1960s Timeline

Feb. 26, 1963 - The Yankees stand-out left-hander, Whitey Ford, today professed to be unconcerned about the new, enlarged strike zone....

Feb. 19, 1963 - Phil Rizzuto (pictured with his wife Cora at the 1957 World Series), former New York Yankee shortstop, was operated on...

Feb. 15, 1963 - Marshall Bridges (pictured left last season with Luis Arroyo), 31-year-old southpaw ace of the New York Yankees’ bullpen...

Feb. 14, 1963 - The training camp of the world champion Yankees was jolted today following the shooting last night of Marshall Bridges...

Feb. 13, 1963 - The “sophomore jinx” has long been the bane of a young ballplayer’s existence. Almost every year finds one or more of the...

Feb. 12, 1963 - No baseball rule change in recent years has caused more discussion than the one of the past winter which saw the game’s...

Feb. 11, 1963 - The New York Yankees’ spring training campaign got under way today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Thirty-nine players plus ten...

Jan. 28, 1963 - Mickey Mantle (pictured with Johnny Carson) tonight was named the nation’s “most courageous athlete” and America’s...

Jan. 15, 1963 - Bill (Moose) Skowron (pictured), who says he’ll wear his new Dodger uniform with as much pride as he did Yankee...

Dec. 11, 1962 - The New York Mets today acquired Tracy Stallard, a right-handed pitcher who threw a historic home run ball (pictured);...

Dec. 7, 1962 - Bobo Newsom (pictured in 1932), a big right-handed pitcher who spent 24 years in the major leagues, died today in an...

Nov. 26, 1962 - The New York Yankees moved into the spotlight today as the minor league convention opened in Rochester by swinging one of...

Nov. 25, 1962 - Ralph Houk, the manager of the New York Yankees, recovered today from an attack of acute indigestion and was discharged...

Nov. 20, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, beaten by narrow margins the last two years in controversial contests for the American League’s annual...

Nov. 3, 1962 - Red Barber (pictured in 1955) has signed a new two-year contract for radio and television reporting on the New York...

Oct. 30, 1962 - Bill Rigney, who helped raise the Los Angeles Angels from infancy to a pennant contender in two years, was named the...

Oct. 30, 1962 - Maury Wills, who signed a baseball contract out of high school 12 years ago on the strength of a powerful arm and swift...

Oct. 24, 1962 - Victory in the World Series was worth $9,883 each to New York Yankees Manager Ralph Houk (left with Alvin Dark) and the...

Oct. 22, 1962 - Gene Mauch, whose seventh-place Philadelphia Phillies were the hottest team in baseball in the last two months of the...

Oct. 17, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers rehired Manager Walter Alston (pictured left with Sandy Koufax and Johnny Podres) today. And...