Oct 8, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 10 0 1961 Milwaukee 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 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 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .481 Jones,M CF 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .111 Berra PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 Nottebart P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Lopez LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 White, S PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Howard C 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 .211 .579 McMahon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Mantle CF 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .357 1.429 Cloninger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Maris RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .259 Bolling 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .400 1.071 Skowron 1B 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .154 .865 Aaron RF-CF 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .118 Kubek SS 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .929 Mathews 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .676 Richardson 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .450 Adcock 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .133 .588 Boyer 3B 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .091 .358 Thomas, F LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .400 Ford P 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .453 Torre C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .154 .308 36 6 10 6 7 4 0 0 1 .209 .646 McMillan SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .581 Mantilla PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Buhl P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Piche P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Spangler PH-RF 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 29 1 3 1 3 8 2 0 0 .178 .534 New York(A) IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Ford W(1-1) 9.0 3 1 1 0 3 8 117 85 32 3.45 33 120(130) 82 9.0 3 1 1 0 3 8 117 85 32 2.75 33 Milwaukee IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Buhl 5.0 5 1 1 0 4 1 111 68 43 1.80 24 120(128) 50 Piche 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 1 0.00 3 85(75) Nottebart L(0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 2 43 31 12 1.80 10 75(75) McMahon 0.1 2 4 4 0 1 0 15 6 9 27.00 5 35(30) - Cloninger 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 19 10 9 0.00 5 70(75) 9.0 10 6 6 1 7 4 197 123 74 4.37 47 NYY: Berra hit for Blanchard in the 9th Lopez moved to LF in the 9th MBr: Aaron moved to CF in the 7th Spangler moved to RF in the 7th Mantilla moved to SS in the 8th E-Aaron(1), Spangler(1), Mantilla(1) 2B-Adcock(1), Bolling(1) HR-NYY Howard(1) off Nottebart(1) in the 7th with bases empty, 389 feet SB-NYY Mantle(1) off McMahon(1) + Torre(1), 9th CS-NYY Kubek(2) by Buhl(1) and Torre(2), 2nd RBI-NYY - Howard(2), Boyer(1), Kubek 2(2), Maris(2), Ford(1) MBr - Aaron(1) HBP-Blanchard(NYY) by Buhl(MBr) Maris(NYY) by Nottebart(MBr) Skowron(NYY) by McMahon(MBr) SF-Boyer(1), Aaron(1) Great-Mantle(1), Thomas, F(1) Poor-McMillan(1) LOB-NYY(14) - Howard 4, Maris 4, Blanchard 4, Skowron 3, Richardson 2, Boyer 2, Kubek 2, Ford 2, Mantle MBr(5) - Torre 2, Adcock 2, McMillan, Aaron, Thomas, F, Jones,M GWRBI-Howard Game MVP:Whitey Ford County Stadium (03-03-2026 09:40:28) Time 3:03, 52ø, Wind: 3 MPH In from RCF Day Game Oct 8, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 10 0 1961 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 1961 New York(A) Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Blanchard LF 1>HBP G43 G63 7>G43 Fd8 Berra PH Lopez LF 2 Howard C Fd9 3>K S HR-389 9>Fd8 3 Mantle