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Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
September 9, 1961 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Saturday, September 9, 1961 at Yankee Stadium |
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| Cleveland |
0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| New York |
0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 4 | – | 8 | 11 | 1 |
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| Cleveland Indians |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Grant |
8.0 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
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Stigman |
0.0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Funk L (11-10) |
0.2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.2 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
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| New York Yankees |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Sheldon |
6.0 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
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Arroyo W (14-3) |
3.0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
E–Grant (2), Gardner (11). DP–New York 1. 2B–New York Skowron (22,off Grant); Blanchard (7,off Funk). 3B–Cleveland Power (4,off Sheldon), New York Lopez (2,off Grant). HR–Cleveland Kirkland (24,6th inning off Sheldon 0 on, 1 out); Held (18,7th inning off Sheldon 0 on, 0 out), New York Blanchard (19,4th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out); Howard (17,6th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out); Maris (56,7th inning off Grant 0 on, 1 out). SH–Grant 2 (5,off Sheldon,off Arroyo); Temple (7,off Arroyo). IBB–Piersall (1,by Arroyo); Mantle (9,by Funk); Howard (5,by Funk). Team LOB–8. SF–Skowron (3,off Funk). Team–9. CS–Temple (5,2nd base by Sheldon/Howard). WP–Stigman (2). IBB–Funk 2 (6,Mantle,Howard); Arroyo (8,Piersall). U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Joe Linsalata, 3B–Bob Stewart. T–2:41. A–37,161. |
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| Game played on Saturday, September 9, 1961 at Yankee Stadium |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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