1960s Timeline

Aug. 12, 1962 - Juan Marichal (pictured) held the Dodgers to 4 hits today as the Giants won, 5-1, in San Francisco. Thus, the Giants...

Aug. 12, 1962 - Roger Maris may never win an award from New York fans as the most popular Yankee, but in the short time it takes to crack...

Aug. 11, 1962 - Billy Pierce scored the 200th victory of his major league career today, thanks to a 3-run pinch-homer by Willie McCovey...

Aug. 10, 1962 - The Giants belted Johnny Podres and Ed Roebuck for six runs in the sixth inning today and scored an 11-2 victory over the...

Aug. 10, 1962 - Autumn breezes paid a premature call on Yankee Stadium today, accompanied by a bone-chilling drizzle. The Yankees...

Aug. 9, 1962 - Gold Glove catcher Johnny Roseboro (pictured left), whose two-run homer last night provided the Dodgers with the winning...

Aug. 8, 1962 - If Roger Craig (pictured during spring training) of the New York Mets doesn’t watch himself, he will never lose 25 games...

Aug. 7, 1962 - The Yankees ended a 3-game losing streak today with an 18-hit assault that crushed the Minnesota Twins, 14-1. It was New...

Aug. 6, 1962 - Willie Mays drove in 5 runs with 2 homers and 3 singles in a perfect afternoon at bat today as he paced a 17-hit San...

Aug. 5, 1962 - Warren Spahn scored the 320th victory of his major league career today in pitching the Milwaukee Braves to an 8-1 victory...

Aug. 4, 1962 - A grand slam by Tommie Aaron in the bottom of the ninth powered the Milwaukee Braves to a 7-3 victory over the...

Aug. 4, 1962 - Don Drysdale, once known as “The Meanest Man in Baseball,” has become the nicest 20-game winner the Dodgers ever had. Big...

Aug. 3, 1962 - Don Drysdale scored his 10th straight victory and became the season’s first 20-game winner today as the league-leading...

Aug. 2, 1962 - Frank Howard, who has driven in 21 runs in his last 10 games, broke a 7th-inning tie today with a 2-run single that...

Aug. 2, 1962 - When Tony Kubek (pictured with Phil Rizzuto in 1956) rejoins the Yankees in Chicago tomorrow after eight months in the...

Aug. 1, 1962 - Bill Monbouquette (pictured left with catcher Jim Pagliaroni) of the Boston Red Sox pitched the fourth no-hitter of the...

July 31, 1962 - Bill Skowron hit a grand slam in the first inning today off Claude Osteen, the Washington Senators’ left-hander, and...

July 31, 1962 - The National League today waived for Houston — and for next season only — a ban on Sunday night baseball. In lifting the...

July 30, 1962 - Everything the National League did at Wrigley Field today, the American League did much better in scoring a 9-4 triumph...

July 30, 1962 - Burt Shotton Sr. (pictured with Pee Wee Reese in 1948), who managed the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and 1949, died of a...