Giants Top Cards, Remain 3 and 1/2 Back
Sept. 19, 1962 - A 3-run homer by Willie Mays led the Giants to their first victory in 7 games, a 7-4 decision over the Cardinals in St....
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Sep 18, 2022
Yanks Top Sens as Mantle Goes Deep Twice
Sept. 18, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, apparently tired of the way the Yankees have been dawdling on the pennant trail of late, today took...
Sep 17, 2022
Braves Top Dodgers, 2-1, L.A. Remains 4 Games Up on S.F.
Sept. 17, 1962 - The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, today on Warren Spahn’s 5-hit pitching. The defeat left the...
Sep 15, 2022
Mets Lose Again, Set Records for Incompetence
Sept. 15, 1962 - Faced with the grim realities of extending their one-game winning streak, the New York Mets fell back on habit today and...
Sep 14, 2022
Dodgers Top Cubs as Maury Steals Another
Sept. 14, 1962 - Maury Wills continued his assault on Ty Cobb’s record today with his 91st stolen base of the season as the Dodgers...
Sep 13, 2022
Washington’s Jimmy Piersall Arrested, Returns to Play Game
Sept. 13, 1962 - Jim Piersall (pictured on Opening Day this April), the Washington Senators’ center fielder, was arrested and charged...
Sep 13, 2022
Giants Lose, Now Two Games Behind L.A.
Sept. 13, 1962 - Jim O’Toole pitched a 4-hitter and Frank Robinson (pictured) tied a team record for doubles in a season as the...
Sep 12, 2022
Senators’ Tom Cheney Sets Record with 21 K’s in a Game
Sept. 12, 1962 - Tom Cheney, a well-traveled 27-year-old right-hander, set a record of 21 strikeouts for a game of any duration in...
Sep 12, 2022
Reds Snap Giants’ 7-Game Win Streak
Sept. 12, 1962 - Two home runs by Frank Robinson and one by Wally Post powered the Reds to a 4-1 victory today over the Giants in...
Sep 11, 2022
Sanford Notches 22nd Win as Giants Blank Pirates, 2-0
Sept. 11, 1962 - Jack Sanford posted his 16th straight pitching victory and 22nd for the season today by blanking Pittsburgh, 2-0. The...
Sep 10, 2022
Yanks Top Tigers as Mantle Hits 400th Homer
Sept. 10, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, returning to the Yankee lineup after a 6-day absence, today became the seventh major league player in...
Sep 9, 2022
Wills Closes in on Cobb Base-Stealing Record
Sept. 9, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers’ shortstop, Maury Wills, stole 3 more bases today and pulled to within 10 of Ty Cobb’s modern...
Sep 8, 2022
Ford, Yanks Mow Down Red Sox at the Stadium
Sept. 8, 1962 - Today, before a gathering of 19,807 at Yankee Stadium, Ralph Houk’s Bombers rolled roughshod over the Boston Red Sox, who...
Sep 7, 2022
Dodgers Lose Again, but Maury Sets Stolen Base Record
Sept. 7, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers’ shortstop, Maury Wills (pictured), set a modern National League record of 82 stolen bases by...
Sep 6, 2022
Giants Come Back in 9th, Beat L.A., 9-6
Sept. 6, 1962 - The surging San Francisco Giants today scored 4 runs in the ninth innings — 3 of them on a double by Harvey Kuenn — and...
Sep 5, 2022
Mays, Marichal Shine as Giants Beat Dodgers, 3-0
Sept. 5, 1962 - Juan Marichal pitched 4-hit shutout ball until he was injured in the sixth inning and Willie Mays drove in two runs with...
Sep 5, 2022
Mantle Hurt Again
Sept. 5, 1962 - Mickey Mantle’s latest misery, a strained muscle in his right side, will keep him out of tomorrow’s action against the...
Sep 4, 2022
Dodgers Top Giants, 3 1/2 Games Ahead
Sept. 4, 1962 - Daring baserunning by Willie Davis and John Roseboro set the tempo today for a 5-4 victory by the Dodgers over the Giants...
Sep 4, 2022
Mets Lose, Ashburn Recovered
Sept. 4, 1962 - Richie Ashburn (pictured left with Jay Hook), who crashed against a wall in the first game of yesterday’s doubleheader...
Sep 3, 2022
Mets Swept, Ashburn Injured
Sept. 3, 1962 - The Mets lost twice to the Pirates today in a doubleheader that proved a great deal about the remarkable competitive...
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