Colts Top Dodgers as Rusty Staub Homers
June 3, 1963 - Dick (Turk) Farrell, a 20-game loser last season, held the Los Angeles Dodgers hitless until there was 1 out in the eighth...
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Jun 3, 2023
42-Year-Old Warren Spahn Continues Mound Dominance
June 3, 1963 - Warren Spahn, the 42-year-old rubber-armed southpaw of the Milwaukee Braves, is one of the most remarkable baseball...
Jun 2, 2023
Giants Top Cards as Mays Homers Three Times
June 2, 1963 - Three home runs by Willie Mays — who hadn’t hit one since May 17 — accounted for 4 runs today as the league-leading San...
Jun 1, 2023
Bouton Does It All as Yanks Top Indians, 5-2
June 1, 1963 - Jim Bouton today gained his seventh victory for the New York Yankees against one loss, and you could say that it was all...
May 31, 2023
Cards Slip By Giants as Flood Scores Winning Run
May 31, 1963 - Curt Flood raced home with the winning run on an infield popup by Stan Musial (pictured) in the ninth inning today and the...
May 31, 2023
Yanks Top Sox in 10 at Fenway
May 31, 1963 - Ralph Terry threw three home run balls yesterday, so the Yankees were forced to go to overtime before beating the Red Sox,...
May 30, 2023
Mets Split Doubleheader with Cubs at Polo Grounds
May 30, 1963 - Patience was richly rewarded for those Met fans among the 37,170 Polo Grounds customers who had the faith to stick around...
May 29, 2023
Reds Protest Loss to Giants
May 29, 1963 - Ed Bailey’s three-run homer and a game-saving catch by Willie Mays gave the National League-leading San Francisco Giants a...
May 29, 2023
Dodgers Down Braves as Koufax Shines
May 29, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, who has developed a horror of allowing an enemy runner to cross home plate, racked up his fourth shutout and...
May 28, 2023
Orioles Win Ninth Straight
May 28, 1963 - A three-run homer by Al Smith and strong pitching by Robin Roberts (pictured) carried the red-hot Baltimore Orioles to...
May 27, 2023
Dodgers Sneak By Giants as Tommy Davis Shines
May 27, 1963 - Three throwing errors by usually skillful José Pagan gave the Los Angeles Dodgers as many unearned runs and a 4-3 victory...
May 26, 2023
Mets Split Doubleheader in St. Louis
May 26, 1963 - Sooner or later, the New York Mets bring the opposition down to their level. That’s how they managed to salvage a 3-2...
May 26, 2023
O’s Unload Barrage, Top Cleveland 6-4
May 26, 1963 - Eighth and ninth-inning rallies netted four Baltimore rallies, and the Orioles defeated the Indians, 6-4, in Cleveland...
May 25, 2023
Yanks Down Senators, 5-1
May 25, 1963 - Gil Hodges must feel like he never left the Mets. Nobody thought there was a worse team in the majors, but it looks as...
May 25, 2023
Jimmy Piersall Speaks Out
May 25, 1963 - Jimmy Piersall, the newest New York Met, held forth today on many topics:
On coming to New York — “I’ve always liked New...
May 25, 2023
Belinsky of the Angels Demoted
May 25, 1963 - Bo Belinsky (pictured) was optioned to Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League today by the Los Angeles Angels. The flashy...
May 24, 2023
Giants Hammer Koufax
May 24, 1963 - San Francisco drove Sandy Koufax from the box with 5 runs in the first inning today and went on to batter the Los Angeles...
May 24, 2023
Cards Ready to Meet the Mets
May 24, 1963 - When the National League’s worst road club meets the worst home team, something is bound to give. That is the situation...
May 23, 2023
Mets Obtain Piersall
May 23, 1963 - In a deal that was not exactly a surprise, the New York Mets today obtained Jimmy Piersall from the Washington Senators...
May 23, 2023
Mantle Gave It a Ride
May 23, 1963 - How high is up? A pair of Oklahomans, Major Gordon Cooper and slugger Mickey Mantle, can supply varying answers to the...
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