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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Athletics

1962-09-23 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 7561 · 73°F, sunny · 2:09

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Athletics 3–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Hank Aguirre earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Hank Aguirre L: Dan Pfister SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Drummond · 1B: Larry Napp · 2B: Harry Schwarts · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chico Fernandez	4	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Bruton	4	1	1	0	1	0
Al Kaline	5	1	2	0	0	2
Rocky Colavito	2	0	0	0	2	0
Norm Cash	3	1	0	0	1	1
Dick McAuliffe	4	0	1	2	0	0
Steve Boros	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Brown	2	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Aguirre	3	0	0	0	0	3
Vic Wertz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Aguirre	9.0	6	1	2

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Pfister	8.0	4	6	4
John Wyatt	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chico Fernandez: 53
Bill Bruton: S5/G5S
Al Kaline: S8.1-2
Rocky Colavito: W.2-3;1-2
Norm Cash: K/C
Dick McAuliffe: S8/F78S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Steve Boros: 2/FL

Bot 1

Bobby Del Greco: W
Gino Cimoli: 7
Jerry Lumpe: 64(1)/FO
Norm Siebern: 3/G

Top 2

Dick Brown: 7/L
Hank Aguirre: K
Chico Fernandez: 7/L

Bot 2

Ed Charles: 9/F
Bill Kern: 53
Wayne Causey: 7

Top 3

Bill Bruton: 8
Al Kaline: K
Rocky Colavito: 4/L

Bot 3

Haywood Sullivan: K
Dan Pfister: 3/P3F/FL
Bobby Del Greco: S7/7L
Gino Cimoli: 7!/F78XD

Top 4

Norm Cash: 6/P7LS
Dick McAuliffe: 43/G4
Steve Boros: 53/G5

Bot 4

Jerry Lumpe: S4/G34D.B-2(E4/TH1)
Norm Siebern: 8/F89XD.2-3
Ed Charles: S7.3-H(UR)
Bill Kern: 9/L89
Wayne Causey: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Top 5

Dick Brown: 3/P3L
Hank Aguirre: K23
Chico Fernandez: 63/G6

Bot 5

Haywood Sullivan: K
Dan Pfister: 63/G6
Bobby Del Greco: 7/L7LD

Top 6

Bill Bruton: 8/F8S
Al Kaline: D7/L7LS
Rocky Colavito: W
Norm Cash: 9/F9D/TH3
Dick McAuliffe: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Gino Cimoli: 9/F9D
Jerry Lumpe: 4/P4D
Norm Siebern: 8/F8XD

Top 7

Steve Boros: 53/G5L
Dick Brown: W
Hank Aguirre: 3/BG/SH.1-2
Chico Fernandez: W
Bill Bruton: 7

Bot 7

Ed Charles: 2/FL
Bill Kern: S8
Wayne Causey: 46(1)/FO
Billy Bryan: 46(1)/FO

Top 8

Al Kaline: 53
Rocky Colavito: 53
Norm Cash: W
Dick McAuliffe: SB2
Dick McAuliffe: E5/TH1/G.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Steve Boros: W
Vic Wertz: 5

Bot 8

George Alusik: 53
Bobby Del Greco: S7
Gino Cimoli: 9
Jerry Lumpe: 13

Top 9

Hank Aguirre: K/C
Chico Fernandez: 3/FL
Bill Bruton: W
Al Kaline: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Al Kaline: K

Bot 9

Norm Siebern: 8/F8
Ed Charles: S7
Bill Kern: 2/FL
Wayne Causey: 7/F7L

Notes & reviews

Nobody covered 1B to catch McAuliffe's throw

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