1960s Timeline

July 25, 1963 - Mickey Mantle, the American League’s highest paid player and No. 1 attraction, will remain out of the Yankee lineup for...

July 24, 1963 - Johnny Blanchard continued his relentless demolition of the Los Angeles Angels today. He blasted another 3-run homer and...

July 24, 1963 - The New York Mets, who are still accentuating the negative, today not only kicked away another game but booted themselves...

July 23, 1963 - Willie Mays was too much for the Mets’ pitchers today as he cracked two home runs. But even before he clubbed his first...

July 22, 1963 - Taking candy from babies is dangerous work compared with the New York Yankees’ business of taking ballgames from...

July 22, 1963 - The New York Mets won’t be quite as funny when they open their western swing against the San Francisco Giants tomorrow...

July 21, 1963 - The Milwaukee Braves blasted 8 Los Angeles pitchers for 26 hits today and won a doubleheader from the Dodgers in...

July 20, 1963 - For eight innings at Yankee Stadium today, Whitey Ford and the Yankees were proceeding to another victory as smoothly as...

July 19, 1963 - Frank Howard came off the bench to drill his 14th and 15th home runs tonight, but it was rookie Ken McMullen’s 2-run...

July 18, 1963 - Juan Marichal, pressed into relief duty for the first time this season, succeeded in halting the San Francisco Giants’...

July 17, 1963 - Doubles by Dick Groat (second from right) and Bill White (left) sparked a two-run eighth-inning rally for the St. Louis...

July 17, 1963 - Dave DeBusschere, the 22-year-old giant from Detroit, arrived as a big leaguer today by scoring his first victory. The...

July 17, 1963 - Four absent-minded teenagers, who left a huge bass drum on a subway train last Thursday after cheering the New York Mets...

July 16, 1963 - Despite the fantastic slugging feats of unbelievable Willie McCovey (pictured), the Giants just can’t win a doubleheader....

July 15, 1963 - Two-run homers by Harmon Killebrew (pictured with a fan), Earl Battey, and Don Mincher today powered the Minnesota Twins...

July 14, 1963 - Swinging back into high gear today, the New York Yankees resumed their pleasant task of putting pressure on the rest of...

July 14, 1963 - Alvin Dark (pictured with Willie Mays) said today he would risk life suspension from baseball rather than not order...

July 14, 1963 - Early Wynn, 43 years old, scored his 300th major league pitching victory yesterday as the Cleveland Indians defeated the...

July 13, 1963 - One of the most charming of all Met promotions preceded the club’s 14th straight loss to the Dodgers: a contest between...

July 12, 1963 - Sandy Koufax performed as advertised at the Polo Grounds today. The 27-year-old left-hander from Brooklyn, generally...