Nineteen Sixty One

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1961 American League                 Date: 4/26/1961
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1961 CHA   7   2    D.Howser  KCA .474  J.Gentile BAA    4  B.Phillip CLA   14
1961 DEA   6   3    J.Lumpe   KCA .441  R.Maris   NYA    4  D.Brown   DEA   12
1961 CLA   7   4    R.Colavit DEA .429  M.Mantle  NYA    4  B.Skowron NYA   11
1961 NYA   5   4    N.Cash    DEA .400  M.Throneb KCA    3  V.Power   CLA   10
1961 BOA   5   4    M.Mantle  NYA .400  OTHERS TIED W    2  E.Battey  MNA   10
1961 BAA   5   5
1961 WAA   4   6    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1961 MNA   4   7    D.Donovan WAA    3  J.Pizarro CHA    2  D.Larsen  KCA 0.00
1961 LAA   2   6    OTHERS TIED W    2  OTHERS TIED W    1  J.Kralick MNA 0.61
1961 KCA   2   6                                            C.McLish  CHA 0.64
                                                            B.Bruce   DEA 1.00
                                                            F.Lary    DEA 1.08
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Colavit DEA    8  L.Aparici CHA    5  S.Barber  BAA   22
                    D.Howser  KCA    8  J.Landis  CHA    3  P.Ramos   MNA   19
                    J.Lumpe   KCA    8  J.Wood    DEA    2  C.Pascual MNA   18
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  OTHERS TIED W    1  W.Ford    NYA   17
                                                            J.Bunning DEA   15
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CLA  9  at  BAA  5  CLA-Grant(2-0, 2.81) at BAA-Fisher(0-1, 5.40)
MNA  7  at  KCA  2  NYA-Ford(1-1, 4.74) at DEA-Mossi(1-1, 2.25)
WAA  5  at  BOA  7  WAA-Sturdiv(0-0, 1.69) at BOA-Monbouq(1-1, 2.12)
 
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
M.Mantle      NYA .458 24 11  8  7  4  D.Larsen      KCA  9  5  0  2  7  0 100
R.Maris       NYA .333 30 10  5  1  4  D.Donovan     WAA 17  8  2  4  2  1 200
P.Green       BOA .304 23  7  6  3  2  B.Muffett     BOA 16 11  2  1  9  0 110
N.Cash        DEA .455 22 10  5  3  1  B.Pierce      CHA 16 11  3  4 13  0 100
J.Lemon       MNA .286 28  8  7  4  2  B.Daniels     WAA  9  5  0  3  5  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 .091 33  3  0  1  0  N.Bass        KCA  5  5  5  4  3  2 010
B.Allison     MNA .133 30  4  0  2  0  C.Estrada     BAA  6  7  7 10  6  2 000
B.Gardner     MNA .200 25  5  0  1  0  G.Bell        CLA 10 16  8  4  5  4 010
D.Mincher     MNA .167 30  5  0  3  0  B.Daley       KCA  8 13  5  0  4  0 010
H.Lopez       NYA .138 29  4  0  4  0  E.Wynn        CHA  7 10  6  0  3  1 000
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1961 American League
 
