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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 20, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Athletics, played on September 20, 1961 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Norm Bass |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Barry Latman |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 2,632 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Johnny Stevens 1B: Harry Schwarts 2B: John Rice 3B: Larry Napp |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Howser | Shortstop |
| Jay Hankins | Right Fielder |
| Wayne Causey | Third Baseman |
| Norm Siebern | First Baseman |
| Deron Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Billy Bryan | Catcher |
| Charlie Shoemaker | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Norm Bass | Pitcher |
| Hank Bauer | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ty Cline | Center Fielder |
| Don Dillard | Left Fielder |
| Vic Power | Second Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Hal Jones | First Baseman |
| Walt Bond | Right Fielder |
| Jack Kubiszyn | Third Baseman |
| Barry Latman | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 20, 1961
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Latman
Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hankins vs. Latman
Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Latman
Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Latman
Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Causey moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Latman
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Bass
Cline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hankins. Cline reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dillard vs. Bass
There's a wild pitch. Cline moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dillard vs. Bass
Dillard strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Power vs. Bass
Power strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Held vs. Bass
Held strikes out. Bryan drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Held out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryan vs. Latman
Bryan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Latman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoemaker vs. Latman
Shoemaker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubiszyn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Latman
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubiszyn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Bass
Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Bass
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bond vs. Bass
Bond hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bass vs. Latman
Bass strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Latman
Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hankins vs. Latman
There's a wild pitch. Howser moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hankins vs. Latman
Hankins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howser scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Latman
Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubiszyn vs. Bass
Kubiszyn hits a line driveHankins throws the ball in to Causey who tags Kubiszyn trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Latman vs. Bass
Latman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Bass
Cline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Latman
Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Dillard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Latman
Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryan vs. Latman
Bryan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shoemaker vs. Latman
Shoemaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bryan moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Del Greco vs. Latman
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubiszyn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillard vs. Bass
Dillard hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Bass
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Bass
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romano vs. Bass
Romano hits a line drive into center field. Del Greco picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Del Greco. Held goes all the way around to score. Romano moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Bass
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bass vs. Latman
Bass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Latman
Howser hits a popup, foul, towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hankins vs. Latman
Hankins strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bond vs. Bass
Bond takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubiszyn vs. Bass
Kubiszyn hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Latman vs. Bass
Latman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cline vs. Bass
Cline hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Latman
Causey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kubiszyn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Latman
Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Latman
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillard vs. Bass
Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Bass
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Bass
Held hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryan vs. Latman
Bryan hits a fly ball into right field. Bond settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoemaker vs. Latman
Shoemaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Latman
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shoemaker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bass vs. Latman
Bass hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shoemaker scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howser vs. Latman
Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Bass
Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Bass
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shoemaker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bond vs. Bass
Bond hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kubiszyn vs. Bass
Kubiszyn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Francona vs. Bass
Tito Francona pinch hits for Barry Latman.
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Howser fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hankins vs. Allen
Bob Allen now pitching.
Hankins strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Allen
Causey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Allen
Siebern strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Allen
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Bond settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Bass
Cline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillard vs. Bass
Dillard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Bass
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Bass
Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romano vs. Bass
Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryan vs. Allen
Bryan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoemaker vs. Allen
Shoemaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Allen
Del Greco hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bass vs. Allen
Bass hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howser vs. Allen
Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bass moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cipriani vs. Schaffernoth
Joe Schaffernoth now pitching. Frank Cipriani pinch hits for Jay Hankins.
Cipriani hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. Bass moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Causey vs. Schaffernoth
Causey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Bass
Frank Cipriani now playing right field.
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Cipriani settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bond vs. Bass
Bond hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Bass
Willie Kirkland pinch hits for Jack Kubiszyn.
Kirkland hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nieman vs. Bass
Bob Nieman pinch hits for Joe Schaffernoth.
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bass fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1961 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Howser D, ss 5 1 2 0 Cline T, cf 4 0 1 0
Hankins J, rf 4 0 1 1 Dillard D, lf 4 1 1 1
Cipriani F, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Power V, 2b 4 0 0 0
Causey W, 3b 4 0 1 0 Held W, ss 3 1 1 0
Siebern N, 1b 4 0 2 0 Romano J, c 4 0 2 0
Johnson D, lf 4 0 0 0 Jones H, 1b 4 0 0 0
Bryan B, c 3 0 0 0 Bond W, rf 3 0 2 0
Shoemaker C, 2b 3 2 2 0 Kubiszyn J, 3b 3 0 1 0
Del Greco B, cf 4 1 1 2 Kirkland W, ph 1 0 0 0
Bass N, p 4 0 2 1 Latman B, p 2 0 0 0
Francona T, ph 1 0 0 0
Allen B, p 0 0 0 0
Schaffernoth J, p 0 0 0 0
Nieman B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 11 4 34 2 8 1
Kansas City 001 000 102 -- 4
Cleveland 000 100 010 -- 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Bass N (W) 9.0 8 2 1 2 3
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Latman B 7.0 8 2 2 1 2
Allen B (L) 1.1 3 2 2 2 3
Schaffernoth J 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Hankins J, Del Greco B
DP -- Cleveland 2
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Cleveland 7
2B -- Cline T
HR -- Dillard D, Del Greco B
WP -- Bass N, Latman B
T -- 2:21
A -- 2632
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