Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Athletics
May 16, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Los Angeles Angels 4, Kansas City Athletics 6

Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Aspromonte 2b 5 0 0 0
Pearson cf 5 0 0 0
Wagner lf 4 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 2 0
Hunt rf 3 1 1 0
Averill c 3 1 2 1
Leek 3b 4 1 1 2
Bridges ss 3 0 0 0
Grba p 2 0 0 0
  Casale p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Bilko ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 35 4 8 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 3 2 2 1
Hankins cf 3 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 5 0 2 1
Klimchock 1b 5 1 2 1
Siebern lf 5 0 1 0
Throneberry rf 4 1 3 1
Sullivan c 4 1 2 0
Causey 3b 4 1 2 2
Bass p 3 0 0 0
  Archer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 15 6
Los Angeles 000 000 004481
Kansas City 000 212 01x6150
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Grba  L (3-4) 5.2 10 5 5 2 0
  Casale   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Morgan   2.0 5 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
15
6
6
2
2
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Bass  W (2-1) 8.0 7 4 4 2 1
  Archer  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
2

  E–Hunt (3).  2B–Los Angeles Averill (3,off Bass); Leek (5,off Bass); Bilko (2,off Archer), Kansas City Throneberry (2,off Grba).  HBP–Hunt (3,by Bass); Hankins (1,by Casale).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Hankins (4,off Grba); Bass (1,off Grba).  Team–11.  HBP–Casale (1,Hankins); Bass (2,Hunt).  U-HP–Joe Linsalata, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:18.  A–6,419.
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