Yanks Top Tigers as Mantle Hits 400th Homer
Sept. 10, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, returning to the Yankee lineup after a 6-day absence, today became the seventh major league player in...
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Sep 9, 2022
Wills Closes in on Cobb Base-Stealing Record
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...
Sep 8, 2022
Ford, Yanks Mow Down Red Sox at the Stadium
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...
Sep 7, 2022
Dodgers Lose Again, but Maury Sets Stolen Base Record
Sept. 7, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers’ shortstop, Maury Wills (pictured), set a modern National League record of 82 stolen bases by...
Sep 6, 2022
Giants Come Back in 9th, Beat L.A., 9-6
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...
Sep 5, 2022
Mays, Marichal Shine as Giants Beat Dodgers, 3-0
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...
Sep 5, 2022
Mantle Hurt Again
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...
Sep 4, 2022
Dodgers Top Giants, 3 1/2 Games Ahead
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...
Sep 4, 2022
Mets Lose, Ashburn Recovered
Sept. 4, 1962 - Richie Ashburn (pictured left with Jay Hook), who crashed against a wall in the first game of yesterday’s doubleheader...
Sep 3, 2022
Mets Swept, Ashburn Injured
Sept. 3, 1962 - The Mets lost twice to the Pirates today in a doubleheader that proved a great deal about the remarkable competitive...
Sep 3, 2022
Sanford Notches 20th Win as Giants Top Dodgers, Now 2 and 1/2 Back
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...
Sep 2, 2022
Drysdale Contributes on the Mound and at the Plate as L.A. Tops Braves, 8-0
Sept. 2, 1962 - Don Drysdale pitched a 5-hitter, scored his 23rd victory, and drove in 2 runs today as the Dodgers maintained their...
Sep 1, 2022
Willie Davis and Wills Shine as Dodgers Whip Braves in L.A.
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, 2022
Yankees Get 15 Hits, Top Athletics, 5-1
Aug. 31, 1962 - Nothing corrects Yankee tailspins like the sight of right-handed pitchers wearing Kansas City uniforms. The American...
Aug 30, 2022
Giants Top Braves as Sanford Earns 13th Straight Win
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, 2022
Mets Catastrophic Debut Season Continues as they Drop 100th Game
Aug. 29, 1962 - The saddest episode so far of the Mets’ catastrophic debut season was enacted tonight as the Phillies beat Casey...
Aug 28, 2022
Giants Top Braves, 4-3, as Mays Hits 39th
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, 2022
Yanks Top Tribe, 5-0, as Terry Shines
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, 2022
Koufax’s Finger Not Healing
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, 2022
Twins’ Kralick Hurls 1962’s Fifth No-Hitter Against Athletics
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...
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