Los Angeles Angels vs Minnesota Twins
September 14, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins 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 1, Minnesota Twins 3

Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 1 1 0
Koppe 2b 4 0 2 0
Thomas G. cf 4 0 0 0
Hunt rf 3 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomas L. lf 3 0 0 0
Sadowski c 3 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 3 0 0 0
McBride p 2 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Spring p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Duren p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Martin 2b 3 1 0 0
Killebrew 1b 2 0 0 0
Altobelli lf 3 0 1 1
  Lemon ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdivielso 3b 0 0 0 0
Allison rf 4 0 0 1
Battey c 3 0 1 0
Tuttle 3b,cf 4 0 0 0
Versalles ss 3 1 1 0
Kaat p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Los Angeles 100 000 000132
Minnesota 000 002 10x350
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
McBride  L (12-13) 6.1 5 3 3 2 9
  Fowler   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Spring   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Duren   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
4
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  W (8-15) 9.0 3 1 1 2 10
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
10

  E–Hunt (12), Fregosi (1).  3B–Minnesota Green (7,off McBride).  SH–Versalles (4,off McBride); Kaat (3,off McBride).  Team–8.  SB–Versalles (15,3rd base off McBride/Sadowski).  WP–Kaat (9).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:23.  A–1,605.
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