Don Zimmer Is a Dodger Once Again
Jan. 24, 1963 - Don Zimmer (pictured last spring), long a Dodger favorite both in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, was reacquired today from the...
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Jan 23, 2023
Sunday Night Games a New Wrinkle on 1963 Baseball Schedule
Jan. 23, 1963 - Something new has been added to the National League schedule for 1963 — Sunday night games. Seven such games by the...
Jan 22, 2023
Milwaukee Braves to Televise Games for First Time in 1963
Jan. 22, 1963 - The Milwaukee Braves, who ended a 9-year holdout against television last season, announced plans yesterday to telecast 25...
Jan 22, 2023
Giants’ Felipe Alou Still Unsigned
Jan. 22, 1963 - Outfielder Felipe Alou (pictured right with brother Matty) today announced in Santo Domingo that he had returned his 1963...
Jan 21, 2023
Maury Wills of Dodgers Wins Hickock Belt
Jan. 21, 1963 - Maury Wills romped off with another major trophy today — the Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year Belt. The $10,000...
Jan 21, 2023
Pirates’ Manager Murtaugh: Giants Team to Beat in 1963
Jan. 21, 1963 - Pittsburgh Pirate manager Danny Murtaugh (pictured left with Phillies manager Gene Mauch) conceded today the San...
Jan 15, 2023
Giants’ Pennant Surge Voted Sports Upset of 1962
Jan. 15, 1963 - The surge of the San Francisco Giants, who were given up for dead in the National League race only to battle back and...
Jan 15, 2023
Ex-Yankee ‘Moose’ Skowron Declares Himself a Proud Dodger
Jan. 15, 1963 - Bill (Moose) Skowron (pictured), who says he’ll wear his new Dodger uniform with as much pride as he did Yankee...
Jan 14, 2023
Luis Aparicio and Al Smith Traded from White Sox to Orioles
Jan. 14, 1963 - Luis Aparicio, a shortstop, and Al Smith, an outfielder and infielder, were traded to the Baltimore Orioles by the...
Jan 12, 2023
Stan Musial Talks Conditioning
Jan. 12, 1963 - Stan Musial (pictured with Vin Scully), 42, who says his conditioning program has added five years to his playing career,...
Jan 8, 2023
Outfielder Richie Ashburn to Retire
Jan. 8, 1963 - Richie Ashburn (pictured in 1957) disclosed today that he had retired from active baseball and would broadcast...
Jan 5, 2023
Baseball Star Rogers Hornsby is Dead
Jan. 5, 1963 - Baseball great Rogers Hornsby died this morning of a heart attack at the age of 66. Hornsby was elected to baseball’s Hall...
Jan 3, 2023
Musial Signs 22nd Contract with Cardinals
Jan. 3, 1963 - A genial and humble Stan (The Man) Musial signed his 22nd contract to play with the St. Louis Cardinals. Musial broke a...
Jan 2, 2023
Al Kaline Signs New Contract with Tigers
Jan. 2, 1963 - Al Kaline became the highest paid Detroit Tiger today when he signed for an estimated $52,000. The right fielder’s...
Dec 28, 2022
Drysdale Sentenced in Speeding Case
Dec. 28, 1962 - Don Drysdale, the fireballing Los Angeles Dodger pitcher who can throw a baseball upwards of 90 miles per hour, pleaded...
Dec 26, 2022
Sport Magazine Names Maury Wills Man of the Year in Sports
Dec. 26, 1962 - Sport Magazine named Maury Wills (left) of the Los Angeles Dodgers Man of the Year in Sports today for stealing 104 bases...
Dec 19, 2022
Gil Hodges: Dodgers “Should Have Been Shot” for Blowing Pennant to Giants
Dec. 19, 1962 - Gil Hodges (pictured) joked today that his old Los Angeles Dodger teammates “should have been shot” for losing the...
Dec 18, 2022
Dodgers’ Koufax and Drysdale Dominated in 1962
Dec. 18, 1962 - Southpaw Sandy Koufax and right-hander Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers walked off with practically all the...
Dec 11, 2022
Mets Acquire Stallard and Green in Trade with Red Sox
Dec. 11, 1962 - The New York Mets today acquired Tracy Stallard, a right-handed pitcher who threw a historic home run ball (pictured);...
Dec 7, 2022
Tom Tresh of Yankees is AL Rookie of the Year for 1962
Dec. 7, 1962 - Honors continue to pour in on the world champion Yankees. Tom Tresh, their versatile young infielder-outfielder, today was...
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