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1961 Chicago CHA              7   2  .778 ----   153         86      76   .531
1961 Detroit DEA              6   3  .667  1.0              101      61   .623
1961 Cleveland CLA            7   4  .636  1.0               78      83   .484
1961 New York NYA             5   4  .556  2.0              109      53   .673
1961 Boston BOA               5   4  .556  2.0               76      86   .469
1961 Baltimore BAA            5   5  .500  2.5               95      67   .586
1961 Washington WAA           4   6  .400  3.5               61     100   .379
1961 Minnesota MNA            4   7  .364  4.0               70      90   .438
1961 Los Angeles LAA          2   6  .250  4.5               70      91   .435
1961 Kansas City KCA          2   6  .250  4.5               61     100   .379
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA      5    5  .500  5- 5  0- 0  3- 1  2- 4  1- 2  3- 3     5-5     Lost 1
BOA      5    4  .556  5- 0  0- 4  2- 2  3- 2  0- 0  1- 2     5-4     Won 1
CHA      7    2  .778  6- 0  1- 2  2- 0  5- 2  0- 0  4- 0     7-2     Won 7
CLA      7    4  .636  1- 1  6- 3  2- 0  5- 4  1- 0  1- 2     7-3     Won 1
DEA      6    3  .667  5- 2  1- 1  1- 0  5- 3  0- 1  1- 1     6-3     Lost 1
KCA      2    6  .250  1- 4  1- 2  2- 1  0- 5  0- 0  0- 1     2-6     Lost 1
LAA      2    6  .250  0- 0  2- 6  0- 1  2- 5  1- 0  2- 1     2-6     Lost 4
MNA      4    7  .364  1- 2  3- 5  1- 1  3- 6  0- 0  2- 2     3-7     Won 1
NYA      5    4  .556  2- 3  3- 1  2- 0  3- 4  1- 1  3- 3     5-4     Won 1
WAA      4    6  .400  2- 2  2- 4  2- 1  2- 5  0- 0  1- 3     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL   47   47  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+
BAA      5- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
BOA      5- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CHA      7- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CLA      7- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
DEA      6- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
KCA      2- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
LAA      2- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
MNA      4- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
NYA      5- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
WAA      4- 6  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   1
CHA   0   4   -   0   1   0   0   0   0   2
CLA   1   0   0   -   1   3   0   0   0   2
DEA   0   0   1   2   -   0   3   0   0   0
KCA   0   0   0   0   0   -   0   1   1   0
LAA   1   0   0   0   0   0   -   0   1   0
MNA   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   -   1   1
NYA   2   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   -   0
WAA   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   2   0   -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1961 American League                Date: 4/26/1961
 

CLEVELAND AT BALTIMORE
Indians......... 4 0 0  0 1 0  2 1 1  -  9 14  0
Orioles......... 1 1 1  1 1 0  0 0 0  -  5 14  1
Win:Hamilton(1-0) Loss:Barber(1-2) Save:Funk(1st)
Homeruns- B.Phillips(2nd), J.Gentile(4th), J.Adair(1st), S.Barber(1st)
 
Right fielder Willie Kirkland had 3 base hits and 2 RBI at Memorial Stadium
where the Cleveland Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 9 to
5.
 
Steve Hamilton(1-0) was the winning pitcher in relief.  He went 2 and 2/3
innings surrendering 2 hits and 1 walk and whiffed an impressive total of 4
Baltimore batters.  Baltimore was not lacking for run support as they scored
in 5 separate innings, yet victory eluded them as they seemed to forget that
pitching is also needed to win ballgames.  
 
Frank Funk earned his 1st save. Steve Barber(1-2) absorbed the loss.  He was
hit hard and gave up 10 hits and 2 walks in 7 innings.  
 
 
MINNESOTA AT KANSAS CITY
Twins........... 0 0 0  2 3 0  0 0 2  -  7  8  0
Athletics....... 0 0 1  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  4  1
Win:Sadowski(1-1) Loss:Bass(0-1)
Homeruns- E.Battey-2(2nd)
 
Catcher Earl Battey smashed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Ted Sadowski pitched
a complete game at Municipal Stadium as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas
City Athletics by the count of 7 to 2.
 
Battey had a big day against Kansas City.  He laced a base-hit in the 2nd
inning, bombed a two-run dinger in the 4th inning and lifted one out of the
park for a two run home run (his 2nd of the season) in the 5th inning.
Minnesota had 8 hits for the night.  
 
Sadowski(1-1) lasted until the end allowing 2 runs for the win. Norm Bass(0-1)
ended up with the loss.  He was not very effective, surrendering 5 runs in 4
and 2/3 innings.  
 
 
WASHINGTON AT BOSTON
Senators........ 1 0 1  0 0 0  1 0 2  -  5  6  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 4  0 0 0  2 1    -  7 10  2
Win:Conley(1-0) Loss:Burnside(0-1) Save:Fornieles(1st)
Homeruns- M.Keough(1st), D.Long(1st), J.Pagliaroni(1st)
 
In a two run game the Boston Red Sox put 4 runs on the scoreboard in the 3rd
inning and got by the Washington Senators by the score of 7 to 5.
 
