7/16/1961, Min61-Cle61, game 1, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1961 Twins 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 7 11 0 6 1
1961 Indians 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 8 0 6 2
Twins AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG
Green,L cf 4 0 0 0 .314 Temple 2b 4 1 1 0 .301
Martin,B 2b 4 2 1 0 .262 Nieman,B lf 3 0 1 0 .179
Killebrew 1b 4 2 1 1 .254 Dillard pr 2 1 0 0 .184
Allison rf 4 1 3 2 .284 Francona 1b 5 1 3 1 .322
Lemon lf 3 0 1 0 .202 Phillips 3b 4 0 1 1 .254
Tuttle,B cf 2 0 1 1 .238 Kirkland rf 4 0 0 1 .298
Battey c 4 0 1 1 .266 Essegian,C cf 3 0 0 1 .307
Lepcio,T 3b 5 1 1 1 .267 Romano c 3 1 1 0 .261
Lee p 0 0 0 0 .071 Held ss 4 0 1 0 .295
Pleis p 0 0 0 0 .500 Locke p 0 0 0 0 .238
Valdivielso ss 4 0 0 0 .198 Stigman p 0 0 0 0 .143
Kaat p 3 0 1 0 .441 Bell,Ga p 1 0 0 1 .289
Moore p 0 0 0 0 1.000 Piersall ph 1 0 0 0 .339
Becquer,J ph 1 1 1 0 .204 Schaffernoth,J p 0 0 0 0 .000
McDevitt,D p 0 0 0 0 .000 de la Hoz ss 0 1 0 0 .246
Rollins 3b 0 0 0 0 .286 34 5 8 5
38 7 11 6
Twins INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Kaat 8.1 7 4 4 1 7 107 72 3.47
Moore BS 3, W 3-1 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 11 5 4.95
McDevitt,D H 4 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 14 8 6.51
Lee H 2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 4.84
Pleis S 4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7.24
10.0 8 5 5 3 8 138 89
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bell,Ga 8.0 6 3 3 2 7 111 68 4.68
Schaffernoth,J L 2-2 1.1 3 4 4 1 1 31 18 6.09
Locke 0.0 2 0 0 1 0 10 3 5.62
Stigman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5.08
10.0 11 7 7 4 8 154 90
Min: Green,L moved to lf in the 8th
Tuttle,B inserted at cf in the 8th
Becquer,J batted for Moore in the 10th
Rollins inserted at 3b in the 10th
Cle: Dillard ran for Nieman,B in the 7th
Dillard moved to lf in the 8th
Piersall batted for Bell,Ga in the 8th
de la Hoz inserted at ss in the 10th
2B-Martin,B(10), Killebrew(13), Kaat(3), Phillips(21), Romano(13).
HR-Lepcio,T(6). RBI-Killebrew(50), Allison 2(51), Battey(39), Lepcio,T(9),
Tuttle,B(24), Francona(55), Phillips(52), Kirkland(71), Essegian,C(29),
Bell,Ga(5). K-Green,L, Martin,B, Killebrew, Allison, Lemon, Battey 2,
Lepcio,T, Temple, Kirkland, Essegian,C 3, Held 3. BB-Martin,B, Killebrew,
Allison, Battey, Temple, Kirkland, Romano. SH-Green,L, Phillips.
SF-Essegian,C, Bell,Ga. HBP-de la Hoz. HB-McDevitt,D. WP-Bell,Ga.
GWRBI: Killebrew
Temperature: 77, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH.
