Braves @ Dodgers
September 16, 1961

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Bottom 11 R H E
Braves 7 11 1
Dodgers 7 15 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Braves 7 11 1
Dodgers 8 16 1

Ron Fairly Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .316
OBP .800 .441
At Bats 4 193
Hits 3 61
• Singles 1 37
• Doubles 2 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 43
RBI’s 3 37

Don McMahon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 7
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼ 10 ▲ ▼ 11 ▲ ▼
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - September 16, 1961
•
Single
Don McMahon
Joe Torre
Joe Adcock
Frank Bolling
Eddie Mathews
Felix Mantilla
Frank Thomas
Hank Aaron
Lee Maye
Ron Fairly
Maury Wills
Gil Hodges

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 7 11 1 7
Los Angeles Dodgers 8 16 1 8
Winning Pitcher Stan Williams
Losing Pitcher Don McMahon
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ron Fairly
Attendance 20,763
Time of Game 3 hours 38 minutes
View Box Score
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Fairly hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Wills moves to second.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Wills is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Williams bunts towards the mound. McMahon fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 11 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 McMahon strikes out. Roseboro drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws McMahon out.
Top 11 Maye strikes out.
Top 11 Bolling strikes out.
Bottom 10 Spencer hits a popup towards short. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 10 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 10 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 9 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Don McMahon now pitching. Felix Mantilla now playing shortstop. Frank Bolling now playing second base. Wills hits a line drive into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 9 Stan Williams now pitching. Aaron hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Maye scores. Mathews moves to second.
Top 9 Ron Perranoski now pitching. Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to home to get DeMerit. Maye moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Neil Chrisley pinch hits for Roy McMillan. Chrisley strikes out.
Top 9 John DeMerit pinch runs for Sammy White. Maye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DeMerit moves to third.
Top 9 Sammy White pinch hits for Don Nottebart. Gil Hodges now playing first base. White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Larker strikes out.
Bottom 8 Spencer hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mantilla hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Roseboro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Fairly trying to get to home. Aaron throws the ball in to Torre who tags Fairly who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moon bunts towards the mound. Nottebart fields it and throws to first for the out. Fairly moves to second.
Bottom 7 Don Nottebart now pitching. Fairly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Davis. Mathews reaches second base with a double. Spangler moves to third.
Top 7 McMillan strikes out.
Top 7 Maye strikes out.
Top 7 Wally Moon now playing left field. Tommy Davis now playing right field. Al Spangler pinch hits for Tony Cloninger. Spangler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wills bunts towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Turk Farrell now pitching. Mantilla strikes out.
Top 6 Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Torre reaches second base with a double. Mathews scores. Aaron goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Adcock strikes out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Top 6 Ron Fairly now playing center field. Tommy Davis now playing left field. Norm Larker now playing first base. Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cloninger fires to first and picks off Davis.
Bottom 5 Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tony Cloninger now pitching. Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Maye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mantilla scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Bob Buhl. The umpire calls a balk on Craig Torre scores. Mantilla moves to third.
Top 5 Mantilla hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Davis. Mantilla reaches second base with a double. Torre moves to third.
Top 5 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Spencer.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fairly hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Fairly reaches second base with a double. Wills scores. Gilliam goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 4 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews.
Bottom 4 Craig strikes out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adcock strikes out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Davis. The throw from Torre and he is out, Mantilla applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Roseboro takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Maye hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Buhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bob Buhl now pitching. Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. Fairly moves to third.
Bottom 2 Fairly takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Gilliam moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Wills reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Craig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a line drive into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mantilla hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a popup towards the mound. Craig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Aaron hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Howard scores. There goes Roseboro trying to get to third. Aaron throws the ball in to Mathews, who tags Roseboro for the out.
Bottom 1 Roseboro takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon moves to third.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Fairly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye. Fairly reaches second base with a double. Wills scores. There goes Gilliam trying to get to home. Maye throws the ball in to Mantilla who relays the ball to Torre, who tags Gilliam, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 1 Wills bunts towards the mound. Burdette fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Maye takes first base on ball four.