Nineteen Sixty One: Games of Friday, April 28th, 1961

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Games of Friday, April 28th, 1961

Dick Howser is showing off his offensive skills in the young season. Howser, a slick fielding base thief, is batting .500 so far and that leads the league. He has 25 hits in 50 at bats. Earl Battey is keeping it up as he drilled his 5th homer in three days to tie Roger Maris for the league leadership in that category. Battey is batting .440 over his last ten games. The White Sox rallied for three runs in the last two innings and beat the A's 7-6. They remain in the lead with their 9-2 mark. In other news, usually sure handed Brooks Robinson booted a ground ball that gave the Washington Senators the game in the bottom of the nineth...is that a "Walk off error"?

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1961 American League Date: 4/29/1961

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1961 CHA 9 2 D.Howser KCA .500 E.Battey MNA 5 B.Phillip CLA 15
1961 DEA 8 3 J.Wood DEA .388 R.Maris NYA 5 E.Battey MNA 15
1961 CLA 8 5 J.Lumpe KCA .381 J.Gentile BAA 4 B.Skowron NYA 14
1961 NYA 6 5 J.Piersal CLA .375 M.Mantle NYA 4 V.Power CLA 12
1961 BOA 6 5 OTHERS TIED W .368 OTHERS TIED W 3 D.Brown DEA 12
1961 WAA 6 7
1961 MNA 5 8 WINS SAVES ERA
1961 BAA 5 8 M.Grant CLA 3 M.Forniel BOA 2 D.Larsen KCA 0.00
1961 LAA 3 7 E.Grba LAA 3 J.Pizarro CHA 2 J.Kralick MNA 0.61
1961 KCA 2 8 D.Donovan WAA 3 OTHERS TIED W 1 F.Lary DEA 1.08
OTHERS TIED W 2 B.Muffett BOA 1.10
D.Donovan WAA 1.38

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
D.Howser KCA 10 L.Aparici CHA 5 W.Ford NYA 27
J.Jensen BOA 8 J.Landis CHA 3 P.Ramos MNA 26
A.Smith CHA 8 J.Wood DEA 2 S.Barber BAA 22
M.Mantle NYA 8 OTHERS TIED W 1 J.Bunning DEA 21
OTHERS TIED W 7 C.Pascual MNA 19

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA 4 at WAA 5 BAA-Pappas(1-0, 5.87) at WAA-Hobaugh(0-1, 9.00)
CHA 7 at KCA 6 BOA-Brewer(0-0, 3.38) at DEA-Lary(2-1, 1.08)
MNA 5 at LAA 1 CHA-Pierce(1-0, 1.69) at KCA-Walker(1-1, 5.56)
CLA-Perry(0-1, 5.40) at NYA-Terry(0-1, 7.71)
MNA-Kaat(0-2, 3.72) at LAA-McBride(0-1, 5.73)

WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
E.Battey MNA .440 25 11 9 3 5 M.Grant CLA 18 9 2 4 6 1 200
M.Mantle NYA .464 28 13 8 7 4 D.Larsen KCA 9 5 0 2 7 0 100
R.Maris NYA .344 32 11 6 1 4 H.Wilhelm BAA 6 1 0 3 5 0 001
D.Brown DEA .360 25 9 8 4 1 B.Pierce CHA 16 11 3 4 13 0 100
J.Wood DEA .371 35 13 9 4 2 B.Daniels WAA 15 9 2 5 8 0 100

WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
Z.Versalles MNA .143 28 4 0 2 0 C.Estrada BAA 6 7 9 12 6 2 000
B.Allison MNA .148 27 4 0 2 0 N.Bass KCA 5 5 5 4 3 2 010
B.Gardner MNA .208 24 5 0 1 0 B.Daley KCA 12 19 10 0 6 2 020
R.Sievers CHA .219 32 7 1 1 0 G.Bell CLA 10 16 8 4 5 4 010
C.Schilling BOA .103 29 3 2 4 0 R.Herbert KCA 11 14 9 6 3 2 010

INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1961 American League

WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1961 Chicago CHA 9 2 .818 ---- 151 86 76 .531
1961 Detroit DEA 8 3 .727 1.0 101 61 .623
1961 Cleveland CLA 8 5 .615 2.0 78 83 .484
1961 New York NYA 6 5 .545 3.0 109 53 .673
1961 Boston BOA 6 5 .545 3.0 76 86 .469
1961 Washington WAA 6 7 .462 4.0 61 100 .379
1961 Minnesota MNA 5 8 .385 5.0 70 90 .438
1961 Baltimore BAA 5 8 .385 5.0 95 67 .586
1961 Los Angeles LAA 3 7 .300 5.5 70 91 .435
1961 Kansas City KCA 2 8 .200 6.5 61 100 .379

OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 5 8 .385 5- 6 0- 2 3- 1 2- 7 1- 2 3- 4 4-6 Lost 4
BOA 6 5 .545 6- 0 0- 5 2- 2 4- 3 0- 0 2- 3 5-5 Lost 1
CHA 9 2 .818 6- 0 3- 2 3- 0 6- 2 0- 0 5- 0 9-1 Won 9
CLA 8 5 .615 1- 1 7- 4 2- 0 6- 5 1- 0 1- 2 6-4 Lost 1
DEA 8 3 .727 7- 2 1- 1 2- 0 6- 3 0- 1 2- 1 7-3 Won 2
KCA 2 8 .200 1- 6 1- 2 2- 1 0- 7 0- 0 0- 2 2-8 Lost 3
LAA 3 7 .300 1- 1 2- 6 0- 1 3- 6 1- 0 2- 1 3-7 Lost 1
MNA 5 8 .385 1- 2 4- 6 1- 1 4- 7 0- 0 2- 2 3-7 Won 1
NYA 6 5 .545 3- 3 3- 2 3- 1 3- 4 1- 1 3- 3 6-4 Won 1
WAA 6 7 .462 4- 2 2- 5 2- 1 4- 6 0- 0 2- 4 5-5 Won 2
TOTAL 58 58 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+
BAA 5- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
BOA 6- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CHA 9- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CLA 8- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
DEA 8- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
KCA 2- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
LAA 3- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
MNA 5- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
NYA 6- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
WAA 6- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0

WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM BAA BOA CHA CLA DEA KCA LAA MNA NYA WAA
BAA - 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0
BOA 0 - 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2
CHA 0 4 - 0 1 2 0 0 0 2
CLA 2 0 0 - 1 3 0 0 0 2
DEA 0 1 1 2 - 0 3 0 1 0
KCA 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 0
LAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 0
MNA 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 1 1
NYA 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 - 0
WAA 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1961 American League Date: 4/29/1961

CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY
White Sox....... 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 - 7 10 1
Athletics....... 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 1
Win:Staley(1-0) Loss:Keegan(0-1)
Homeruns- N.Fox(1st), M.Minoso(3rd), A.Carey(1st)

Roy Sievers had 2 base hits at Municipal Stadium as the streaking Chicago
White Sox pulled off a dramatic comeback beating the Kansas City Athletics by
the count of 7 to 6.

Chicago came up with the deciding runs in the top of the 9th inning with 2
runs utilizing 3 base hits. Luis Aparicio led off and started the rally when
he doubled. After another out, Jim Landis came up and he hit a sacrifice fly
plating a run. Sievers then stroked a single. Rivera then stole second
base. Minnie Minoso stepped into the box and drew a walk. Al Smith kept the
inning going and smacked a single scoring the final run of the inning.
Kansas City had 13 hits in the game while Chicago had 10, but Chicago had the
more timely hits.

The win was credited to Gerry Staley(1-0) who went 2 innings allowing no runs.
Ed Keegan(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He allowed 2 runs and 2
hits in 2/3 of an inning.

After the game, it took a long while before Joe Gordon emerged from his
office. In a subdued tone he answered only a couple of questions. He
concluded with, 'Fellows, sorry I'm not in a very talkative mood tonight, as
I think you'll understand. I'm sure you'll find the banter a lot more
light-hearted over in the Chicago locker room.'

BALTIMORE AT WASHINGTON
Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 4 8 1
Senators........ 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 5 0
Win:Sisler(1-1) Loss:Stock(0-2)

In a dramatic ending at Griffith Stadium the Washington Senators won in their
last at-bat beating the Baltimore Orioles by the count of 5 to 4.

The game was won by Washington with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning.
Jim King doubled. Joe Hicks followed, but he was set down on strikes. One
out later, Matty Keough stepped up to the plate and he was walked
intentionally. Wes Stock then threw a pitch that the catcher muffed. Chet
Boak stepped into the box and reached on an error giving Washington the
victory and sending the 6,725 home-town fans home happy. Washington won
despite being out-hit by Baltimore 8 hits to 5.

The victory went to Dave Sisler(1-1) who went 2 innings, allowing no runs.
Stock(0-2) was given the loss in relief. It was a tough loss for him as he
did not allow an earned run in his 1 and 2/3 innings of work.

The Washington ballclub's record now stands at 6-7. With the loss, Baltimore
has a record of 4-6 lately, 5-8 overall.

MINNESOTA AT LOS ANGELES
Twins........... 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 5 15 1
Angels.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 1
Win:Ramos(2-2) Loss:Kline(0-2)
Homeruns- L.Green(1st), E.Battey(5th), P.Ramos(1st)

Lenny Green had 4 hits and 2 RBI and Pedro Ramos held Los Angeles to 3 hits at
Wrigley Field as the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels by the count
of 5 to 1.

