Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 12, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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Detroit Tigers 17, Minnesota Twins 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 1 1 0
Bruton cf 5 3 2 1
Kaline rf 4 1 1 1
  Morton pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Colavito lf 5 3 4 3
Cash 1b 4 4 2 4
McAuliffe 3b 4 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 6 1 4 5
Roarke c 4 0 0 0
Bunning p 6 2 2 2
Totals 43 17 17 16
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 3 1 1 0
Martin 2b 4 0 1 1
Altobelli 1b 4 0 1 0
Allison rf 3 0 1 0
Becquer lf 4 1 0 0
Battey c 4 0 1 0
Tuttle 3b 3 1 0 0
Versalles ss 4 0 1 2
Lee p 1 0 0 0
  McDevitt p 1 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 0 0
  Stobbs p 0 0 0 0
  Pleis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Detroit 020 600 05417170
Minnesota 020 010 000361
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (14-8) 9.0 6 3 3 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L (3-4) 3.2 8 8 8 2 3
  McDevitt   3.1 2 0 0 3 0
  Stobbs   0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Pleis   2.0 5 5 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
17
17
16
10
5

  E–Tuttle (12).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Colavito (24,off Lee); Bunning (1,off Lee); Kaline (30,off Pleis); Cash (17,off Pleis), Minnesota Versalles (20,off Bunning).  3B–Minnesota Green (5,off Bunning).  HR–Detroit Cash (29,2nd inning off Lee 1 on, 0 out).  SH–McAuliffe (1,off McDevitt).  IBB–Colavito (1,by Pleis).  Team LOB–10.  Team–5.  WP–Stobbs (1).  IBB–Pleis (5,Colavito).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Harry Schwarts.  T–2:53.  A–28,871.
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