Boston scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning with the help of 4 hits.  The crucial
at-bat was provided by Carroll Hardy who made the home-town crowd a happy
bunch when he doubled which was good for two runs.  Washington had a chance
in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Gene Conley(1-0) allowed 5 runs in 8 innings, and picked up the victory.
Conley got help from Mike Fornieles who was credited with his 1st save.  Pete
Burnside(0-1) was the loser.  Boston scored big getting 4 runs off him in 2
and 1/3 innings.  
 
 

1961 Cleveland Indians At 1961 Baltimore Orioles 4/25/1961 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG J.Temple 2B 4 1 1 0 .262 J.Brandt CF 2 0 0 0 .344 T.Francona LF 5 1 3 1 .298 A-R.Snyder CF 3 0 1 0 .368 J.Piersall CF 5 0 0 0 .333 W.Herzog RF 4 1 2 0 .250 W.Kirkland RF 4 3 3 2 .270 B.Robinson 3B 5 0 1 0 .250 B.Phillips 3B 5 2 1 2 .271 J.Gentile 1B 5 1 2 1 .267 V.Power 1B 3 1 2 3 .295 C.Courtney C 3 1 2 0 .750 W.Held SS 5 0 3 1 .233 C-G.Triandos PH,C 1 0 0 0 .229 V.Thomas C 4 0 1 0 .375 E-E.Robinson PR 0 0 0 0 .333 G.Bell P 2 0 0 0 .200 R.Hansen SS 5 0 1 0 .243 S.Hamilton P 1 0 0 0 .000 G.Stephens LF 2 0 0 0 .417 F.Funk P 1 1 0 0 .000 B-D.Philley PH,LF 2 0 1 0 .333 W.Stock P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-M.Breeding PH 1 0 0 0 .161 J.Adair 2B 3 1 2 1 .429 S.Barber P 3 1 2 1 .500 D-D.Williams LF 1 0 0 0 .206 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 9 14 9 Totals 40 5 14 3 A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Brandt In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Stephens In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Courtney In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Barber In 8th Inning E-Pinch Ran For Triandos In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Stock In 9th Inning Indians......... 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 - 9 14 0 Orioles......... 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 14 1 Indians (7-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA G.Bell 3 2/3 10 4 4 1 1 3 3.86 S.Hamilton WIN(1-0) 2 2/3 2 1 0 1 4 0 0.00 F.Funk SAVE(1st) 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 3 0 1.42 Totals 9 14 5 4 3 8 3 Orioles (5-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA S.Barber LOSS(1-2) 7 10 7 4 2 6 1 3.28 W.Stock 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 4.26 Totals 9 14 9 5 2 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 19,773 DATE- Tuesday, April 25th 1961 TIME- Night UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Bob Stewart, Joe Linsalata, Charlie Berry T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 7 Orioles:11 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Orioles: 0 ERRORS- J.Gentile DOUBLES- T.Francona(3rd), W.Kirkland(3rd), V.Power(5th), W.Held-3(4th), C.Courtney(1st) HOME RUNS- B.Phillips(2nd), J.Gentile(4th), J.Adair(1st), S.Barber(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Kirkland, V.Power WALKS- J.Temple, V.Power, W.Herzog, G.Triandos, J.Adair STRIKE OUTS- J.Temple, T.Francona, B.Phillips, G.Bell-2, S.Hamilton, B.Robinson, J.Gentile-2, G.Triandos, R.Hansen, M.Breeding, S.Barber, D.Williams GIDP- J.Brandt WILD PITCHES- G.Bell, S.Barber PASSED BALLS- V.Thomas, G.Triandos

