Mantle Undergoes Knee Surgery in Manhattan
Oct. 18, 1963 - Mickey Mantle quietly slipped into New York late Wednesday afternoon and, this morning, was operated on for the removal...
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Oct 18, 2023
Former Major League Pitcher Is Now a Tough Judge
Oct. 18, 1963 - Lon Warneke (pictured in 1934), a former major league pitcher and umpire who now is a judge in Garland County, Ark., has...
Oct 16, 2023
Dodgers Get Record Winning Share of ’63 World Series
Oct. 16, 1963 - The world champion Los Angeles Dodgers will receive an all-time high of $12,794 per man for their winning share of the...
Oct 16, 2023
New York Mets’ Owner Wins “President’s Citation”
Oct. 16, 1963 - Mrs. Joan Whitney Payson (pictured center in June with Casey and Edna Stengel), owner of the New York Mets baseball team...
Oct 9, 2023
Johnny Keane of Cardinals Named NL Manager of the Year
Oct. 9, 1963 - Johnny Keane of the St. Louis Cardinals was named today as the National League’s manager of the year in The Associated...
Oct 7, 2023
Dodgers To Receive Record World Series Shares
Oct. 7, 1963 - Having destroyed the legend of Yankee invincibility, the triumphant Dodgers did some mental arithmetic today in...
Oct 7, 2023
Yankee Skipper Explodes at Reporter
Oct. 7, 1963 - The day after the World Series usually is as flat as a glass of beer left over from the party the night before. That is...
Oct 6, 2023
Houk: “We Don’t Feel Disgraced”
Oct. 6, 1963 - “We don’t feel disgraced,” said manager Ralph Houk (pictured today after congratulating Dodger manager Walter Alston) of...
Oct 6, 2023
Podres: ’63 Win Better than 1955
Oct. 6, 1963 - The Dodgers virtually exploded with joy, Sandy Koufax was undoubtedly the happiest man in the nation, and Walter Alston...
Oct 6, 2023
🚨Dodgers Complete Sweep of Yankees, Win 1963 World Series
Oct. 6, 1963 - The Dodgers brought the long reign of the high and mighty Yankees to a dramatic end today. Behind another superb pitching...
Oct 5, 2023
Yankees in Shock
Oct. 5, 1963 - After today’s third succcessive defeat at the hands of the Dodgers, the Yankees sat around quietly, not quite believing...
Oct 5, 2023
Dodgers on Doorstep of Series Sweep as Drysdale Shines in L.A.
Oct. 5, 1963 - Those incredible Dodgers moved to within one stride of nailing down the World Series today as they brought down the proud...
Oct 3, 2023
Whitey Ford: “This Club Won’t Quit”
Oct. 3, 1963 - The Yankee clubhouse after today’s loss to Johnny Podres (pictured) and the Dodgers was ominously quiet, but you couldn’t...
Oct 3, 2023
Podres Tames Yankee Bats as Dodgers Go Up 2-0
Oct. 3, 1963 - Johnny Podres, who can frustrate his followers by pitching lousy ball and then amaze them with a gem, today reasserted his...
Oct 2, 2023
Yankees Impressed by Koufax
Oct. 2, 1963 - The New York Yankees, slightly subdued, moderately impressed, and completely unshaken, regrouped in their dressing room...
Oct 2, 2023
Dodgers Take Game 1 of Series as Koufax Fans 15
Oct. 2, 1963 - The Dodgers defeated the Yankees, 5-2, in the first game of the 1963 World Series today in the Bronx. The man of the day...
Oct 1, 2023
Yankee and Dodger Skippers Both Express Confidence
Oct. 1, 1963 - The respective managers of tomorrow’s World Series combatants, Walter Alston of the Dodgers and Raph Houk of the Yankees,...
Oct 1, 2023
Yankees and Dodgers Set to Face off in 60th World Series
Oct. 1, 1963 - With two of the game’s outstanding hurlers poised for a tremendous southpaw duel, baseball’s 60th World Series will open...
Sep 30, 2023
World Series Starters Announced
Sept. 30, 1963 - The battle lines for the Gotham games of the World Series — the first two — were drawn officially today when Ralph Houk...
Sep 29, 2023
Stan Musial Ends Storied Career
Sept. 29, 1963 - Stan Musial, who broke in with the Cardinals with two hits 22 years ago, ended his career the same way today in a...
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