1960s Timeline

June 18, 1963 - Roger Maris belted two home runs, leading a 13-hit attack that carried the New York Yankees to a 10-5 victory over the...

June 16, 1963 - Belting left-handers and right-handers with equal glee, the Yankees entertained this season’s largest American League...

June 12, 1963 - Roger Maris, who used to concentrate exclusively on pulling home runs into right field, stroked a single through the...

June 6, 1963 - The Yankees were glad to get out of town alive. One of the costliest series in recent franchise history was concluded...

June 5, 1963 - Mickey Mantle suffered a broken bone in his left foot today when he crashed into the center field fence chasing a fly ball...

June 4, 1963 - Steve Barber and John (Boog) Powell (pictured) of the Baltimore Orioles did their specialties tonight with just a bit more...

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, 1963 - Ralph Terry threw three home run balls yesterday, so the Yankees were forced to go to overtime before beating the Red Sox,...

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 23, 1963 - How high is up? A pair of Oklahomans, Major Gordon Cooper and slugger Mickey Mantle, can supply varying answers to the...

May 22, 1963 - The Yankees brought down the Kansas City Athletics, 8-7, in a tough 11-innning struggle today at Yankee Stadium. Mickey...

May 19, 1963 - The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels spent a mostly frustrating afternoon at Yankee Stadium today as they took...

May 16, 1963 - Mickey Mantle honored astronaut Gordon Cooper yesterday by putting a baseball into orbit — a two-run homer that soared...

May 13, 1963 - Somehow or other, Casey Stengel (pictured right with coach Cookie Lavagetto) today got around to talking about the best...

May 12, 1963 - The New York Yankees ended an arduous two-week transcontinental tour on a triumphant note today when, behind a superb...

May 6, 1963 - The New York Yankees battered left and right-handed indiscriminately today as they crushed the Tigers, 10-3, in the opener...

May 4, 1963 - The New York Yankees once again served notice on one and all today that left-handers no longer hold any terrors for them....

May 3, 1963 - The New York Yankees yesterday laid violent hands on Bill Rigney’s rambuntious Los Angeles Angels before a startled crowd...

May 2, 1963 - Whitey Ford (left), veteran Yankee pitcher, is suffering from the same finger ailment which sidelined the Dodgers’ Sandy...

May 1, 1963 - George Thomas (pictured in 1961), 25-year-old outfielder, made history tonight at Chavez Ravine by hitting the first...