1961 Minnesota Twins At 1961 Kansas City Athletics 4/25/1961 Twins AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Z.Versalles SS 5 0 0 0 .109 D.Howser SS 4 1 1 0 .474 L.Green CF 5 1 1 0 .186 J.Hankins RF 3 0 0 0 .000 D.Mincher 1B 4 1 2 0 .167 J.Lumpe 2B 4 0 1 0 .441 B.Allison RF 3 1 0 0 .175 L.Klimchock 3B 4 0 0 1 .167 J.Lemon LF 3 1 0 1 .308 N.Siebern LF 3 0 0 0 .304 B-D.Dobbek LF 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Throneberry 1B 3 0 0 0 .188 E.Battey C 4 2 3 4 .270 B.Tuttle CF 2 1 1 0 .188 R.Bertoia 3B 2 0 1 0 .286 H.Sullivan C 3 0 1 1 .150 B.Gardner 2B 4 0 0 0 .167 N.Bass P 2 0 0 0 .000 T.Sadowski P 4 1 1 0 .200 E.Keegan P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-B.Boyd PH 1 0 0 0 .250 B.Kunkel P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-A.Pilarcik PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 7 8 5 Totals 30 2 4 2 A-Pinch Hit For Keegan In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 9th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Kunkel In 9th Inning Twins........... 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 - 7 8 0 Athletics....... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 Twins (4-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA T.Sadowski WIN(1-1) 9 4 2 2 5 1 0 3.00 Totals 9 4 2 2 5 1 0 Athletics (2-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA N.Bass LOSS(0-1) 4 2/3 5 5 5 4 2 2 9.00 E.Keegan 2 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 5.40 B.Kunkel 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 5.40 Totals 9 8 7 6 5 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 7,894 DATE- Tuesday, April 25th 1961 TIME- Night T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 7 Athletics: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0 Athletics: 0 ERRORS- L.Klimchock DOUBLES- D.Mincher(1st) TRIPLES- B.Tuttle(1st) HOME RUNS- E.Battey-2(2nd) SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Lemon, H.Sullivan WALKS- D.Mincher, B.Allison, J.Lemon, R.Bertoia-2, J.Hankins, N.Siebern, M.Throneberry, B.Tuttle-2 HIT BY PITCH- B.Allison STRIKE OUTS- B.Allison, J.Lemon, E.Battey, B.Gardner, T.Sadowski, N.Siebern PASSED BALLS- H.Sullivan-2

1961 Washington Senators At 1961 Boston Red Sox 4/25/1961 Senators AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG C.Veal SS 4 0 1 1 .211 C.Schilling 2B 3 1 0 0 .206 D.O'Connell 2B 3 1 0 0 .333 G.Geiger CF 3 1 1 1 .265 M.Keough RF 3 1 1 2 .195 C.Hardy LF 4 0 2 3 .429 D.Long 1B 4 2 2 1 .294 J.Jensen RF 4 0 1 0 .314 G.Woodling LF 4 0 1 0 .297 J.Pagliaroni C 4 1 1 1 .190 W.Tasby CF 4 0 0 0 .156 B.Harrell 3B 4 0 0 0 .235 H.Bright 3B 4 0 0 1 .158 P.Runnels 1B 4 0 1 0 .355 P.Daley C 3 1 1 0 .130 P.Green SS 3 2 2 0 .321 M.Kutyna P 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Conley P 4 2 2 2 .500 P.Burnside P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Gabler P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-J.King C 1 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 5 6 5 Totals 33 7 10 7 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Gabler In 7th Inning Senators........ 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 5 6 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 - 7 10 2 Senators (4-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA P.Burnside LOSS(0-1) 2 1/3 5 4 4 1 1 0 8.10 J.Gabler 4 1/3 3 2 2 2 5 0 4.15 M.Kutyna 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2.84 Totals 8 10 7 7 3 8 1 Red Sox (5-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA G.Conley WIN(1-0) 8 6 5 4 1 4 2 4.50 M.Fornieles SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 Totals 9 6 5 4 1 4 2 ATTENDANCE- 6,972 DATE- Tuesday, April 25th 1961 TIME- Day UMPIRES- Eddie Hurley, Jim Honochick, Red Flaherty, Bill Kinnamon T- 2:20 LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 2 Red Sox: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 0 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- J.Pagliaroni, P.Green DOUBLES- P.Daley(1st), C.Hardy(1st), P.Runnels(2nd), P.Green(2nd), G.Conley TRIPLES- P.Green(1st) HOME RUNS- M.Keough(1st), D.Long(1st), J.Pagliaroni(1st) STOLEN BASES- D.O'Connell(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- P.Burnside SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Keough WALKS- D.O'Connell, C.Schilling, G.Geiger, P.Green STRIKE OUTS- C.Veal, W.Tasby-2, H.Bright, G.Geiger-2, C.Hardy, J.Jensen-2, B.Harrell, G.Conley-2 WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Pumpsie Green robbed Jim King of a base hit.

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