1960s Timeline

Sept. 10, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, returning to the Yankee lineup after a 6-day absence, today became the seventh major league player in...

Sept. 9, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers’ shortstop, Maury Wills, stole 3 more bases today and pulled to within 10 of Ty Cobb’s modern...

Sept. 8, 1962 - Today, before a gathering of 19,807 at Yankee Stadium, Ralph Houk’s Bombers rolled roughshod over the Boston Red Sox, who...

Sept. 7, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers’ shortstop, Maury Wills (pictured), set a modern National League record of 82 stolen bases by...

Sept. 6, 1962 - The surging San Francisco Giants today scored 4 runs in the ninth innings — 3 of them on a double by Harvey Kuenn — and...

Sept. 5, 1962 - Juan Marichal pitched 4-hit shutout ball until he was injured in the sixth inning and Willie Mays drove in two runs with...

Sept. 5, 1962 - Mickey Mantle’s latest misery, a strained muscle in his right side, will keep him out of tomorrow’s action against the...

Sept. 4, 1962 - Daring baserunning by Willie Davis and John Roseboro set the tempo today for a 5-4 victory by the Dodgers over the Giants...

Sept. 4, 1962 - Richie Ashburn (pictured left with Jay Hook), who crashed against a wall in the first game of yesterday’s doubleheader...

Sept. 3, 1962 - The Mets lost twice to the Pirates today in a doubleheader that proved a great deal about the remarkable competitive...

Sept. 3, 1962 - Jack Sanford scored his 14th straight victory and his 20th of the season today as the San Francisco Giants moved up to...

Sept. 2, 1962 - Don Drysdale pitched a 5-hitter, scored his 23rd victory, and drove in 2 runs today as the Dodgers maintained their...

Sept. 1, 1962 - Maury Wills (pictured) and Jim Gilliam pulled a double steal, then scored the deciding runs on a single by Willie Davis...

Aug. 31, 1962 - Nothing corrects Yankee tailspins like the sight of right-handed pitchers wearing Kansas City uniforms. The American...

Aug. 30, 1962 - Jack Sanford, given solid relief support, scored his 13th straight victory today as the Giants beat Milwaukee, 3-2, in...

Aug. 29, 1962 - The saddest episode so far of the Mets’ catastrophic debut season was enacted tonight as the Phillies beat Casey...

Aug. 28, 1962 - Willie Mays hit his 39th home run today and then performed one of his extraordinary catches that preserved the Giants’...

Aug. 27, 1962 - The Yankees, who have been teasing the other American League teams lately with false hope, ended a 6-game losing streak...

Aug. 27, 1962 - The Dodgers lead the Giants by two-and-a-half games in the National League standings, but apprehension hangs heavy over...

Aug. 26, 1962 - Jack Kralick, the Minnesota Twins’ slim left-hander, pitched the fifth no-hitter of the major league season today, a 1-0...