Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 19, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 2, Cleveland Indians 6

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 5 0 2 0
Shoemaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Stephens rf 5 1 1 0
  Hankins pr 0 0 0 0
Siebern 1b 4 1 3 0
Johnson lf 5 0 1 1
Causey 3b 4 0 2 0
Bryan c 4 0 1 1
Del Greco cf 3 0 0 0
Shaw p 1 0 0 0
  Rivera ph 1 0 1 0
  Rakow p 0 0 0 0
  Cipriani ph 1 0 0 0
  Kunkel p 0 0 0 0
  Lumpe ph 1 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 12 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cline cf 4 1 1 1
Francona lf 4 0 2 3
Power 2b 4 0 1 0
Held ss 4 0 1 0
Luplow rf 3 0 0 0
Jones 1b 3 1 2 1
Kubiszyn 3b 4 1 1 0
Thomas c 4 2 1 1
Bell p 4 1 2 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Kansas City 000 101 0002120
Cleveland 020 201 10x6112
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw  L (11-13) 4.0 8 4 4 2 1
  Rakow   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Kunkel   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Wickersham   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (11-15) 9.0 12 2 1 2 10
Totals
9.0
12
2
1
2
10

  E–Power (9), Thomas (2).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 1.  3B–Cleveland Cline (1,off Shaw).  HR–Cleveland Thomas (1,6th inning off Rakow 0 on, 0 out); Jones (1,7th inning off Kunkel 0 on, 2 out).  Team–8.  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Harry Schwarts, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:34.  A–2,976.
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