Kansas City Athletics vs New York Yankees
June 9, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 6, New York Yankees 8

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 5 0 1 0
Bauer rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Stephens cf 3 2 2 1
  Sullivan ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Siebern 1b 3 2 2 0
Pignatano c 3 0 0 0
Posada lf,cf 3 1 1 3
Bertoia 2b 3 0 1 1
Carey 3b 4 1 1 0
Herbert p 3 0 1 0
  Kunkel p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen ph 1 0 1 1
  Pilarcik pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 3b 5 0 0 0
Kubek ss 5 3 3 0
Maris rf 4 2 2 2
Mantle cf 2 2 2 4
Berra lf 4 0 0 0
Skowron 1b 4 0 1 0
Howard c 4 0 1 0
Richardson 2b 4 1 1 0
Coates p 1 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 10 6
Kansas City 100 202 0016111
New York 013 010 21x8100
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L (3-6) 6.0 9 7 6 3 5
  Kunkel   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Coates   5.2 8 5 5 2 2
  Arroyo  W (2-2) 3.1 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
5

  E–Stephens (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Skowron (9,off Herbert); Kubek 2 (15,off Herbert 2).  3B–Kansas City Carey (2,off Arroyo), New York Richardson (2,off Kunkel).  HR–Kansas City Stephens (1,1st inning off Coates 0 on, 2 out); Posada (4,6th inning off Coates 1 on, 2 out), New York Mantle (16,3rd inning off Herbert 2 on, 2 out); Maris (18,7th inning off Herbert 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Pignatano (4,off Coates); Arroyo (1,off Herbert).  SF–Posada (3,off Coates).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  CS–Howser (4,2nd base by Coates/Howard).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Joe Linsalata, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:34.  A–22,418.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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