Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 18, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1960 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Athletics 2, Cleveland Indians 9

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hamlin ss 4 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 2 1 1 0
Snyder rf 4 1 1 0
Siebern 1b 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 2
Carey 3b 4 0 1 0
Kravitz c 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lumpe ph 1 0 0 0
  Boak 2b 0 0 0 0
Kucks p 2 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Delsing ph 1 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Aspromonte 2b 4 2 2 0
Francona lf 5 1 3 0
  Phillips lf 0 0 0 0
Cline cf 4 0 0 0
  Piersall cf 0 0 0 0
Bond rf 5 1 2 3
Power 1b 4 2 3 0
Held ss 4 1 2 0
de la Hoz 3b 4 1 0 0
Wilson c 3 1 1 2
Latman p 4 0 1 1
Totals 37 9 14 6
Kansas City 000 002 000243
Cleveland 100 250 01x9141
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks  L (4-10) 4.1 9 7 4 2 1
  Reed   1.2 2 1 0 0 1
  Wickersham   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
5
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Latman  W (7-5) 9.0 4 2 2 3 9
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
9

  E–Siebern (10), B Johnson 2 (7), de la Hoz (10).  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Wilson (7).  2B–Cleveland Bond (2,off Kucks); Francona (33,off Wickersham).  HR–Cleveland Bond (5,5th inning off Kucks 1 on, 1 out); Wilson (2,5th inning off Reed 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Cline (1,off Kucks).  IBB–Wilson (2,by Kucks).  Team–7.  WP–Kucks (2), Latman (5).  BK–Wickersham (1).  IBB–Kucks (2,Wilson).  U-HP–Harry Schwarts, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:23.  A–5,918.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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