$Unique_ID{BAS00131} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series 1961} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series 1961 New York Yankees Cincinnati Reds} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series 1961 Frederick Ivor-Campbell New York Yankees (AL), 4; Cincinnati Reds (NL), 1 GAME 1 AT NY OCT 4 ---------------------------------------- CIN 000 000 000 0 2 0 NY 000 101 00X 2 6 0 Pitchers: O'TOOLE, Brosnan (8) vs FORD Home Runs: Howard-NY, Skowron-NY Attendance: 62,397 GAME 2 AT NY OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- CIN 000 211 020 6 9 0 NY 000 200 000 2 4 3 Pitchers: JAY vs TERRY, Arroyo (8) Home Runs: Coleman-CIN, Berra-NY Attendance: 63,083 GAME 3 AT CIN OCT 7 ---------------------------------------- NY 000 000 111 3 6 1 CIN 001 000 100 2 8 0 Pitchers: Stafford, Daley (7), ARROYO (8) vs PURKEY Home Runs: Blanchard-NY, Maris-NY Attendance: 32,589 GAME 4 AT CIN OCT 8 ---------------------------------------- NY 000 112 300 7 11 0 CIN 000 000 000 0 5 1 Pitchers: FORD, Coates (6) vs O'TOOLE, Brosnan (6), Henry (9) Attendance: 32,589 GAME 5 AT CIN OCT 9 ---------------------------------------- NY 510 502 000 13 15 1 CIN 003 020 000 5 11 3 Pitchers: Terry, DALEY (3) vs JAY, Maloney (1), K.Johnson (2), Henry (3), Jones (4), Purkey (5), Brosnan (7), Hunt (9) Home Runs: Blanchard-NY, Robinson-CIN, Lopez-NY, Post-CIN Attendance: 32,589 Slugger Mickey Mantle sat out most of the Series with a thigh infection, but rookie manager Ralph Houk enjoyed an otherwise splendid finish to a splendid season as his Yankees mauled the Reds, 27 runs to 13. Yankee ace Whitey Ford, coming off one of his finest seasons (25-4), carried his mound mastery into the Series opener, holding Cincinnati to two singles and a walk as he hurled his third straight World Series shutout. New York recorded only six hits, but two of them were home runs by Elston Howard and Bill Skowron. Gordy Coleman's two-run homer the next day in the top of the fourth inning broke Cincinnati's scoring drought and gave the Reds a 2-0 lead. Yogi Berra tied the score half an inning later with a two-run blast for New York, but that was all they would get. Red starter Joey Jay blanked the Yankees the rest of the way as his teammates put across four more runs to even the Series. Bob Purkey pitched for the Reds in Game Three and blanked New York on one hit through the first six innings, taking a 1-0 lead into the top of the seventh. A pair of Yankee singles sandwiched around a passed ball evened the score, but the Reds regained the lead with a run in the last of the seventh. But Yankee pinch hitter Johnny Blanchard homered to retie the game in the eighth and--while Yankee relief ace Luis Arroyo stopped the Reds through the final two innings--Roger Maris hit his sixty-second home run of the year to win the game and regain the Series lead for New York. Cincinnati never again threatened. In Game Four, Whitey Ford held the Reds to four harmless singles until he was removed in the sixth because of an ankle injury. (In the third inning he passed Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings.) Reliever Jim Coates continued Ford's shutout as the Yankees scored seven runs for the decisive win. The fifth and final game also was no contest. Cincinnati did score five runs--three on Frank Robinson's third-inning home run and two on Wally Post's shot in the fifth. But the Yankees ran through eight Red pitchers, scoring 13 times. Seven of their 15 hits went for extra bases, including Johnny Blanchard's second home run of the Series, and a triple and homer by utility outfielder Hector Lopez. NY (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Luis Arroyo, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yogi Berra, of .273 4 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 Johnny Blanchard, of-2 .400 4 10 4 4 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 Clete Boyer, 3b .267 5 15 0 4 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 Jim Coates, p .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Buddy Daley, p .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Whitey Ford, p .000 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Billy Gardner, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elston Howard, c .250 5 20 5 5 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 Tony Kubek, ss .227 5 22 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 Hector Lopez, of-3 .333 4 9 3 3 0 1 1 7 2 3 0 Mickey Mantle, of .167 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Roger Maris, of .105 5 19 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 6 0 Jack Reed, of .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Richardson, 2b .391 5 23 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bill Skowron, 1b .353 5 17 3 6 0 0 1 5 3 4 0 Bill Stafford, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Terry, p .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL .255 165 27 42 8 1 7 26 24 25 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Luis Arroyo 1 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 2 3 Jim Coates 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 2 Buddy Daley 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 0 0 3 Whitey Ford 2 0 0.00 2 2 1 0 1 14.0 6 0 1 7 Bill Stafford 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 2 2 5 Ralph Terry 0 1 4.82 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 12 5 2 7 TOTAL 4 1 1.60 10 5 1 1 1 45.0 35 8 8 27 CIN (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gus Bell, ph .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Don Blasingame, 2b .143 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Jim Brosnan, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leo Cardenas, ph .333 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Elio Chacon, 2b-3 .250 4 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Gordie Coleman, 1b .250 5 20 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 Johnny Edwards, c .364 3 11 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 Gene Freese, 3b .063 5 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 Dick Gernert, ph .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Henry, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Hunt, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joey Jay, p .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Darrell Johnson, c .500 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Johnson, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sherman Jones, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Kasko, ss .318 5 22 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Jerry Lynch, ph .000 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Jim Maloney, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim O'Toole, p .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Vada Pinson, of .091 5 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Wally Post, of .333 5 18 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 Bob Purkey, p .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Frank Robinson, of .200 5 15 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 Jerry Zimmerman, c .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .206 170 13 35 8 0 3 11 8 27 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Brosnan 0 0 7.50 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 4 5 Bill Henry 0 0 19.29 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 5 2 3 Ken Hunt 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 1 Joey Jay 1 1 5.59 2 2 1 0 0 9.2 8 6 6 6 Ken Johnson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 Sherman Jones 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 Jim Maloney 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 2 1 1 Jim O'Toole 0 2 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 11 4 7 4 Bob Purkey 0 1 1.64 2 1 1 0 0 11.0 6 2 3 5 TOTAL 1 4 4.91 15 5 2 0 0 44.0 42 24 24 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------