Oct 7, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 2-1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 1961 Milwaukee 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 New York(A) AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg OPS Milwaukee AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg OPS Blanchard LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .600 Bolling 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 1.045 Howard C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .308 Maye RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .804 Mantle CF 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .273 1.385 Mathews 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .769 Maris RF 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .091 Aaron CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .154 Skowron 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .982 Adcock 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .091 .531 Kubek SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .775 Thomas, F LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .364 Richardson 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .182 .364 Torre C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .400 Boyer 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .111 .311 McMillan SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .697 Stafford P 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 Willey P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 34 4 8 4 5 4 1 0 2 .183 .582 Spangler PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 Nottebart P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Boyd PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Cloninger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 31 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 .200 .587 New York(A) IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Stafford W(1-0) 9.0 3 0 0 0 0 5 94 74 20 0.00 32 120(124) 86 9.0 3 0 0 0 0 5 94 74 20 3.33 32 Milwaukee IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Willey L(0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 108 66 42 7.20 25 115(108) 35 Nottebart 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 35 25 10 0.00 10 75(75) Cloninger 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 10 2 0.00 4 75(75) 9.0 8 4 4 2 5 4 155 101 54 3.81 39 E-Boyer(1) 2B-Kubek(1) HR-NYY Mantle(2) off Willey(1) in the 5th with bases empty, 382 feet NYY Skowron(2) off Willey(2) in the 5th with bases empty, 331 feet SB-MBr Maye(1) off Stafford(1) + Howard(1), 1st CS-NYY Kubek(1) by Willey(1) and Torre(1), 2nd RBI-NYY - Howard(1), Skowron(5), Maris(1), Mantle(4) HBP-Bolling(MBr) by Stafford(NYY) Great-Mathews(1) Poor-Willey(1) LOB-NYY(8) - Blanchard 5, Skowron 3, Stafford 3, Howard 2, Richardson 2, Boyer, Mantle MBr(5) - Mathews 4, Aaron 3, Maye 2, Torre, McMillan, Thomas, F GWRBI-Howard Game MVP:Bill Stafford County Stadium (03-03-2026 09:19:05) Time 2:11, 63ø, Wind: 5 MPH Right to Left Day Game Oct 7, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 1961 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1961 New York(A) Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Blanchard LF 1>G43 L6 L6 G63,12 S 2 Howard C P2 S,3H,23 5>Fs8 G53 F8 3 Mantle CF Fd9 W,12 HR-382 7>L6 Fd9 4 Maris RF 2>G3u W,3H,23,12 P4 G53 5 Skowron 1B Fd7 K HR-331 G53 6 Kubek SS S 4>W D 8>G63 7 Richardson 2B CS2(24) 3>S G3u,12 G13 K 8 Boyer 3B W,12 Fd9 6>S K 9 Stafford P G54/fo,23,B1 W B36/fo,B1 9>K 1961 Milwaukee Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Bolling 2B 1>G43 HBP 6>S G43 2 Maye RF S G46/fo,B1 Fd8 9>S 3 Mathews 3B SB2 Fs7 G43 L8 Fd7 4 Aaron CF L6 4>G31 Fd9 Fd8 5 Adcock 1B 2>G5/e5 K 7>K K 6 Thomas, F LF Fd8 Fd7 Fd8 7 Torre C Fs8 5>G31 G63 8 McMillan SS G63 K 8>G63 9 Willey P 3>K Spangler PH P4 Nottebart P Boyd PH G53 Cloninger P New York(A) IN OUT Stafford AB1-1 End Milwaukee IN OUT Willey AB1-1 AB3-7 Nottebart AB3-8 AB4-8 Cloninger AB4-9 End Oct 7, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 1961 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Inn Out B-S On NYY-MBr Result 1-New York(A) 1 0 0-2 - 0-0 Blanchard grounded to second, 1 out 1 1 1-1 - 0-0 Howard popped to the catcher, 2 out 1 2 0-1 - 0-0 Mantle flied to deep right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Milwaukee 1 0 2-0 - 0-0 Bolling grounded to second, 1 out 1 1 2-0 - 0-0 Maye grounded a single between first and second 1 1 0-0 1 0-0 Maye stole 2nd 1 1 0-1 2 0-0 Mathews flied shallow down left field line, 2 out 1 2 1-2 2 0-0 Aaron lined to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-New York(A) 2 0 2-2 - 0-0 Maris grounded to first, 1 out 2 1 0-2 - 0-0 Skowron flied to deep left center, 2 out 2 2 1-2 - 0-0 Kubek singled on the infield 2 2 2-1 1 