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Oct 18, 2023

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...

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...