Attendance: N/A
Game Time: 3:07
7/16/1961, Min61-Cle61, game 1, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1961 Twins 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 7 11 0 6 1
1961 Indians 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 8 0 6 2
Twins -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Green,L cf 1>53 9 k 3/g 14/SH.1-2
Martin,B 2b 43 4>k 6>D 8>7 W
Killebrew 1b 8 W 5 k D.2-H;1-3
Allison rf 2>S wp.1-2 S.2-H k Locke
W S.3-H;2-3
Lemon lf S.1-3 k 8
Tuttle,B cf 9>note 1 S.3-H;1-2
31
Battey c note 2 S.2-H;1-2 k k W.2-3;1-2
Lepcio,T 3b 9 64/f 7>k HR Stigman
643/gdp
Lee p
Pleis p
Valdivielso ss 3>7 5>8 9 63
Kaat p 9 53 D
Moore p
Becquer,J ph 0>S
McDevitt,D p
Rollins 3b
1: Schaffernoth,J 2: 463/gdp.3-H
Indians -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Temple 2b 1>k 143/gdp 43 9>S W.1-2
Nieman,B lf 9 4>8 7>S
Dillard pr 8 note 1
Francona 1b 53 43 S.1-2 S.1-3 S.3-H;1-2
Phillips 3b 2>9 63 note 2 D.3-H;1-3 Lee
8
Kirkland rf 43 5>k note 3 W Pleis
8
Essegian,C cf k k k Moore
note 4
Romano c 3>D 7 8>53 W
Held ss S.2-3 6>k k k
Locke p
Stigman p
Bell,Ga p 8/SF.3-H 43
Piersall ph 43
Schaffernoth,J p
de la Hoz ss 0>McDevitt,D
HBP
1: 64/f.2-3;B-1 2: 34/SH.2-3;1-2 3: 3/g.3-H;2-3 4: 9/SF.3-H;2-3;1-2
Twins IN OUT ER Indians IN OUT ER
Kaat A1 D5 4 Bell,Ga A1 D4 3
Moore D6 D8 0 BS 3, W 3-1 Schaffernoth,J D5 E3 4 L 2-2
McDevitt,D D9 E3 1 H 4 Locke E4 E6 0
Lee E4 E4 0 H 2 Stigman E7 E7 0
Pleis E5 E5 0 S 4
7/16/1961, Min61-Cle61, game 1, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1961 Twins 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 7 11 0 6 1
1961 Indians 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 8 0 6 2
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Twins batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Green,L grounded out to third (BFBX)
0-0 1 --- 32 Martin,B grounded out to second (CFFBBBX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Killebrew flied out to center (X)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Indians batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Temple struck out (CSFFBS)
0-0 1 --- 00 Nieman,B flied out to right (X)
0-0 2 --- 00 Francona grounded out to third (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Twins batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Allison reached on an infield single to first (CBFBX)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Lemon lined a single down the right field line, Allison
to third (X)
0-0 0 1-3 22 Battey grounded into a double play, Temple to Held to
Francona, Allison scored (BCBCX)
1-0 2 --- 21 Lepcio,T flied out to right (BBCX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Indians batting
1-0 0 --- 12 Phillips flied out to right (CSFFBX)
1-0 1 --- 00 Kirkland grounded out to second (X)
1-0 2 --- 22 Essegian,C struck out (CBBCS)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Twins batting
1-0 0 --- 21 Valdivielso popped out to left (BBSX)
1-0 1 --- 01 Kaat flied out to right (CX)
1-0 2 --- 22 Green,L flied out to right (BCFFBX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Indians batting
1-0 0 --- 20 Romano doubled deep to left (BBX)
1-0 0 -2- 00 Held lined a single to shallow center, Romano to third (X)
1-0 0 1-3 20 Bell,Ga hit a sacrifice fly to center, Romano scored (BBX)
1-1 1 1-- 22 Temple grounded into a double play, Kaat to Martin,B to
Killebrew (BBSFX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Twins batting
1-1 0 --- 02 Martin,B struck out (CFS)
1-1 1 --- 31 Killebrew walked (CBBBB)
1-1 1 1-- 20 Bell,Ga threw a wild pitch, Killebrew to second (BBB)
1-1 1 -2- 30 Allison walked (BBB.B)
1-1 1 12- 22 Lemon struck out (BCFBS)
1-1 2 12- 01 Battey grounded a single between first and second,
Killebrew scored, Allison to second (CX)
2-1 2 12- 11 Lepcio,T grounded to short, forcing Battey at second (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Indians batting
2-1 0 --- 00 Nieman,B flied out to center (X)
2-1 1 --- 11 Francona grounded out to second (BCX)
2-1 2 --- 10 Phillips grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Twins batting
2-1 0 --- 11 Valdivielso flied out to center (BCX)
2-1 1 --- 01 Kaat grounded out to third (CX)
