1960s Timeline

Jan. 24, 1963 - Don Zimmer (pictured last spring), long a Dodger favorite both in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, was reacquired today from the...

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, 1963 - The Milwaukee Braves, who ended a 9-year holdout against television last season, announced plans yesterday to telecast 25...

Jan. 22, 1963 - Outfielder Felipe Alou (pictured right with brother Matty) today announced in Santo Domingo that he had returned his 1963...

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, 1963 - Pittsburgh Pirate manager Danny Murtaugh (pictured left with Phillies manager Gene Mauch) conceded today the San...

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, 1963 - Bill (Moose) Skowron (pictured), who says he’ll wear his new Dodger uniform with as much pride as he did Yankee...

Jan. 14, 1963 - Luis Aparicio, a shortstop, and Al Smith, an outfielder and infielder, were traded to the Baltimore Orioles by the...

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, 1963 - Richie Ashburn (pictured in 1957) disclosed today that he had retired from active baseball and would broadcast...

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, 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, 1963 - Al Kaline became the highest paid Detroit Tiger today when he signed for an estimated $52,000. The right fielder’s...

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, 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, 1962 - Gil Hodges (pictured) joked today that his old Los Angeles Dodger teammates “should have been shot” for losing the...

Dec. 18, 1962 - Southpaw Sandy Koufax and right-hander Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers walked off with practically all the...

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, 1962 - Honors continue to pour in on the world champion Yankees. Tom Tresh, their versatile young infielder-outfielder, today was...