Ramos(2-2) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the Los Angeles offense. He
allowed only 3 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings improving his ERA from 3.46 to
2.83. Minnesota managed 15 in their victory.

Ron Kline(0-2) was tagged with the loss. 'Ramos gave us exactly what we
needed tonight,' Sam Mele said. 'When he threw the fastball he threw it for
strikes. They were really fooled by his change. Most of the time he had
them chasing it.'

1961 Chicago White Sox At 1961 Kansas City Athletics 4/28/1961

White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
L.Aparicio SS 5 1 1 0 .250 D.Howser SS 6 1 3 1 .500
N.Fox 2B 4 1 1 1 .262 J.Hankins RF 5 1 1 1 .167
J.Landis CF 4 1 1 1 .242 J.Lumpe 2B 4 1 1 1 .381
R.Sievers 1B 5 1 2 1 .227 N.Siebern LF 4 0 3 0 .323
G-J.Rivera PR 0 1 0 0 ---- E.Keegan P 0 0 0 0 ----
H-J.Martin 1B 0 0 0 0 .194 D.Wickersham P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Minoso LF 2 2 1 1 .222 M.Throneberry 1B 5 0 0 0 .171
A.Smith RF 5 0 2 1 .302 B.Tuttle CF 3 1 1 0 .205
B.Goodman 3B 2 0 1 1 .333 A.Carey 3B 3 2 2 1 .258
B-S.Esposito PR,3B 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Pignatano C 3 0 1 1 .182
S.Lollar C 3 0 1 0 .261 I-B.Boyd PH 1 0 0 0 .200
C-J.Pizarro PR 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Herbert P 4 0 1 1 .167
E-J.Ginsberg C 0 0 0 0 .667 E.Rakow P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.McLish P 2 0 0 0 .333 J.Nuxhall P 0 0 0 0 .500
F.Baumann P 0 0 0 0 .000 F-A.Pilarcik LF 0 0 0 0 .111
A-E.Torgeson PH 1 0 0 0 .000
R.Kemmerer P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-F.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .200
G.Staley P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 7 10 6 Totals 38 6 13 6

A-Pinch Hit For Baumann In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Goodman In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Lollar In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Kemmerer In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Pizarro In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nuxhall In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Sievers In 9th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Rivera In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Pignatano In 9th Inning

White Sox....... 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 - 7 10 1
Athletics....... 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 1

White Sox (9-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.McLish 4 2/3 10 6 6 4 5 1 3.38
F.Baumann 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.27
R.Kemmerer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.46
G.Staley WIN(1-0) 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1.50
Totals 9 13 6 6 6 6 1

Athletics (2-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Herbert 7 2/3 7 5 5 5 2 2 9.20
E.Rakow 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.86
J.Nuxhall HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
E.Keegan L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 2/3 2 2 2 1 0 0 9.00
D.Wickersham 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 10 7 7 7 3 2

ATTENDANCE- 8,693 DATE- Friday, April 28th 1961 TIME- Night
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 9 Athletics:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- L.Aparicio, D.Howser
DOUBLES- L.Aparicio(2nd), B.Goodman(1st), S.Lollar(1st), D.Howser(6th)
TRIPLES- J.Landis(1st), J.Hankins(1st)
HOME RUNS- N.Fox(1st), M.Minoso(3rd), A.Carey(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rivera(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Goodman
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Carey, J.Pignatano
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Landis
WALKS- N.Fox, M.Minoso-3, B.Goodman-2, S.Lollar, J.Lumpe, N.Siebern, B.Tuttle-2,
A.Carey, A.Pilarcik
STRIKE OUTS- J.Landis, A.Smith, S.Esposito, M.Throneberry-2, A.Carey,
J.Pignatano, R.Herbert-2
GIDP- B.Goodman, J.Hankins
1961 Baltimore Orioles At 1961 Washington Senators 4/28/1961

Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Senators AB R H RBI AVG
D.Williams LF 4 1 1 0 .190 C.Veal SS 4 0 0 1 .176
W.Herzog RF 4 1 1 0 .217 E-J.Hicks PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Robinson 3B 3 1 1 1 .235 D.O'Connell 2B 4 0 0 0 .306
J.Gentile 1B 3 1 1 0 .244 M.Keough LF 3 1 1 0 .275
G.Triandos C 2 0 1 0 .268 G.Woodling RF 4 1 2 1 .313
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Sisler P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-D.Philley PH 0 0 0 1 .375 F-C.Boak PH 1 0 0 0 .333
D.Hyde P 0 0 0 0 ---- W.Tasby CF 3 1 1 0 .167
C-G.Stephens PH 0 0 0 1 .357 D.Long 1B 3 1 0 0 .200
W.Stock P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Klaus 3B 2 0 0 1 .211
R.Hansen SS 3 0 1 0 .261 D.Dotterer C 3 0 0 1 .231
R.Snyder CF 3 0 1 1 .267 B.Daniels P 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Adair 2B 4 0 0 0 .200 R.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Estrada P 1 0 1 0 .333 M.Kutyna P 0 0 0 0 .000
A-C.Courtney C 3 0 0 0 .273 D-J.King RF 1 1 1 0 .400
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 4 8 4 Totals 32 5 5 4

