MLB: Billy Martin Released by Twins
Mar. 30, 1962 - Billy Martin, who drifted to six major league clubs after the Yankees traded him away in 1957, was released...
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Mar 29, 2022
Otto Miller, Former Dodgers Catcher, Dead at 72
Mar. 29, 1962 - Otto Miller, a catcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1910 to 1923, fell or jumped to his death today from a fourth-floor...
Mar 28, 2022
MLB: Giants Top Angels in Exhibition Game as McCovey and Cepeda Homer
Mar. 28, 1962 - Orlando Cepeda (right) and Willie McCovey (left) hit homers today as the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Angels...
Mar 23, 2022
MLB: An Angry Bobby Thomson Denies Giants Spy System in '51
Mar. 23, 1962 - A chagrined Bobby Thomson said today “it positively isn’t so” that a secret signal from center field triggered his famous...
Mar 22, 2022
MLB: Mets Top Yanks in Exhibition Game
Mar. 22, 1962 - Sometime in the distant future, there may be an all-New York world series between the Mets and the Yankees. Until this...
Mar 22, 2022
MLB: Former Giant Reveals Spy System in '51 and '59
Mar. 22, 1962 - A former member of the New York Giants revealed today that Bobby Thomson’s dramatic pennant-winning homer (pictured) in...
Mar 17, 2022
MLB: Yankees Top Dodgers in Exhibition, Drysdale Hammered
Mar. 17, 1962 - Not even the awesome Dodgers of Los Angeles could halt the amazing spring progress of the Yankees today. The Bombers...
Mar 15, 2022
MLB: Yankees Top Reds in Exhibition Game as Mantle Shines
Mar. 15, 1962 - The Yankees turned their guns on the National League today. Lashing into Freddie Hutchinson’s Reds in much the same...
Mar 11, 2022
MLB: Cubs' Ron Santo Injured After Collision with Ernie Banks
Mar. 11, 1962 - The Chicago Cubs’ third baseman, Ron Santo (#10), was carried off the field on a stretcher today after colliding with...
Mar 10, 2022
MLB: Mets Lose Their First Exhibition Game, 8-0
Mar. 10, 1962 - The Mets, playing their first major league exhibition game today, lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-0, and they did not...
Mar 8, 2022
MLB: Cepeda Signs '62 Contract With Giants
Mar. 8, 1962 - Orlando Cepeda (pictured with Willie Mays) came to terms today with the San Francisco Giants, agreeing to a 1962 baseball...
Mar 7, 2022
Two Veterans Pitch Well for Yankees
Mar. 7, 1962 - Two outstanding question marks in manager Ralph Houk’s pennant plans went on exhibition in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., today as...
Mar 7, 2022
Howard Cosell to Host Pre- and Post-Game Shows on WABC Radio
Mar. 7, 1962 - The radio premiere of the New York Mets will broadcast Saturday over WABC in New York. The new baseball team’s first...
Mar 6, 2022
MLB: Senators' Manager Mickey Vernon Addresses Piersall Controversy
Mar. 6, 1962 - Manager Mickey Vernon (left) told the Washington Senators today that stories about favoritism for Jimmy Piersall (center)...
Mar 5, 2022
MLB: Reds' Freese Fractures Ankle, Out Three Months
Mar. 5, 1962 - Cincininnati’s Gene Freese (pictured getting first aid from assistant trainer Joe Carroll as manager Fred Hutchinson looks...
Mar 5, 2022
MLB: Controversy over Piersall's "Special Privileges" in Senators' Camp
Mar. 5, 1962 - Gene Woodling, Washington’s leading hitter and the American League player representative, charged today that Jimmy...
Feb 28, 2022
Mickey Mantles Talks 1962
Feb. 28, 1962 - Asked today whether he had set any goal for himself this year, Mickey Mantle said: “Well, just once, I’d like to play...
Feb 27, 2022
Duke Snider Named Dodger Captain
Feb. 27, 1962 - Duke Snider, the 35-year-old outfielder beginning his 15th National League season, today was named captain of the Los...
Feb 26, 2022
MLB: Dodgers Using Umpires in Batting Practice
Feb. 26, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers came up with an innovation today: they used umpires in batting practice. Manager Walter Alston,...
Feb 26, 2022
Maris and Yankees Settle on $70,000 for 1962
Feb. 26, 1962 - Roger Maris today settled for $70,000 as his 1962 salary with the Yankees. Then the man whose 61 home runs in 1961 topped...
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