Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 20, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 5 1 2 0
Hankins rf 4 0 1 1
  Cipriani ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Causey 3b 4 0 1 0
Siebern 1b 4 0 2 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Bryan c 3 0 0 0
Shoemaker 2b 3 2 2 0
Del Greco cf 4 1 1 2
Bass p 4 0 2 1
Totals 36 4 11 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cline cf 4 0 1 0
Dillard lf 4 1 1 1
Power 2b 4 0 0 0
Held ss 3 1 1 0
Romano c 4 0 2 0
Jones 1b 4 0 0 0
Bond rf 3 0 2 0
Kubiszyn 3b 3 0 1 0
  Kirkland ph 1 0 0 0
Latman p 2 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 1
Kansas City 001 000 1024112
Cleveland 000 100 010280
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Bass  W (9-11) 9.0 8 2 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Latman   7.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Allen  L (3-2) 1.1 3 2 2 2 3
  Schaffernoth   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
5

  E–Hankins (3), Del Greco (3).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Cline (1,off Bass).  HR–Kansas City Del Greco (5,9th inning off Allen 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Dillard (7,8th inning off Bass 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  WP–Bass (3), Latman (6).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Harry Schwarts, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:21.  A–2,632.
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