2-1 2 --- 12 Green,L struck out (BCFS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Indians batting
2-1 0 --- 22 Kirkland struck out (CBCFBC)
2-1 1 --- 12 Essegian,C struck out (FSBC)
2-1 2 --- 12 Romano flied out to left (BFCX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Twins batting
2-1 0 --- 10 Martin,B grounded a double down the first base line (BX)
2-1 0 -2- 32 Killebrew popped out to third (BBCCBX)
2-1 1 -2- 00 Allison lined a single to right center, Martin,B scored
(X)
3-1 1 1-- 22 Lemon flied out to center (BCBFX)
3-1 2 1-- 32 Battey struck out (CBBFB>S)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Indians batting
3-1 0 --- 12 Held struck out (CFBS)
3-1 1 --- 10 Bell,Ga grounded out to second (BX)
3-1 2 --- 11 Temple grounded out to second (CBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Twins batting
3-1 0 --- 22 Lepcio,T struck out (BSBSS)
3-1 1 --- 01 Valdivielso flied out to right (FX)
3-1 2 --- 00 Kaat grounded a double down the third base line (X)
3-1 2 -2- 20 Green,L grounded out to first (BBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Indians batting
3-1 0 --- 00 Nieman,B grounded a single between first and second (X)
Dillard pinch running for Nieman,B
3-1 0 1-- 12 Francona lined a single to shallow center, Dillard to
second (CFBX)
3-1 0 12- 00 Phillips sacrifice bunted to first, Dillard to third,
Francona to second (Xb)
3-1 1 -23 11 Kirkland grounded out to first, Dillard scored, Francona
to third (CBX)
3-2 2 --3 12 Essegian,C struck out (CBSC)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Twins batting
Dillard moved to left field
3-2 0 --- 01 Martin,B flied out to left (SX)
3-2 1 --- 12 Killebrew struck out (SSBS)
3-2 2 --- 12 Allison struck out (BCSS)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Indians batting
Green,L moved to left field
Tuttle,B now playing center field
3-2 0 --- 22 Romano grounded out to third (CBBFFFX)
3-2 1 --- 12 Held struck out (CFFBS)
Piersall pinch hitting for Bell,Ga
3-2 2 --- 22 Piersall grounded out to second (BBCSFX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Twins batting
Schaffernoth,J now pitching
3-2 0 --- 10 Tuttle,B grounded out to first (BX)
3-2 1 --- 32 Battey struck out (BBSCBFFFS)
3-2 2 --- 11 Lepcio,T homered deep down the left-field line (SBX)
4-2 2 --- 10 Valdivielso grounded out to short (BX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Indians batting
4-2 0 --- 00 Temple lined a single to center (X)
4-2 0 1-- 00 Dillard lined out to center (X)
4-2 1 1-- 32 Francona lined a single to left center, Temple to third
(BFBBFX)
4-2 1 1-3 10 Phillips grounded a double down the first base line,
Temple scored, Francona to third (BX)
4-3 1 -23 31 Kirkland walked (SBBBB)
Moore now pitching
4-3 1 123 11 Essegian,C hit a sacrifice fly to right, Francona scored,
Phillips to third, Kirkland to second (BFX)
4-4 2 -23 30 Romano walked (BBBB)
4-4 2 123 12 Held struck out (CBFS)
************** Top of the 10th inning, Twins batting
Becquer,J pinch hitting for Moore
4-4 0 --- 32 Becquer,J grounded a single up the middle (BBCFFBX)
4-4 0 1-- 01 Green,L sacrifice bunted to the mound, Becquer,J to
second (SbXb)
4-4 1 -2- 31 Martin,B walked (BBBCB)
4-4 1 12- 00 Killebrew grounded a double down the third base line,
Becquer,J scored, Martin,B to third (X)
Locke now pitching
de la Hoz now playing shortstop
5-4 1 -23 10 Allison grounded a single between third and short,
Martin,B scored, Killebrew to third (BX)
6-4 1 1-3 20 Tuttle,B lined a single to left, Killebrew scored,
Allison to second (BBX)
7-4 1 12- 31 Battey walked, Allison to third, Tuttle,B to second
(BBBCB)
Stigman now pitching
7-4 1 123 10 Lepcio,T grounded into a double play, de la Hoz to Temple
to Francona (BX)
************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Indians batting
McDevitt,D now pitching
7-4 0 --- 00 de la Hoz was hit by a pitch (H)
7-4 0 1-- 32 Temple walked, de la Hoz to second (BSBBSB)
7-4 0 12- 12 Dillard grounded to short, forcing Temple at second, de
la Hoz to third, Dillard to first (CCBX)
7-4 1 1-3 02 Francona lined a single up the middle, de la Hoz scored,
Dillard to second (CSX)
Lee now pitching
Rollins now playing third base
7-5 1 12- 22 Phillips flied out to center (BFSBX)
Pleis now pitching
7-5 2 12- 00 Kirkland flied out to center (X)