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New York Yankees @ Kansas City Athletics

1962-07-16 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 13795 · 81°F · 2:13

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Athletics 3–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 2nd. Whitey Ford earned the win and Jim Bouton picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
KC1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7

W: Whitey Ford L: Dan Pfister SV: Jim Bouton

Umpires — HP: Frank Umont · 1B: Bob Stewart · 2B: Bill McKinley · 3B: Nestor Chylak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Phil Linz	4	0	0	0	1	2
Bobby Richardson	5	1	2	0	0	0
Roger Maris	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mickey Mantle	4	0	1	1	0	1
Elston Howard	3	1	2	0	1	1
Bill Skowron	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hector Lopez	3	1	1	0	1	1
Clete Boyer	4	0	1	1	0	1
Whitey Ford	2	0	0	1	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Consolo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jerry Lumpe	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gino Cimoli	4	1	1	0	0	0
Norm Siebern	4	0	0	0	0	2
Manny Jimenez	4	0	2	1	0	0
Wayne Causey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bobby Del Greco	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dan Pfister	2	0	0	0	0	1
George Alusik	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Charles	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whitey Ford	8.2	7	1	6
Jim Bouton	0.1	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Pfister	8.0	7	4	7
Bob Giggie	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Phil Linz: K
Bobby Richardson: 53
Roger Maris: W
Mickey Mantle: 31

Bot 1

Billy Consolo: 8
Jerry Lumpe: 63
Gino Cimoli: 8

Top 2

Elston Howard: D/89
Bill Skowron: 13.2-3
Hector Lopez: W
Clete Boyer: FC4.B-2;1-3(E6);3-H(RBI)
Whitey Ford: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Phil Linz: 53

Bot 2

Norm Siebern: K/C
Manny Jimenez: 8
Wayne Causey: 3/G

Top 3

Bobby Richardson: D7
Roger Maris: 31.2-3
Mickey Mantle: S4/BG.3-H
Elston Howard: S6.1-2
Bill Skowron: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Haywood Sullivan: K/C
Bobby Del Greco: D/7LS
Dan Pfister: 13
Billy Consolo: K

Top 4

Hector Lopez: S8/G
Clete Boyer: S8/G.1-2
Whitey Ford: 54/SH.1-2;2-3
Phil Linz: W
Bobby Richardson: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Jerry Lumpe: 6
Gino Cimoli: 63
Norm Siebern: 6/7

Top 5

Roger Maris: 5/FL
Mickey Mantle: K
Elston Howard: K

Bot 5

Manny Jimenez: 9
Wayne Causey: S/78
Haywood Sullivan: 8/L
Bobby Del Greco: 8/8S

Top 6

Bill Skowron: 3/FL
Hector Lopez: K
Clete Boyer: K

Bot 6

Dan Pfister: K/C
Billy Consolo: 8
Jerry Lumpe: 9

Top 7

Whitey Ford: 63
Phil Linz: K
Bobby Richardson: S6
Roger Maris: 63

Bot 7

Gino Cimoli: 43
Norm Siebern: K
Manny Jimenez: S8/G
Wayne Causey: 43

Top 8

Mickey Mantle: 7/7D
Elston Howard: W
Bill Skowron: SB2
Bill Skowron: K
Hector Lopez: 6/7

Bot 8

Haywood Sullivan: S7/G
Bobby Del Greco: 7
George Alusik: S8/G.1-2
Billy Consolo: K/C
Jerry Lumpe: 43

Top 9

Clete Boyer: 4/9
Whitey Ford: 8
Phil Linz: E6/TH1
Bobby Richardson: 63

Bot 9

Gino Cimoli: T/78
Norm Siebern: 3/L
Manny Jimenez: S8.3-H
Wayne Causey: 3/G.1-2
Haywood Sullivan: DI.2-3
Haywood Sullivan: W
Ed Charles: 64(1)/FO

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