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Indians
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 26, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 26, 1961 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 26, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 26, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wynn Hawkins |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Frank Baumann |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 12,579 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Bob Stewart 2B: Charlie Berry 3B: Joe Linsalata |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| Bob Nieman | Left Fielder |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Wynn Hawkins | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Floyd Robinson | Right Fielder |
| Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
| Jim Landis | Center Fielder |
| Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Al Smith | Third Baseman |
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Sherm Lollar | Catcher |
| Frank Baumann | Pitcher |
| Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 26, 1961
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Baumann
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Baumann
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Baumann
Kirkland hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hawkins
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Hawkins
Fox hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple catches it and throws to first to double up Robinson. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Hawkins
Landis hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Baumann
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Baumann
Romano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Baumann
Phillips hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Baumann
Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Hawkins
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Hawkins
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hawkins
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Hawkins
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Baumann
Held hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Held reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hawkins vs. Baumann
Hawkins bunts towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Held moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Temple vs. Baumann
Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Held scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Baumann
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Baumann
Kirkland strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Hawkins
Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumann vs. Hawkins
Baumann hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hawkins
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Hawkins
Fox takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Landis vs. Hawkins
Landis takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to third. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sievers vs. Hawkins
Sievers is hit by the pitch. Robinson scores. Fox moves to third. Landis moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Minoso vs. Hawkins
Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. Landis scores. Sievers moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Locke
Bobby Locke now pitching.
Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Locke
Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lollar vs. Locke
Lollar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aparicio moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baumann vs. Locke
Baumann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Locke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Baumann
Nieman hits a popup towards first. Sievers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Baumann
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Baumann
Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romano moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Baumann
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Held vs. Baumann
Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Locke
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Locke
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Locke
Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Locke vs. Baumann
Locke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Baumann
Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Locke moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piersall vs. Baumann
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Locke scores. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkland vs. Baumann
Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to third. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Francona vs. Larsen
Don Larsen now pitching. Tito Francona pinch hits for Bob Nieman.
Francona takes first base on ball four. Temple scores. Piersall moves to third. Kirkland moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Romano vs. Larsen
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Piersall scores. Kirkland moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Phillips vs. Larsen
Phillips strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Locke
Tito Francona now playing left field.
Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Locke
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Locke
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Larsen
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Larsen
Held hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larsen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Locke vs. Larsen
Locke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Locke
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Locke
Lollar strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larsen vs. Locke
Larsen hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Locke
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Locke
There goes Robinson. The throw from Romano and he is safe. Robinson steals second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Locke
Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Larsen
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Larsen
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Larsen
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first, with Larsen covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Locke
Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Locke
Sievers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Locke
J.C. Martin pinch runs for Roy Sievers.
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held misplays the ball. That's an error on Held. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Locke
Smith hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Locke
Aparicio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Locke
Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Larsen
J.C. Martin now playing first base.
Francona takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romano vs. Larsen
Romano bunts towards the mound. Larsen fields it and throws to first for the out. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Phillips vs. Larsen
Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Francona scores. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Larsen
Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Martin, and towards Fox, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Held vs. Larsen
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larsen vs. Dailey
Bill Dailey now pitching.
Larsen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Dailey
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Dailey
Dailey fires to first and picks off Robinson. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Dailey
Fox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bond vs. Larsen
Walt Bond pinch hits for Bill Dailey.
Bond hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Larsen
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Larsen
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/26/1961 -- Cleveland at Chicago (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 5 1 2 1 Robinson F, rf 5 1 4 0
Piersall J, cf 5 1 1 1 Fox N, 2b 4 1 0 0
Kirkland W, rf 4 0 1 0 Landis J, cf 3 1 0 0
Nieman B, lf 2 0 0 0 Sievers R, 1b 2 1 0 1
Francona T, ph-lf 0 1 0 1 Martin J, pr-1b 0 1 0 0
Romano J, c 2 0 1 0 Minoso M, lf 4 2 2 2
Phillips B, 3b 4 0 2 1 Smith A, 3b 4 2 3 6
Power V, 1b 4 0 0 0 Aparicio L, ss 4 0 1 0
Held W, ss 4 1 1 0 Lollar S, c 4 0 1 0
Hawkins W, p 0 0 0 0 Baumann F, p 2 0 0 0
Locke B, p 2 1 1 0 Larsen D, p 2 1 2 1
Dailey B, p 0 0 0 0
Bond W, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 9 4 34 10 13 10
Cleveland 001 030 010 -- 5
Chicago 006 001 30x -- 10
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins W (L) 2.2 4 5 5 2 0
Locke B 4.1 8 5 4 1 1
Dailey B 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Baumann F* 4.0 8 4 4 1 1
Larsen D (W) 5.0 1 1 1 2 3
* Pitched to 4 batters in 5th
E -- Held W
DP -- Cleveland 3, Chicago 1
LOB -- Cleveland 6, Chicago 4
2B -- Held W
HR -- Smith A 2, Larsen D
SB -- Robinson F
CS -- Robinson F
SH -- Hawkins W, Romano J
HBP -- by Hawkins W (Sievers R)
T -- 2:36
A -- 12579
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