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1961 Red Sox-Yankees 10/1 Called by Phil Rizzuto Red Barber and Mel Allen There is but one run scored in this game. It is Roger Maris' 61st home run, breaking Babe Ruth's fabled record. Also included in this presentation is Roger's 60th home run, on 9/26/61. Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org They have a fantastic website, be sure to check it out. |
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BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
NY A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 1 5 0
BATTING
Boston Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Schilling 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 2
Geiger cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinton rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Gile 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nixon c 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Green ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
Stallard p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Jensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nichols p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 30 0 4 0 1 9 24 5
FIELDING -
PB: Nixon (11).
BATTING -
3B: Nixon (2,off Stafford).
SH: Stallard (4,off Stafford).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Geiger (16,2nd base off Stafford/Howard).
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Richardson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Kubek ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 4
Maris cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 0
Berra lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lopez lf,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Blanchard rf,c 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Howard c 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
Reed lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Skowron 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Hale 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Stafford p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Reniff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tresh ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1 1 5 27 8
BATTING -
HR: Maris (61,4th inning off Stallard 0 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Stallard L(2-7) 7 5 1 1 1 5 1 27
Nichols 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 8 5 1 1 1 5 1 30
WP: Stallard (3).
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Stafford W(14-9) 6 3 0 0 1 7 0 22
Reniff 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Arroyo SV(29) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Totals 9 4 0 0 1 9 0 32
Umpires: HP - Bill Kinnamon, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Al Salerno