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Tigers
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
September 22, 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 September 22, 1961 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 22, 1961 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Los Angeles Angels
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 22, 1961 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Los Angeles Angels |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frank Lary |
Home Starting Pitcher | Eli Grba |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Los Angeles |
State | CA |
Attendance | 5,792 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Cal Drummond 1B: Joe Paparella 2B: Ed Runge 3B: Sam Carrigan |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Shortstop |
Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
Dick Brown | Catcher |
Frank Lary | Pitcher |
Bob Scheffing | Manager |
Los Angeles Angels Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rocky Bridges | Second Baseman |
Chuck Tanner | Right Fielder |
Lee Thomas | First Baseman |
Leon Wagner | Left Fielder |
George Thomas | Center Fielder |
Buck Rodgers | Catcher |
Tom Satriano | Third Baseman |
Jim Fregosi | Shortstop |
Eli Grba | Pitcher |
Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
September 22, 1961
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Grba
McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Grba
Bruton strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Grba
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grba juggles the ball. That's an error on Grba. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Grba
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Grba
Cash strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Lary
Bridges hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Lary
Tanner 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 -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Lary
Wagner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Grba
Boros hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Grba
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fregosi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Grba
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fregosi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. Lary
Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball and throws to Lary covering. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Satriano vs. Lary
Satriano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rodgers moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fregosi vs. Lary
Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe misplays the ball. That's an error on McAuliffe. Rodgers scores. Satriano moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grba vs. Lary
Grba hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Satriano trying to get to home. Colavito throws the ball in to Brown who tags Satriano, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Fregosi moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bridges vs. Lary
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Fregosi scores. Bridges moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tanner vs. Lary
Tanner strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Grba
Lary hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Grba
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Grba
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Grba
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fregosi misplays the ball. That's an error on Fregosi. McAuliffe moves to third. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Colavito vs. Grba
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Satriano juggles the ball. That's an error on Satriano. McAuliffe scores. Bruton moves to third. Kaline moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cash vs. Grba
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it and throws to second for the out. Bruton scores. Kaline moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boros vs. Grba
Boros is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas strikes out. Brown drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Thomas out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Lary
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodgers vs. Lary
Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McAuliffe fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Grba
Wood hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Grba
Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Grba
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fregosi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Grba
McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Grba
Bruton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Bruton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Grba
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Grba
Colavito hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Satriano vs. Lary
Satriano strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fregosi vs. Lary
Fregosi hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grba vs. Lary
Grba hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Grba
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Grba
Boros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Grba
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Satriano fields it and throws to first for the out. Boros moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Grba
Brown is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lary vs. Grba
Lary hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Lary
Bridges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Lary
Tanner hits a popup towards short. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Grba
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Grba
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Grba
Kaline hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Grba
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Grba
Cash hits a popup towards short. Fregosi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Lary
Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodgers vs. Lary
Rodgers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Satriano vs. Lary
Satriano hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Lary
Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Jim Fregosi.
Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Grba
Joe Koppe now playing shortstop.
Boros hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Grba
Wood hits a line drive towards short. Koppe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Grba
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Lary
Albie Pearson pinch hits for Eli Grba.
Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Lary
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tanner vs. Lary
Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Morgan
Tom Morgan now pitching. Albie Pearson now playing right field. Steve Bilko now playing first base.
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Morgan
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Morgan
Bruton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Morgan
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Koppe. Bruton goes all the way around to score. Kaline moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Colavito vs. Morgan
Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Lary
Wagner is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Lary
Thomas hits a popup towards short. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. Lary
Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Morgan
Cash hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Morgan
Boros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Morgan
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Morgan
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Satriano vs. Lary
Satriano strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Lary
Koppe strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Lary
Pearson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Lary
Ken Hunt pinch hits for Rocky Bridges.
Hunt is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/22/1961 -- Detroit at Los Angeles (N) Detroit AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI McAuliffe D, ss 5 2 3 1 Bridges R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Bruton B, cf 4 2 1 0 Hunt K, ph 1 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 4 1 1 1 Tanner C, rf 4 0 0 0 Colavito R, lf 4 0 0 1 Morgan T, p 0 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 5 0 0 1 Thomas L, 1b 4 1 1 0 Boros S, 3b 3 0 0 0 Bilko S, 1b 0 0 0 0 Wood J, 2b 5 0 0 0 Wagner L, lf 4 1 2 2 Brown D, c 4 1 1 1 Thomas G, cf 4 0 1 0 Lary F, p 4 0 0 0 Rodgers B, c 4 1 2 0 Satriano T, 3b 4 0 1 0 Fregosi J, ss 2 1 0 1 Kluszewski T, ph 1 0 0 0 Koppe J, ss 1 0 0 0 Grba E, p 2 0 1 0 Pearson A, ph-rf 2 0 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 6 6 5 37 4 10 3 Detroit 002 201 010 -- 6 Los Angeles 220 000 000 -- 4 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lary F (W) 9.0 10 4 3 0 9 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO Grba E (L) 7.0 6 5 3 4 5 Morgan T 2.0 0 1 0 2 2 E -- Grba E, McAuliffe D 2, Thomas L, Fregosi J, Satriano T, Koppe J LOB -- Detroit 11, Los Angeles 6 2B -- Bruton B HR -- Wagner L, Brown D, McAuliffe D, Kaline A T -- 2:35 A -- 5792
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