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Tigers
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
May 27, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 27, 1961 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Angels
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Angels |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Phil Regan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ken McBride |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 9,870 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Hurley 1B: Jim Honochick 2B: Bill Kinnamon 3B: Red Flaherty |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Chico Fernandez | Shortstop |
| Phil Regan | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
Los Angeles Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rocky Bridges | Shortstop |
| Lee Thomas | Right Fielder |
| Leon Wagner | Left Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Ken Hunt | Center Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Catcher |
| Gene Leek | Third Baseman |
| Ken Aspromonte | Second Baseman |
| Ken McBride | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
May 27, 1961
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. McBride
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McBride
Bruton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. McBride
Averill fires to first and picks off Bruton. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. McBride
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. McBride
Colavito takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. McBride
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Regan
Bridges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Regan
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Regan
Wagner takes first base on ball four. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Regan
Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. Bridges moves to third. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hunt vs. Regan
Hunt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Hunt reaches second base with a double. Bridges scores. Wagner scores. Kluszewski moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Averill vs. Regan
Averill hits a fly ball towards center. Bruton catches it and throws to Cash who throws to third to double up Hunt. Kluszewski tags and scores. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. McBride
Boros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. McBride
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. McBride
Fernandez strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Regan vs. McBride
Regan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Regan
Leek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Regan
Aspromonte strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Regan
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. McBride
Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McBride
Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. McBride
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Regan
Bridges is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Regan
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood misplays the ball. That's an error on Wood. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Regan
Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Regan
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. McBride
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. McBride
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. McBride
Boros strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. McBride
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fernandez vs. McBride
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McBride fields it and throws to home to get Cash. Brown moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Regan
Hunt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Hunt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Regan
The ball gets by Brown for a passed ball. Hunt moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Averill vs. Regan
Averill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leek vs. Regan
Leek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunt scores. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aspromonte vs. Regan
Aspromonte hits a fly ball towards left. Colavito catches it and throws to second to double up Averill. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Regan
McBride strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Regan vs. McBride
Regan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. McBride
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McBride
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Regan
Bridges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Regan
Thomas bunts towards the mound. Regan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wagner vs. Regan
Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Regan
Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Bruce
Bob Bruce now pitching.
Hunt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Bruce
Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leek vs. Bruce
Leek bunts towards the mound. Bruce fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aspromonte vs. Bruce
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. McBride
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. McBride
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. McBride
Cash hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Bruce
McBride hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Bruce
Bridges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Bruce
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Bruce
Wagner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Bruce
Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. Bridges moves to third. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hunt vs. Bruce
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. McBride
Boros hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McBride
Brown hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas. Brown reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fernandez vs. McBride
Fernandez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxwell vs. McBride
Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Bob Bruce.
Maxwell strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wood vs. McBride
Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Donohue
Jim Donohue now pitching.
Averill is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Donohue
Leek is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Donohue
Aspromonte hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Kaline chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards first. Cash fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Cash. Aspromonte moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McBride vs. Donohue
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fernandez. Aspromonte scores. McBride moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bridges vs. Donohue
Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McBride scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Donohue
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McBride
Bruton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. McBride
Kaline is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. McBride
Bubba Morton pinch runs for Al Kaline.
Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. McBride
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McBride fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Donohue
Bubba Morton now playing right field. Mike Roarke now catching.
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donohue fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Donohue
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Donohue
Hunt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kluszewski moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Averill vs. Donohue
Averill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leek vs. Donohue
Leek is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. McBride
Boros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roarke vs. McBride
Roarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boros moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. McBride
Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Osborne vs. McBride
Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Jim Donohue.
Osborne hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wood vs. McBride
Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt 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 5/27/1961 -- Detroit at Los Angeles (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Wood J, 2b 5 0 0 0 Bridges R, ss 2 2 1 1
Bruton B, cf 3 1 1 1 Thomas L, rf 5 1 1 0
Kaline A, rf 2 0 0 0 Wagner L, lf 4 1 1 0
Morton B, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Kluszewski T, 1b 3 2 2 3
Colavito R, lf 2 0 0 0 Hunt K, cf 5 2 4 3
Cash N, 1b 4 0 0 0 Averill E, c 3 0 1 1
Boros S, 3b 3 0 1 0 Leek G, 3b 5 0 2 1
Brown D, c 3 0 2 0 Aspromonte K, 2b 4 1 1 0
Roarke M, c 1 0 1 0 McBride K, p 4 1 0 0
Fernandez C, ss 3 0 0 0
Regan P, p 2 0 0 0
Bruce B, p 0 0 0 0
Maxwell C, ph 1 0 0 0
Donohue J, p 0 0 0 0
Osborne B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 5 1 35 10 13 9
Detroit 000 000 010 -- 1
Los Angeles 300 140 20x -- 10
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Regan P (L) 4.1 5 7 7 5 3
Bruce B 1.2 4 1 1 2 0
Donohue J 2.0 4 2 0 0 3
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
McBride K (W) 9.0 5 1 1 6 6
E -- Wood J, Cash N, Fernandez C
DP -- Detroit 3, Los Angeles 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, Los Angeles 9
2B -- Hunt K 2, Brown D, Aspromonte K
HR -- Kluszewski T, Hunt K, Bruton B
SF -- Averill E
HBP -- by McBride K (Kaline A)
PB -- Brown D
T -- 2:53
A -- 9870
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