CF L9 S+e9,B2 W,12 S W 4 Maris RF P6 Fd8,23 G43 HBP,12 SB2 S,2H 5 Skowron 1B 2>F7 Fd7 6>W K HBP,12 6 Kubek SS S 4>L4 S,12 G63 S,23,2H,13,1H,E9 7 Richardson 2B CS2(24)S Fs8 G63,23,12 8>G31 W 8 Boyer 3B W,12 G63 Fs9,3H,3H/SF,23 W K 9 Ford P W,23,12 5>Fs9 G43 K S,23,2H Ab6 1 Blanchard LF Berra PH E6,23,12,B1 Lopez LF 2 Howard C Fs9 3 Mantle CF 4 Maris RF 5 Skowron 1B 6 Kubek SS 7 Richardson 2B 8 Boyer 3B 9 Ford P 1961 Milwaukee Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Jones,M CF 1>K Fs9 G64/fo,B1 Nottebart P White, S PH G43 McMahon P Cloninger P 2 Bolling 2B K 4>P3 D,13 W 3 Aaron RF-CF K Fd9 Fvd8,3H/SF G43 4 Mathews 3B 2>Fs9 Fvd7 W 9>K 5 Adcock 1B D 5>G163 Fs8 K 6 Thomas, F LF K S 7>L7 Fd8 7 Torre C Fd8 K Fd7 8 McMillan SS 3>G63 G53 Mantilla PH-SS F9 9 Buhl P K Piche P Spangler PH-RF 6>W 8>G63 New York(A) IN OUT Ford AB1-1 End Milwaukee IN OUT Buhl AB1-1 AB3-6 Piche AB3-7 AB3-9 Nottebart AB4-1 AB5-1 McMahon AB5-2 AB5-6 Cloninger AB5-7 End Oct 8, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 10 0 1961 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 Inn Out B-S On NYY-MBr Result 1-New York(A) 1 0 2-0 - 0-0 Blanchard hit by pitch 1 0 3-2 1 0-0 Howard flied to deep right, 1 out 1 1 1-2 1 0-0 Mantle lined to right, 2 out 1 2 1-1 1 0-0 Maris popped to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Milwaukee 1 0 0-2 - 0-0 Jones struck out, 1 out 1 1 1-2 - 0-0 Bolling struck out, 2 out 1 2 2-2 - 0-0 Aaron struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-New York(A) 2 0 1-2 - 0-0 Skowron flied to left center, 1 out 2 1 0-2 - 0-0 Kubek singled on the infield 2 1 2-1 1 0-0 Kubek caught stealing 2nd, 2 out 2 2 2-2 - 0-0 Richardson lined a single to center 2 2 3-2 1 0-0 Boyer walked, Richardson to 2nd 2 2 3-2 12 0-0 Ford walked, Richardson to 3rd, Boyer to 2nd 2 2 1-2 123 0-0 Blanchard grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Milwaukee 2 0 2-0 - 0-0 Mathews flied to shallow right, 1 out 2 1 1-1 - 0-0 Adcock doubled off the wall down the left field line 2 1 1-2 2 0-0 Thomas struck out, 2 out 2 2 0-2 2 0-0 Torre flied to deep right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-New York(A) 3 0 0-2 - 0-0 Howard struck out, 1 out 3 1 2-1 - 0-0 Mantle grounded a single between first and second, outfield error, Mantle to 2nd 3 1 2-1 2 0-0 Maris flied to deep center, Mantle to 3rd, 2 out 3 2 2-0 3 0-0 Skowron flied to deep left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Milwaukee 3 0 0-2 - 0-0 McMillan grounded to short, 1 out 3 1 0-2 - 0-0 Buhl struck out, 2 out 3 2 0-2 - 0-0 Jones flied to shallow right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-New York(A) 4 0 1-2 - 0-0 Kubek lined to second, 1 out 4 1 2-0 - 0-0 Richardson flied to shallow right center, 2 out 4 2 0-2 - 0-0 Boyer grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Milwaukee 4 0 1-2 - 0-0 Bolling popped to first, 1 out 4 1 2-2 - 0-0 Aaron flied to deep right center, 2 out 4 2 0-2 - 0-0 Mathews flied to very deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-New York(A) 5 0 0-1 - 0-0 Ford flied to shallow right center, 1 out 5 1 2-2 - 0-0 Blanchard grounded to short, 2 out 5 2 2-2 - 0-0 Howard singled to center 5 2 3-2 1 0-0 Mantle walked, Howard to 2nd 5 2 1-2 12 0-0 Maris grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Milwaukee 5 0 0-0 - 0-0 Adcock grounded to short, 1 out 5 1 2-1 - 0-0 Thomas lined a single to center 5 1 0-2 1 0-0 Torre struck out, 2 out 5 2 1-0 1 0-0 McMillan grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-New York(A) 6 0 3-0 - 0-0 Skowron walked 6 0 0-2 1 0-0 Kubek lined a single to right center, Skowron to 2nd >Piche pitching 6 0 1-1 12 0-0 Richardson grounded to short, Skowron to 3rd, Kubek to 2nd, 1 out 6 1 0-1 23 0-0 Boyer flied shallow down right field line, Skowron scored, Kubek to 3rd, 2 out, New York(A) 1 Milwaukee 