Kansas City Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 13, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1961 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Kansas City Athletics 0, Detroit Tigers 8

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 3 0 0 0
Rivera rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Siebern 1b 3 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 3 0
Causey 3b 4 0 1 0
Del Greco cf 3 0 0 0
  Nuxhall ph 0 0 0 0
Pignatano c 3 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 1 0 0 0
Archer p 1 0 0 0
  Bryan ph 1 0 0 0
  Pfister p 0 0 0 0
  Shoemaker ph 1 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 1
Bruton cf 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 2 2 0
Colavito lf 4 1 1 3
Cash 1b 3 2 1 1
Boros 3b 2 1 0 0
Brown c 3 0 1 2
Wood 2b 3 1 1 1
Bunning p 4 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 8 8
Kansas City 000 000 000050
Detroit 001 340 00x880
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Archer  L (8-13) 4.0 4 4 4 2 2
  Pfister   2.0 4 4 4 2 3
  Wyatt   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
5
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (16-11) 9.0 5 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
6

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Lumpe (28,off Bunning), Detroit Brown (8,off Archer); Fernandez (13,off Pfister).  3B–Detroit Wood (12,off Archer).  HR–Detroit Colavito (42,5th inning off Pfister 2 on, 1 out); Cash (35,5th inning off Pfister 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Fernandez (1,off Archer); Wood (4,off Archer).  Team–5.  WP–Pfister (1).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Harry Schwarts, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:25.  A–2,785.
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