Try this game in our Simulator
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Twins
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
June 16, 1961
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins, played on June 16, 1961 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 16, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 16, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Danny McDevitt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Larsen |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 22,925 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Runge 1B: Sam Carrigan 2B: Cal Drummond 3B: Joe Paparella |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
| Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
| Jose Valdivielso | Shortstop |
| Danny McDevitt | Pitcher |
| Cookie Lavagetto | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Jim Landis | Center Fielder |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
| Al Smith | Right Fielder |
| Andy Carey | Third Baseman |
| Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
| Sherm Lollar | Catcher |
| Don Larsen | Pitcher |
| Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Twins
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
June 16, 1961
Top 1
-
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Larsen
Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Larsen
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Larsen
Killebrew is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. McDevitt
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDevitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. McDevitt
Landis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. McDevitt
Minoso is hit by the pitch. Landis moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sievers vs. McDevitt
Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Landis moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. McDevitt
Smith takes first base on ball four. Landis scores. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carey vs. McDevitt
Carey takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fox vs. McDevitt
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Larsen
Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Lemon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allison vs. Larsen
Allison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landis throws the ball in to Aparicio who relays the ball to Fox who tags Allison trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Lemon scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Larsen
Battey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Larsen
Rollins hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valdivielso vs. Larsen
Valdivielso hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. McDevitt
Lollar is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Larsen vs. Ramos
Pedro Ramos now pitching.
Larsen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Ramos
Aparicio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Larsen moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Landis vs. Ramos
There goes Aparicio. The throw from Battey and he is safe. Aparicio steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Landis vs. Ramos
Landis hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Minoso vs. Ramos
Minoso hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Larsen
Ramos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Larsen
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Larsen
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Ramos
Sievers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ramos
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Ramos
Carey hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Ramos
Fox hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rollins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Larsen
Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Larsen
Lemon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Larsen
Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Larsen
Battey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rollins vs. Larsen
Rollins strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Ramos
Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larsen vs. Ramos
Larsen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Ramos
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdivielso vs. Larsen
Valdivielso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ramos vs. Larsen
Ramos bunts towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Fox covering, for the out. Valdivielso moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Larsen
Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Valdivielso scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Larsen
Green hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Larsen
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Twins, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Ramos
Landis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Ramos
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Ramos
Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Twins, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Larsen
Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Larsen
Allison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Larsen
Battey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Larsen
Rollins hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valdivielso vs. Larsen
Valdivielso hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Ramos
Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Ramos
Carey hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Ramos
Fox strikes out. View Play
Top 7
-
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Larsen
Ramos takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Larsen
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ramos moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Larsen
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ramos moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Kemmerer
Russ Kemmerer now pitching.
Killebrew hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lemon vs. Kemmerer
Lemon takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Allison vs. Kemmerer
Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ramos scores. Green scores. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Battey vs. Kemmerer
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Ramos
Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Ramos
Floyd Robinson pinch hits for Russ Kemmerer.
Robinson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Ramos
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Wynn
Early Wynn now pitching.
Rollins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valdivielso vs. Wynn
Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ramos vs. Wynn
Ramos strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Wynn
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Ramos
Landis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Ramos
Minoso strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Ramos
Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ramos
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Wynn
Green hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Wynn
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Wynn
Lemon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Wynn
Allison hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Twins, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Ramos
Bill Tuttle now playing center field. Lenny Green now playing left field.
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Ramos
Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lollar vs. Ramos
Lollar hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pilarcik vs. Ramos
Al Pilarcik pinch hits for Early Wynn.
Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 6/16/1961 -- Minnesota at Chicago (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Martin B, 2b 5 0 1 1 Aparicio L, ss 4 0 1 0
Green L, cf-lf 5 1 1 0 Landis J, cf 3 1 1 0
Killebrew H, 1b 5 1 2 1 Minoso M, lf 3 0 0 0
Lemon J, lf 4 2 2 1 Sievers R, 1b 3 0 1 0
Tuttle B, cf 0 0 0 0 Smith A, rf 3 0 0 0
Allison B, rf 4 0 2 3 Carey A, 3b 3 0 0 0
Battey E, c 3 0 1 0 Fox N, 2b 4 0 1 0
Rollins R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Lollar S, c 3 0 0 0
Valdivielso J, ss 3 1 0 0 Larsen D, p 2 0 0 0
McDevitt D, p 0 0 0 0 Kemmerer R, p 0 0 0 0
Ramos P, p 2 1 0 0 Robinson F, ph 1 0 0 0
Wynn E, p 0 0 0 0
Pilarcik A, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 10 6 30 1 4 0
Minnesota 010 011 201 -- 6
Chicago 100 000 000 -- 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
McDevitt D* 1.0 0 1 1 3 0
Ramos P (W) 8.0 4 0 0 1 4
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen D (L) 6.1 7 5 5 4 4
Kemmerer R 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Wynn E 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 2nd
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Chicago 8
2B -- Lemon J
HR -- Lemon J, Killebrew H
SB -- Aparicio L
SH -- Ramos P
HBP -- by McDevitt D (Minoso M), by McDevitt D (Lollar S)
PB -- Battey E
T -- 3:10
A -- 22925
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
