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Dec 7, 2022

Bobo Newsom is Dead

Dec. 7, 1962 - Bobo Newsom (pictured in 1932), a big right-handed pitcher who spent 24 years in the major leagues, died today in an...

Dec 5, 2022

Cubs’ Ken Hubbs Named NL Rookie of the Year

Dec. 5, 1962 - Ken Hubbs (pictured) of the Chicago Cubs, the second baseman who set two major league records last season, was named the...

Nov 27, 2022

Braves Trade Adcock to Indians

Nov. 27, 1962 - The Milwaukee Braves tonight traded first baseman Joe Adcock (pictured in 1956) and left-handed pitcher Jack Curtis to...

Nov 26, 2022

Yankees Trade Moose Skowron to Dodgers for Stan Williams

Nov. 26, 1962 - The New York Yankees moved into the spotlight today as the minor league convention opened in Rochester by swinging one of...

Nov 25, 2022

Red Sox Trade Pete Runnels to Colts

Nov. 25, 1962 - The American League batting champion, Pete Runnels (pictured left with Ted Williams in 1958) of the Boston Red Sox, was...

Nov 25, 2022

Ralph Houk Released from Hospital

Nov. 25, 1962 - Ralph Houk, the manager of the New York Yankees, recovered today from an attack of acute indigestion and was discharged...

Nov 23, 2022

Maury Wills is National League’s MVP for 1962

Nov. 23, 1962 - Speed in baseball has been playing second fiddle to power ever since Babe Ruth demonstrated that nothing accounts for a...

Nov 21, 2022

Pirates Trade Stuart and Lamabe to Red Sox for Schwall and Pagliaroni

Nov. 21, 1962 - The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Dick Stuart (pictured right in 1960), their slugging first baseman, and Jack Lamabe, a...

Nov 20, 2022

Mantle is American League MVP

Nov. 20, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, beaten by narrow margins the last two years in controversial contests for the American League’s annual...

Nov 19, 2022

Pirates Trade Groat and Olivo to Cardinals for Cardwell and Gotay

Nov. 19, 1962 - The Pittsburgh Pirates, making the first of several anticipated trades, sent their seasoned shortstop, Dick Groat...

Nov 16, 2022

Milwaukee Braves Are Sold

Nov. 16, 1962 - Lou Perini (pictured second from left in Boston in 1948) sold 90% of the Milwaukee Braves today to a local syndicate of...

Nov 15, 2022

Drysdale Wins Cy Young

Nov. 15, 1962 - Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers today won the Cy Young Award as the major leagues’ pitcher of the year. The...

Nov 13, 2022

List of Active L.A. Dodgers Who Played in Brooklyn Down to Seven

Nov. 13, 1962 - Only seven players who came West with the Dodgers when they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles were on the club’s...

Nov 12, 2022

Mets’ New Stadium Set to Open in 1963

Nov. 12, 1962 - The New York Mets will start their second year in the National League at the new Flushing Meadow stadium on April 9...

Nov 9, 2022

Koufax’s Pitching Hand Completely Recovered

Nov. 9, 1962 - Tests taken today of Sandy Koufax’s pitching hand showed that the Los Angeles Dodger southpaw has completely recovered...

Nov 3, 2022

Broadcaster Red Barber Signs Two-Year Contract with Yankees

Nov. 3, 1962 - Red Barber (pictured in 1955) has signed a new two-year contract for radio and television reporting on the New York...

Nov 2, 2022

Willie Mays Gets Clean Bill of Health

Nov. 2, 1962 - Willie Mays (pictured today at Mount Zion Hospital), center fielder of the San Francisco Giants, was declared in superior...

Oct 31, 2022

Dodgers’ Willie Davis is Baseball’s Sophomore of the Year

Oct. 31, 1962 - Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers, voted the National League’s sophomore of the year, said today the so-called...

Oct 30, 2022

Angels’ Bill Rigney is A.L. Manager of the Year

Oct. 30, 1962 - Bill Rigney, who helped raise the Los Angeles Angels from infancy to a pennant contender in two years, was named the...

Oct 30, 2022

Maury Wills Honored in Adopted Hometown of Spokane

Oct. 30, 1962 - Maury Wills, who signed a baseball contract out of high school 12 years ago on the strength of a powerful arm and swift...