New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
June 2, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1961 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 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

New York Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Kubek ss 3 0 1 1
Maris rf 4 1 1 2
Mantle cf 3 0 0 0
Berra lf 3 2 2 2
Skowron 1b 4 1 1 0
Howard c 4 0 1 1
Richardson 2b 4 1 1 0
Ford p 4 1 1 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0
Fox 2b 3 0 1 0
Smith 3b 3 1 2 2
Sievers 1b 4 0 0 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 0
Covington rf 4 0 0 0
Landis cf 4 0 1 0
Lollar c 4 0 0 0
McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Roselli ph 1 0 1 0
  Kemmerer p 1 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
  Hacker p 0 0 0 0
  Esposito ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
New York 013 101 000691
Chicago 200 000 000270
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W (7-2) 9.0 7 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  L (2-6) 3.0 4 4 4 0 3
  Kemmerer   4.0 5 2 2 1 1
  Hacker   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
2
5

  E–Maris (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–New York Kubek (11,off Kemmerer); Skowron (8,off Kemmerer).  3B–Chicago Minoso (1,off Ford).  HR–New York Berra 2 (8,2nd inning off McLish 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Kemmerer 0 on, 0 out); Maris (13,3rd inning off McLish 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Smith (10,1st inning off Ford 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Kubek (2,off McLish).  Team LOB–3.  Team–8.  CS–Howard (1,2nd base by Kemmerer/Lollar).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:06.  A–38,410.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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