sanders	R	W 6-9	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0		3.74	1.46		52	73
3	Jack Aker	R	SV 25	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1.64	0.89		49	92
Totals				0.0

WP: Gil Blanco (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Gil Blanco (0-0-0), Ken Sanders (0-0-0), Jack Aker (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Merritt	L	L 2-12	6.1	6	4	4	1	5	1		3.65	0.97		24	40
2	Al Worthington	R		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.13	0.96		43	404
3	Pete Cimino	R		2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0		2.63	1.25		28	29
Totals				0.0

WP: Pete Cimino (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Merritt (0-0-0), Al Worthington (0-0-0), Pete Cimino (0-0-0)