Dodgers Beat Cardinals, Stretch N.L. Lead
Aug. 20, 1963 - The Dodgers took on the Cardinals tonight, the hard-hitting club that had just swept three straight from the Giants, and...
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Aug 19, 2023
Cards Sweep Giants
Aug. 19, 1963 - Ken Boyer’s second two-run homer of the game tied the score in the ninth inning and, moments later, Julian Javier...
Aug 18, 2023
Yanks Sweep Doubleheader in Chicago
Aug. 18, 1963 - The Mantle-less, Maris-less, merciless Yankees today completed a 2-week, 6,750-mile, 14-game road trip that had about the...
Aug 16, 2023
Cardinals Destroy Giants at Busch Stadium
Aug. 16, 1963 - The baseball Cardinals could not have celebrated the opening of the football Cardinals’ exhibition schedule more...
Aug 15, 2023
Yankee Subs Chip in for Victory over Bosox
Aug. 15, 1963 - The Yankee fleet of super-subs was at it again today as Johnny Blanchard, playing right field for sore-handed Roger...
Aug 15, 2023
Karl Drews, Former Major League Pitcher, Killed in Florida
Aug. 15, 1963 - Karl Drews (pictured center in 1947 with Bill Bevens and Vic Raschi), former major league pitcher, was struck and killed...
Aug 14, 2023
Mets Start New Win Streak: Two Straight
Aug. 14, 1963 - The marvelous Mets are off on a new win streak — two straight. They beat the Pirates today at the Polo Grounds, 4-2, as...
Aug 13, 2023
Orioles Top Twins in Minnesota as Barber Shines
Aug. 13, 1963 - “This park makes me sick,” said Oriole pitcher Steve Barber (pictured) before taking the mound against the Twins at...
Aug 13, 2023
Yogi Berra To Appear on ABC’s “General Hospital”
Aug. 13, 1963 - Lawrence Peter Berra (pictured with John Beradino) will make his television drama debut Friday at 1 p.m. on ABC. Berra,...
Aug 12, 2023
Phils Come Back to Beat Giants, 3-1
Aug. 12, 1963 - Frustrated and almost futile for seven innings as they tried desperately to break their losing streak, the Phillies came...
Aug 12, 2023
Musial Recognized as All-Time Great
Aug. 12, 1963 - In his 22 years with the Cardinals, Stan Musial (pictured in 1949), who today announced his retirement at the end of this...
Aug 12, 2023
Stan Musial Announces Retirement
Aug. 12, 1963 - Stan (The Man) Musial, one of the greatest hitters in baseball, today announced his retirement as a player at the end of...
Aug 11, 2023
Giants Top Phillies, Move Within 3½ of Dodgers
Aug. 11, 1963 - Willie Mays’ daily hit was a big one again today, and the Giants, with a 5-1 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack...
Aug 10, 2023
Dodgers Top Reds as Drysdale Sets Strikeout Record
Aug. 10, 1963 - In winning a big one for the Dodgers tonight, Don Drysdale became the third pitcher in National League history to record...
Aug 9, 2023
Mets Top Cubs as Craig Finally Ends Losing Streak
Aug. 9, 1963 - The Ballad of Roger Craig, a woeful tale of one of the great right-handed tragic heroes of modern times, came to a...
Aug 9, 2023
Whitey Ford Takes His Family to Disneyland
Aug. 9, 1963 - Whitey Ford, the New York Yankee ace who goes after his 17th victory tomorrow night in Los Angeles against the Angels, is...
Aug 8, 2023
Yanks Win a Quick One in Washington
Aug. 8, 1963 - Two of baseball’s best “plane-catchers,” Ralph Terry of the New York Yankees and Don Rudolph of the Washington Senators,...
Aug 7, 2023
Mets Top Cards at Polo Grounds as Hickman Hits for the Cycle
Aug. 7, 1963 - The power of positive action swept over the Mets today in such a fashion that they played a brand of baseball not in...
Aug 6, 2023
Dodgers Top Cubs at Wrigley as Wills Raps Four Hits
Aug. 6, 1963 - For the fifth time this season, Don Drysdale allowed the Cubs one earned run today in hurling the Dodgers to a 4-1 victory...
Aug 5, 2023
Cubs’ Ernie Banks Hospitalized
Aug. 5, 1963 - Ernie Banks, in the throes of his worst batting slump since joining the Chicago Cubs in 1953, entered Chicago’s Wesley...
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