0-0 Kubek caught stealing 2nd, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Milwaukee 2 0 0-1 - 0-0 Adcock grounded to third, safe on throwing error 2 0 1-0 1 0-0 Thomas flied to deep center, 1 out 2 1 1-1 1 0-0 Torre flied to shallow center, 2 out 2 2 0-0 1 0-0 McMillan grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-New York(A) 3 0 2-0 - 0-0 Richardson grounded a single between third and short 3 0 3-2 1 0-0 Boyer walked, Richardson to 2nd 3 0 1-2 12 0-0 Stafford grounded to third, forcing Boyer at second, Richardson to 3rd, 1 out 3 1 2-2 13 0-0 Blanchard lined to short, 2 out 3 2 2-1 13 0-0 Howard grounded a single between first and second, Richardson scored, Stafford to 3rd, New York(A) 1 Milwaukee 0 3 2 3-2 13 1-0 Mantle walked, Howard to 2nd 3 2 3-2 123 1-0 Maris walked, Stafford scored, Howard to 3rd, Mantle to 2nd, New York(A) 2 Milwaukee 0 3 2 2-2 123 2-0 Skowron struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Milwaukee 3 0 0-2 - 2-0 Willey struck out, 1 out 3 1 0-0 - 2-0 Bolling hit by pitch 3 1 0-0 1 2-0 Maye grounded to second, forcing Bolling at second, 2 out 3 2 1-1 1 2-0 Mathews grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-New York(A) 4 0 3-2 - 2-0 Kubek walked 4 0 1-0 1 2-0 Richardson grounded to first, Kubek to 2nd, 1 out 4 1 1-0 2 2-0 Boyer flied deep down the right field line, 2 out 4 2 3-0 2 2-0 Stafford walked 4 2 0-2 12 2-0 Blanchard lined to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Milwaukee 4 0 1-0 - 2-0 Aaron grounded to first, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 2-0 Adcock struck out, 2 out 4 2 0-2 - 2-0 Thomas flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-New York(A) 5 0 1-1 - 2-0 Howard flied to shallow center, 1 out 5 1 0-1 - 2-0 Mantle hit a solo homer to right center, 382 feet, New York(A) 3 Milwaukee 0 5 1 1-1 - 3-0 Maris popped to second, 2 out 5 2 0-1 - 3-0 Skowron hit a solo homer down the left field line, 331 feet, New York(A) 4 Milwaukee 0 5 2 0-1 - 4-0 Kubek doubled off the wall in right center 5 2 1-2 2 4-0 Richardson grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Milwaukee 5 0 2-0 - 4-0 Torre grounded to first, 1 out 5 1 0-2 - 4-0 McMillan struck out, 2 out >Spangler is batting for Milwaukee batting 5 2 0-1 - 4-0 Spangler popped to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-New York(A) >Nottebart pitching 6 0 2-1 - 4-0 Boyer lined a single to right 6 0 0-2 1 4-0 Stafford bunted to first, forcing Boyer at second, 1 out 6 1 0-2 1 4-0 Blanchard grounded to short, Stafford to 2nd, 2 out 6 2 2-2 2 4-0 Howard grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Milwaukee 6 0 0-0 - 4-0 Bolling lined a single to left center 6 0 0-0 1 4-0 Maye flied to deep center, 1 out 6 1 1-2 1 4-0 Mathews lined to center, 2 out 6 2 0-0 1 4-0 Aaron flied to deep right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-New York(A) 7 0 3-2 - 4-0 Mantle lined to short, 1 out 7 1 0-1 - 4-0 Maris grounded to third, 2 out 7 2 1-0 - 4-0 Skowron grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Milwaukee 7 0 0-2 - 4-0 Adcock struck out, 1 out 7 1 0-2 - 4-0 Thomas flied to deep right center, 2 out 7 2 0-2 - 4-0 Torre grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-New York(A) 8 0 1-0 - 4-0 Kubek grounded to short, 1 out 8 1 0-2 - 4-0 Richardson struck out, 2 out 8 2 1-2 - 4-0 Boyer struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Milwaukee 8 0 1-2 - 4-0 McMillan grounded to short, 1 out >Boyd is batting for Milwaukee batting 8 1 1-1 - 4-0 Boyd grounded to third, 2 out 8 2 1-1 - 4-0 Bolling grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-New York(A) >Cloninger pitching 9 0 1-2 - 4-0 Stafford struck out, 1 out 9 1 0-0 - 4-0 Blanchard lined a single 9 1 0-0 1 4-0 Howard flied to right center, 2 out 9 2 1-2 1 4-0 Mantle flied to deep right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Milwaukee 9 0 2-1 - 4-0 Maye grounded a single between third and short 9 0 1-2 1 4-0 Mathews flied to deep left center, 1 out 9 1 0-1 1 4-0 Aaron flied to deep left center, 2 out 9 2 0-2 1 4-0 Adcock struck out, 3 out Recap NYY 3rd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks. NYY Elston Howard singled scoring 1 to take the lead. NYY 1 MBr 0. NYY Roger Maris walked scoring Stafford. NYY 2 MBr 0. NYY 5th: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits. NYY Mickey Mantle hit a solo HR(2). NYY 3 MBr 0. NYY Bill Skowron hit a solo HR(2). NYY 4 MBr 0. NYY Clete Boyer: 2 for 4, double, triple. NYY Mickey Mantle: 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBI. NYY Bill Stafford pitched 7 innings and picked up the win: 7 IP, 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 1 BB, 5 K. He goes to 1-0 on the year. MBr Carl Willey pitched 2 innings and took the loss: 2 IP, 1 hit, 0 BB, 0 K. He's now 0-1 on the year.