Reds @ Braves
May 5, 1961

Back Home

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Reds	0	2	1
Braves	1	2	1

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Reds	0	2	1
Braves	1	2	1

Hank Aaron Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.365
OBP	.000	.388
At Bats	0	63
Hits	0	23
• Singles	0	13
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	3
RBI’s	0	17

Bob Purkey Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	1	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Close

County Stadium - May 5, 1961

•

Out

Bob Purkey

Jerry Zimmerman

Gordy Coleman

Don Blasingame

Gene Freese

Leo Cardenas

Frank Robinson

Vada Pinson

Gus Bell

Hank Aaron

Eddie Mathews

Frank Bolling

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Return to all plays in text

PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Bolling moves to third. Mathews moves to second.

Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.

Bottom 1 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maye scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 1 There goes Maye. The throw from Zimmerman and he is safe. Maye steals second.

Bottom 1 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame misplays the ball. That's an error on Blasingame.

Top 1 Freese hits a line drive towards the mound. Burdette reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Bell moves to third. Robinson moves to second.

Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.

Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.

Copyright © 2010-2025 by Back To Baseball, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org

Back To Baseball makes no guarantees of accuracy for the information that is supplied.

We have chosen images from the Wikimedia Commons which we believe are in the public domain or under a creative commons license. If you believe we are using an image inappropriately, please contact us for prompt removal.

Questions? Comments? Contact us at info@backtobaseball.com