0 6 2 0-2 3 1-0 Ford grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Milwaukee >Spangler is batting for Milwaukee batting 6 0 3-0 - 1-0 Spangler walked 6 0 0-1 1 1-0 Jones grounded to short, forcing Spangler at second, 1 out 6 1 0-0 1 1-0 Bolling doubled to right center, Jones to 3rd 6 1 0-1 23 1-0 Aaron flied to very deep left center, sacrifice, Jones scored, Bolling to 3rd, 2 out, New York(A) 1 Milwaukee 1 6 2 3-1 3 1-1 Mathews walked 6 2 0-0 13 1-1 Adcock flied to shallow center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-New York(A) >Nottebart pitching >Aaron playing CF >Spangler playing RF 7 0 1-2 - 1-1 Blanchard grounded to second, 1 out 7 1 0-2 - 1-1 Howard hit a solo homer to left center, 389 feet, New York(A) 2 Milwaukee 1 7 1 0-2 - 2-1 Mantle singled on the infield 7 1 0-2 1 2-1 Maris hit by pitch, Mantle to 2nd 7 1 0-2 12 2-1 Skowron struck out, 2 out 7 2 0-1 12 2-1 Kubek grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Milwaukee 7 0 1-1 - 2-1 Thomas lined to left, 1 out 7 1 0-0 - 2-1 Torre flied deep down the left field line, 2 out >Mantilla is batting for Milwaukee batting 7 2 1-0 - 2-1 Mantilla flied down the right field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-New York(A) >Mantilla playing SS 8 0 1-2 - 2-1 Richardson grounded to first, 1 out 8 1 3-1 - 2-1 Boyer walked 8 1 2-2 1 2-1 Ford struck out, 2 out 8 2 3-2 1 2-1 Blanchard flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Milwaukee 8 0 2-1 - 2-1 Spangler grounded to short, 1 out >White, S is batting for Milwaukee batting 8 1 0-0 - 2-1 White grounded to second, 2 out 8 2 3-0 - 2-1 Bolling walked 8 2 0-2 1 2-1 Aaron grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-New York(A) >McMahon pitching 9 0 1-1 - 2-1 Howard flied to deep center, 1 out 9 1 3-0 - 2-1 Mantle walked 9 1 0-1 1 2-1 Mantle stole 2nd 9 1 1-1 2 2-1 Maris singled to right center, Mantle scored, New York(A) 3 Milwaukee 1 9 1 1-1 1 3-1 Skowron hit by pitch, Maris to 2nd 9 1 1-1 12 3-1 Kubek lined a single to right, Maris scored, Skowron scored, outfield error, Kubek to 2nd, New York(A) 5 Milwaukee 1 >Cloninger pitching 9 1 3-2 2 5-1 Richardson walked 9 1 1-2 12 5-1 Boyer struck out, 2 out 9 2 1-0 12 5-1 Ford grounded a single between first and second, Kubek scored, Richardson to 2nd, New York(A) 6 Milwaukee 1 >Berra batting 9 2 0-0 12 6-1 Berra grounded to short, safe on an error, Richardson to 3rd, Ford to 2nd 9 2 3-1 123 6-1 Howard flied to shallow right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Milwaukee >Lopez playing LF 9 0 2-2 - 6-1 Mathews struck out, 1 out 9 1 0-2 - 6-1 Adcock struck out, 2 out 9 2 1-2 - 6-1 Thomas flied to deep right center, 3 out Recap NYY 2nd: Failed to score on 2 hits and 2 walks. NYY 6th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk. NYY Clete Boyer hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead. NYY 1 MBr 0. MBr 6th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks. MBr Hank Aaron hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score. NYY 1 MBr 1. NYY 7th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits. NYY Elston Howard hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead. NYY 2 MBr 1. NYY 9th: Sent 10 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 3 hits, 2 walks and 2 errors. NYY Roger Maris singled scoring Mantle. NYY 3 MBr 1. NYY Tony Kubek singled scoring 2. NYY 5 MBr 1. NYY Whitey Ford singled scoring Kubek. NYY 6 MBr 1. NYY Clete Boyer: 2 for 4, double, triple. NYY Mickey Mantle: 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBI. NYY Whitey Ford pitched 9 innings and picked up the win: 9 IP, 1 earned run, 3 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's 1-1 on the year. MBr Don Nottebart pitched 2 innings and took the loss: 2 IP, 1 earned run, 2 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.