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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1962
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 31, 1962 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 31, 1962 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Home Team |
New York Yankees
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 31, 1962 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Rakow |
Home Starting Pitcher | Whitey Ford |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 24,450 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Sam Carrigan 1B: Eddie Hurley 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: Ed Runge |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
Ed Charles | Third Baseman |
Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
Norm Siebern | First Baseman |
Gino Cimoli | Right Fielder |
George Alusik | Left Fielder |
Wayne Causey | Shortstop |
Haywood Sullivan | Catcher |
Ed Rakow | Pitcher |
Hank Bauer | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Phil Linz | Shortstop |
Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
Tom Tresh | Left Fielder |
Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
Hector Lopez | Right Fielder |
Elston Howard | Catcher |
Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
Whitey Ford | Pitcher |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1962
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Ford
Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Tresh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charles vs. Ford
Charles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Linz. Charles moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lumpe vs. Ford
Lumpe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebern vs. Ford
Siebern takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cimoli vs. Ford
Cimoli strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Linz vs. Rakow
Linz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Rakow
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Rakow
Tresh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Rakow
Mantle takes first base on ball four. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Rakow
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Ford
Alusik hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Ford
Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alusik moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sullivan vs. Ford
Sullivan hits a fly ball into left field. Tresh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rakow vs. Ford
Rakow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Rakow
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Rakow
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rakow picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Rakow. Skowron moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Rakow
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ford vs. Rakow
Ford hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Skowron scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Linz vs. Rakow
Linz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Richardson vs. Rakow
Richardson takes first base on ball four. Ford moves to third. Linz moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tresh vs. Rakow
That's a pickoff. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Ford
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Charles vs. Ford
Charles is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Ford
Lumpe hits a line drive into right field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Ford
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Rakow
Tresh bunts for a single. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Rakow
Mantle takes first base on ball four. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Rakow
Lopez bunts towards the mound. Rakow fields it and throws to first for the out. Tresh moves to third. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Howard vs. Rakow
Howard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Skowron vs. Rakow
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out. Tresh scores. Mantle moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Rakow
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Rakow
Ford strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Ford
Cimoli hits a line drive towards the mound. Ford reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Ford
Alusik hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Ford
Causey takes first base on ball four. Alusik moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sullivan vs. Ford
Sullivan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jimenez vs. Ford
Manny Jimenez pinch hits for Ed Rakow.
Jimenez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tresh. Jimenez reaches second base with a double. Alusik scores. Causey moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Del Greco vs. Ford
Del Greco hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Linz vs. Wickersham
Dave Wickersham now pitching.
Linz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richardson vs. Wickersham
Richardson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Linz moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tresh vs. Wickersham
Tresh hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Linz tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Wickersham
Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Alusik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Wickersham
There goes Richardson. The throw from Sullivan and he is safe. Richardson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Wickersham
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Richardson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Howard vs. Wickersham
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charles vs. Ford
Charles strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Ford
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Ford
Siebern hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Ford
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Wickersham
Skowron hits a line drive into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Wickersham
Boyer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Wickersham
Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Linz vs. Wickersham
Linz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Ford
Alusik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Ford
Causey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Ford
Sullivan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Wickersham
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Wickersham
Tresh strikes out. There goes Richardson. The throw from Sullivan to Causey, and Richardson is out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Wickersham
Mantle strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ford
Deron Johnson pinch hits for Dave Wickersham.
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Ford
Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charles vs. Ford
Charles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Ford
Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Charles moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Siebern vs. Ford
Siebern strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Pfister
Dan Pfister now pitching.
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Pfister
Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Alusik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Pfister
Skowron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Pfister
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ford vs. Pfister
Ford strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Ford
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Bridges
Marshall Bridges now pitching.
Alusik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Bridges
Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bridges fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Linz vs. Pfister
Linz hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Pfister
Richardson hits a popup towards short. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Pfister
Tresh hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Pfister
Mantle hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Pfister
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Bridges
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Consolo vs. Bridges
Billy Consolo pinch hits for Dan Pfister.
Consolo strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Bridges
Del Greco hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Charles vs. Bridges
Charles hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/31/1962 -- Kansas City at New York (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Del Greco B, cf 5 0 0 0 Linz P, ss 5 1 2 0 Charles E, 3b 5 0 2 0 Richardson B, 2b 4 0 2 0 Lumpe J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Tresh T, lf 4 2 3 2 Siebern N, 1b 3 0 1 0 Mantle M, cf 3 1 1 0 Cimoli G, rf 4 0 0 0 Lopez H, rf 4 0 2 0 Alusik G, lf 4 1 2 0 Howard E, c 3 0 0 0 Causey W, ss 3 0 1 0 Skowron B, 1b 4 1 1 1 Sullivan H, c 4 0 1 0 Boyer C, 3b 4 0 2 1 Rakow E, p 1 0 0 0 Ford W, p 4 0 2 1 Jimenez M, ph 1 0 1 1 Bridges M, p 0 0 0 0 Wickersham D, p 0 0 0 0 Johnson D, ph 1 0 0 0 Pfister D, p 0 0 0 0 Consolo B, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 1 9 1 35 5 15 5 Kansas City 000 100 000 -- 1 New York 012 100 01x -- 5 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Rakow E (L) 3.0 6 3 3 4 1 Wickersham D 3.0 5 1 1 0 3 Pfister D 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Ford W (W) 7.1 8 1 1 2 5 Bridges M (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 E -- Linz P, Rakow E, Boyer C DP -- Kansas City 1, New York 1 LOB -- Kansas City 10, New York 12 2B -- Jimenez M, Mantle M HR -- Tresh T SB -- Richardson B CS -- Richardson B SH -- Lopez H SF -- Tresh T T -- 2:47 A -- 24450
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