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Estrada In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hyde In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Kutyna In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Veal In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Sisler In 9th Inning

Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 4 8 1
Senators........ 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 5 0

Orioles (5-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Estrada 3 3 4 4 5 2 0 11.00
H.Wilhelm 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.00
D.Hyde 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
W.Stock LOSS(0-2) 1 2/3 1 1 0 2 2 0 3.38
Totals 8 2/3 5 5 4 8 7 0

Senators (6-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Daniels 6 1/3 4 2 2 2 3 0 5.00
R.Hernandez HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 2 2 2 1 1 0 6.00
M.Kutyna 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.84
D.Sisler WIN(1-1) BS(1st) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 8 4 4 5 4 0

ATTENDANCE- 6,725 DATE- Friday, April 28th 1961 TIME- Night
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 6 Senators: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0 Senators: 2
ERRORS- B.Robinson
DOUBLES- D.Williams(4th), B.Robinson(3rd), G.Woodling(2nd), J.King(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Philley, G.Stephens
WALKS- D.Williams, B.Robinson, J.Gentile, R.Hansen, R.Snyder, D.O'Connell,
M.Keough-2, W.Tasby, D.Long, B.Klaus-2, D.Dotterer
STRIKE OUTS- D.Williams, W.Herzog, J.Adair-2, J.Hicks, D.O'Connell, W.Tasby,
D.Long, D.Dotterer, B.Daniels-2
GIDP- R.Hansen, R.Snyder
PASSED BALLS- C.Courtney
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Willie Tasby robbed Dave Philley of an extra base hit.
1961 Minnesota Twins At 1961 Los Angeles Angels 4/28/1961

Twins AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG
Z.Versalles SS 5 1 2 0 .130 A.Pearson CF 3 0 1 0 .348
L.Green CF 5 1 4 2 .269 K.Aspromonte 2B 4 0 0 0 .244
D.Mincher 1B 3 0 1 0 .189 L.Wagner LF 4 1 1 0 .250
B.Allison RF 4 1 1 0 .184 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 0 0 1 .179
E.Battey C 4 1 3 2 .348 S.Bilko RF 3 0 0 0 .167
J.Lemon LF 4 0 0 0 .271 A-K.Hunt PR,RF 1 0 0 0 .185
D-P.Whisenant LF 0 0 0 0 .500 E.Averill C 2 0 0 0 .222
R.Bertoia 3B 4 0 1 0 .262 G.Leek 3B 3 0 1 0 .217
B.Gardner 2B 4 0 2 0 .209 F.Brickell SS 2 0 0 0 .042
P.Ramos P 4 1 1 1 .077 B-B.Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 .226
T.Morgan P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Kline P 2 0 0 0 .000
R.Moeller P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-K.Hamlin SS 1 0 0 0 .091
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 5 15 5 Totals 30 1 3 1

A-Pinch Ran For Bilko In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Brickell In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Moeller In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 9th Inning

Twins........... 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 5 15 1
Angels.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 1

Twins (5-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Ramos WIN(2-2) 9 3 1 1 2 7 0 2.83
Totals 9 3 1 1 2 7 0

Angels (3-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Kline LOSS(0-2) 6 2/3 13 4 4 1 3 2 5.06
R.Moeller 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9.00
T.Morgan 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 3.37
Totals 9 15 5 5 1 6 3

ATTENDANCE- 7,582 DATE- Friday, April 28th 1961 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Larry Napp, John Rice, Harry Schwartz, Johnny Stevens
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 6 Angels: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Angels: 4
ERRORS- Z.Versalles, T.Kluszewski
DOUBLES- L.Green(3rd), D.Mincher(2nd), A.Pearson(1st)
TRIPLES- L.Wagner(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.Green(1st), E.Battey(5th), P.Ramos(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- Z.Versalles
WALKS- D.Mincher, A.Pearson, E.Averill
STRIKE OUTS- Z.Versalles-2, B.Allison-2, J.Lemon, P.Ramos, L.Wagner,
T.Kluszewski, S.Bilko-2, G.Leek-2, B.Cerv
GIDP- D.Mincher-2, J.Lemon, R.Bertoia, F.Brickell
WILD PITCHES- R.Kline

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