1960s Timeline

Aug. 4, 1961 - After a ten-game hiatus in his assault on Babe Ruth's home run record, Roger Maris resumed with a bang today at the...

Aug. 2, 1961 - The Yankees swept a double-header from the Kansas City Athletics at the Stadium today. The scores were 6-5 and 12-5. The...

Aug. 2, 1961 - Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra will appear as themselves in "That Touch of Mink," a comedy starring Cary Grant...

July 30, 1961 - For the next 24 hours, major league baseball's torrid pennant races and the Maris-Mantle home run duel move into...

July 29, 1961 - In defense of their precarious perch atop the American League, the Yankees triggered a fusillade of singles against the...

July 26, 1961 - Today's job for the Yankees at the Stadium was to dig in and consolidate their position atop the American League...

July 25, 1961 - One seismic tremor after another shook the Stadium today as Yankee bats smashed eight home runs against the White Sox....

July 24, 1961 - The San Francisco Giants, New York's prodigal sons, proved today that you can go home again - and in style. To the glee...

July 21, 1961 - A pinch-hit grand-slam by John Blanchard (pictured) with two out in the ninth bailed out the Yankees today just when it...

July 18, 1961 - Mickey Mantle paced the Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Senators today with his continued heavy slugging. He blasted...

July 17, 1961 - Yankees manager Ralph Houk (center) takes the impartial managerial view in the home run battle between his sluggers,...

July 16, 1961 - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick threw a protective screen around Babe Ruth's season record of 60 home runs today. He...

July 15, 1961 - Erasing a six-run deficit with a stirring late drive, the Yankees cut down the White Sox, 9-8, in ten innings today in...

July 13, 1961 - Thanks largely to soaring home runs by Roger Maris (pictured right after today's game) and Mickey Mantle, the Yankees...

July 11, 1961 - The 30th all-star game made a colorful debut in San Francisco's Candlestick Park today - marked by a record turnout of...

July 9, 1961 - The Yanks polished off the Red Sox today for the third time in a row, 3-0, as Roland Sheldon scored his second consecutive...

July 8, 1961 - A capacity Candlestick Park crowd of more than 40,000 is expected to view San Francisco's first all-star game on Tuesday,...

July 7, 1961 - Baseball's ultimate weapon - the home run - was employed once by both sides at Yankee Stadium last night. Its benefits...

July 6, 1961 - The Yankees, it seems, can do just about anything these days except elbow their way into first place. Today, before a...

July 6, 1961 - The National League's starting lineup in next Tuesday's all-star game in San Francisco is set. Manager Danny Murtaugh...