New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
June 20, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Athletics 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 3b 4 1 0 0
Kubek ss 4 0 1 1
Maris rf 5 1 1 1
Mantle cf 4 1 2 1
Howard c 3 1 2 0
Skowron 1b 4 0 1 2
Cerv lf 4 0 0 0
Richardson 2b 4 1 2 0
Stafford p 2 1 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 0 1 0
Bertoia 3b 5 0 1 0
Stephens cf 1 0 0 0
  Rivera ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Siebern 1b 3 0 1 0
Covington rf 4 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 4 2 2 0
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
Pignatano c 2 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0
Nuxhall p 2 0 2 2
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Kunkel p 0 0 0 0
  Prescott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
New York 003 030 000691
Kansas City 010 100 000281
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stafford  W (5-3) 7.0 8 2 2 4 3
  Coates  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L (4-3) 4.0 8 6 5 3 2
  Ditmar   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Walker   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Kunkel   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
4
2

  E–Mantle (2), D Johnson (1).  DP–New York 2, Kansas City 1.  PB–Pignatano (4).  2B–New York Richardson (5,off Nuxhall); Skowron (11,off Nuxhall); Kubek (17,off Kunkel), Kansas City Lumpe (9,off Stafford); Nuxhall (1,off Stafford); Siebern (13,off Stafford).  3B–Kansas City Nuxhall (1,off Stafford).  HR–New York Maris (26,5th inning off Nuxhall 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Stafford (1,off Nuxhall).  SF–Kubek (3,off Nuxhall).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U-HP–Sam Carrigan, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:37.  A–19,928.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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