Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
September 22, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1961 at Municipal 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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Cleveland Indians 3, Kansas City Athletics 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cline cf 3 0 1 0
Francona lf 3 0 0 0
Power 2b 3 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 4 1 2 2
Romano c 4 0 0 0
Held ss 4 0 0 0
Jones 1b 3 0 0 0
Kubiszyn 3b 2 0 0 0
  Bond ph 1 1 1 0
  de la Hoz 3b 0 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
  Dillard ph 0 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 1
  Funk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 3 0 0 0
Causey 3b 3 1 1 1
Lumpe 2b 4 0 2 1
Siebern 1b 2 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 1 0 0
Bryan c 3 1 0 0
  Sullivan c 0 0 0 0
Posada rf 4 0 1 2
  Hankins rf 0 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 2 1 0 0
Walker p 2 0 0 0
  Archer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 5 4
Cleveland 000 000 210340
Kansas City 000 112 00x450
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (10-16) 6.0 4 4 4 6 5
  Locke   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Funk   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
7
9
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Walker  W (8-13) 7.0 4 3 3 2 3
  Archer  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Bryan (1).  2B–Cleveland Bond (1,off Walker), Kansas City Causey (14,off Perry).  3B–Kansas City Posada (4,off Perry).  HR–Cleveland Kirkland (25,7th inning off Walker 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Causey (4,off Perry).  Team–7.  WP–Locke (4).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Joe Linsalata.  T–2:03.  A–3,383.
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