S.F. Giants and Cepeda at Contract Impasse
Mar. 6, 1963 - Chub Feeney, general manager of the San Francisco Giants, said today he and Orlando Cepeda (right with José Pagan) had...
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Mar 5, 2023
Dodger Speedster Maury Wills Decides When To Run
Mar. 5, 1963 - Maury Wills (pictured right with Leo Durocher), the Dodgers’ fleet-footed shortstop who shattered Ty Cobb’s 47-year-old...
Mar 3, 2023
Mets Place Gene Woodling on Waivers
Mar. 3, 1963 -The New York Mets decided today to dispense with the services of Gene Woodling (pictured right with Hank Bauer and Mickey...
Mar 1, 2023
Maris Eyes Power Surge In ‘63
Mar. 1, 1963 - As Roger Maris sees it, an eighth to a quarter of an inch is all that stands between him and a comeback to another big...
Mar 1, 2023
Record Total Baseball Games To Be Telecast
Mar. 1, 1963 - A record total of 957 major league baseball games will be telecast this season, with the 20 teams receiving about $14...
Feb 28, 2023
Senators’ Manager, Mickey Vernon, Prepares for ’63 Season
Feb. 28, 1963 - Mickey Vernon (pictured between President Kennedy and Al Lopez in 1961), like Casey Stengel with the National League...
Feb 27, 2023
Koufax Looking Good
Feb. 27, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, the No. 1 question mark of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is beginning to erase some of the doubts. The...
Feb 27, 2023
Mickey Mantle Signs $100,000 Contract with Yanks
Feb. 27, 1963 - The world champion Yankees, who break a record almost every time they win a game, hit another home run, or turn around,...
Feb 26, 2023
Yankees’ Ace Not Worried About Strike Zone Shift
Feb. 26, 1963 - The Yankees stand-out left-hander, Whitey Ford, today professed to be unconcerned about the new, enlarged strike zone....
Feb 26, 2023
Rumors of Mets-Dodgers Trade: Snider for Craig
Feb. 26, 1963 - Duke Snider’s name has been cropping up in a prospective trade that would bring pitcher Roger Craig of the New York Mets...
Feb 25, 2023
Commissioner Frick Sees No Forthcoming Scandals in Major League Baseball
Feb. 25, 1963 - Baseball is protecting its good name with extra vigilance in these days of sports scandals, but Commissioner Ford Frick...
Feb 24, 2023
Manager Alston: Dodgers’ Success in ’63 Depends on Koufax
Feb. 24, 1963 - Manager Walter Alston labelled Sandy Koufax “our big concern” as the Los Angeles Dodgers began spring training in Vero...
Feb 20, 2023
Stengel Talks up “Marvelous” Marv Throneberry
Feb. 20, 1963 - At the moment, Marv Throneberry is still the Mets’ No. 1 first baseman, and it is a prospect that does not necessarily...
Feb 20, 2023
Mays Signs With Giants for $100,000
Feb. 20, 1963 - Willie Mays, baseball’s highest paid player, signed today for an estimated $100,000 with the San Francisco Giants. It...
Feb 20, 2023
Joe Medwick: I Belong In Hall of Fame
Feb. 20, 1963 - Joe (Ducky) Medwick (pictured in 1934), who hit .374 one year for St. Louis Cardinal manager Frankie Frisch, declared...
Feb 19, 2023
Stengel Steels Himself for Second Season as Mets’ Skipper
Feb. 19, 1963 - Pushing 73 as he prepares to lead his ragtail New York Mets into their second year in the National League, Casey Stengel...
Feb 19, 2023
Phil Rizzuto Crushes Fingers in Rotary Snow Plow
Feb. 19, 1963 - Phil Rizzuto (pictured with his wife Cora at the 1957 World Series), former New York Yankee shortstop, was operated on...
Feb 19, 2023
Vada Pinson, Reds’ Center Fielder, Has Emergency Operation
Feb. 19, 1963 - Vada Pinson (pictured), star center fielder of the Cincinnati Reds, had his appendix removed in an emergency operation...
Feb 18, 2023
Pitcher Larry Sherry Signs with Dodgers
Feb. 18, 1963 - Larry Sherry (pictured with Don Drysdale), the No. 1 candidate to be the Los Angeles Dodgers’ fourth starter, today...
Feb 17, 2023
Dodgers 9-5 Favorites To Win NL Pennant
Feb. 17, 1963 - There was considerable arching of eyebrows the today when the Dodgers were established as 9-5 National League favorites...
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