1960s Timeline

July 24, 1962 - Whitey Ford, seeking to rehabilitate a club that had just dropped a doubleheader to the lowly Washington Senators,...

July 23, 1962 - Jim O’Toole had a perfect game for seven and one-third innings tonight as he pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a 1-hit, 3-0...

July 23, 1962 - The league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers scored 3 runs in the second inning, added 5 in the fourth, and went on to defeat...

July 23, 1962 - The first formal exchange of live television programs across the Atlantic took place today. The U.S. and Europe tried to...

July 22, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants hit four solo home runs today and defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4. Felipe Alou (left),...

July 22, 1962 - Bob Gibson scattered 7 Houston Colt hits for a 3-1 St. Louis Cardinal victory today. The triumph was No. 13 for Gibson,...

July 21, 1962 - Don Drysdale, the major leagues’ winningest pitcher, won his seventh consecutive game today as the Los Angeles Dodgers...

July 21, 1962 - Another frustrating afternoon for the Mets today led to the virtually inevitable — a defeat for the New Yorkers. Casey...

July 21, 1962 - Three-hit pitching by Warren Spahn and two homers by Joe Adcock, good for five runs, gave the Milwaukee Braves an 8-1...

July 20, 1962 - Tommy Davis (pictured) today drove in 4 runs, becoming the first major leaguer to knock in 100 this season, and led the...

July 19, 1962 - Yankee baserunners staged another parade on the basepaths of Fenway Park today, but the resident Red Sox were not amused....

July 18, 1962 - Bob Gibson pitched his third successive 3-hitter and struck out 12 in out-dueling Carl Koonce tonight as the St. Louis...

July 18, 1962 - Red Sox pitching has seldom looked better than it did today — to the Yankees. With extra-base hits sailing all over...

July 17, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants pushed across a ninth-inning run without a base hit and beat the Braves, 4-3, today in...

July 15, 1962 - Harmon Killebrew belted 2 doubles and drove in 4 runs today to back Frank Sullivan’s brilliant relief pitching and give...

July 15, 1962 - The New York Yankees blasted their way through a doubleheader with the Athletics in Kansas City. Rallying twice in the...

July 14, 1962 - Playing the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds today, the Mets took a dreadful beating by a score of 17-3. It was their third...

July 14, 1962 - In a 10-inning carnival of good wood, the Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels, 9-8, today before a roaring crowd of...

July 13, 1962 - The Pittsburgh Pirates completed five double plays tonight in support of Bob Friend (right) as he shut out the Houston...

July 12, 1962 - Willie Mays made three hits, knocked in a run, stole a base, and scored on an infield out as the San Francisco Giants...