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Feb 7, 2023

Giants’ Cepeda Still Hasn’t Signed Contract for ‘63

Feb. 7, 1963 - The San Francisco Giants’ Orlando Cepeda (pictured last season), resting for the first winter in his life, says he can’t...

Feb 6, 2023

Frank Robinson Signs Contract with Reds

Feb. 6, 1963 - Frank Robinson (pictured last September), who said at the end of last season he would quit baseball, today signed his 1963...

Feb 4, 2023

Dodgers Will Try to Redeem ’62 Disaster in ‘63

Feb. 4, 1963 - The Dodger disaster in the 1962 pennant race was a bitter pill that still galls the ballclub, and Los Angeles will go all...

Jan 31, 2023

Stengel: Hodges May Coach for Mets

Jan. 31, 1963 - If 38-year-old Gil Hodges (left) can’t drag his aching legs out to first base next season, he’ll probably wind up as a...

Jan 30, 2023

1963 American League Schedule Released

Jan. 30, 1963 - An unusual morning game, a morning-night twin bill, and a record 428 night contests spice the American League baseball...

Jan 30, 2023

Don Drysdale Highest-Paid Pitcher in Dodger History

Jan. 30, 1963 - Don Drysdale (pictured left with Tommy Davis and Sandy Koufax), baseball’s top pitcher in 1962, signed a $45,000 contract...

Jan 29, 2023

Luis Aparicio Signs Contract With Orioles

Jan. 29, 1963 - Shortstop Luis Aparicio (pictured last March) said today he is accepting the 1963 contract sent to him by the Baltimore...

Jan 28, 2023

Mickey Mantle Receives Two Awards

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

Jan 27, 2023

Outfielder Sam Rice and 3 Others Elected to Hall of Fame

Jan. 27, 1963 - Outfielder Sam Rice (pictured in 1924), perched on the doorstep of baseball’s Hall of Fame for several years, finally was...

Jan 26, 2023

Baseball Rules Committee Enlarges Strike Zone

Jan. 26, 1963 - Baseball’s rules committee, in a decisive step to give some relief to home run plagued pitchers, voted unanimously today...

Jan 24, 2023

Giants’ Manager Al Dark Wins Sportsmanship Award

Jan. 24, 1963 - Alvin Dark (pictured) joined some of baseball’s most famous figures today as a winner of the Sportsmanship Award of the...

Jan 24, 2023

Don Zimmer Is a Dodger Once Again

Jan. 24, 1963 - Don Zimmer (pictured last spring), long a Dodger favorite both in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, was reacquired today from the...

Jan 23, 2023

Sunday Night Games a New Wrinkle on 1963 Baseball Schedule

Jan. 23, 1963 - Something new has been added to the National League schedule for 1963 — Sunday night games. Seven such games by the...

Jan 22, 2023

Milwaukee Braves to Televise Games for First Time in 1963

Jan. 22, 1963 - The Milwaukee Braves, who ended a 9-year holdout against television last season, announced plans yesterday to telecast 25...

Jan 22, 2023

Giants’ Felipe Alou Still Unsigned

Jan. 22, 1963 - Outfielder Felipe Alou (pictured right with brother Matty) today announced in Santo Domingo that he had returned his 1963...

Jan 21, 2023

Maury Wills of Dodgers Wins Hickock Belt

Jan. 21, 1963 - Maury Wills romped off with another major trophy today — the Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year Belt. The $10,000...

Jan 21, 2023

Pirates’ Manager Murtaugh: Giants Team to Beat in 1963

Jan. 21, 1963 - Pittsburgh Pirate manager Danny Murtaugh (pictured left with Phillies manager Gene Mauch) conceded today the San...

Jan 15, 2023

Giants’ Pennant Surge Voted Sports Upset of 1962

Jan. 15, 1963 - The surge of the San Francisco Giants, who were given up for dead in the National League race only to battle back and...

Jan 15, 2023

Ex-Yankee ‘Moose’ Skowron Declares Himself a Proud Dodger

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

Jan 14, 2023

Luis Aparicio and Al Smith Traded from White Sox to Orioles

Jan. 14, 1963 - Luis Aparicio, a shortstop, and Al Smith, an outfielder and infielder, were traded to the Baltimore Orioles by the...