1960s Timeline

May 26, 1963 - Sooner or later, the New York Mets bring the opposition down to their level. That’s how they managed to salvage a 3-2...

May 24, 1963 - When the National League’s worst road club meets the worst home team, something is bound to give. That is the situation...

May 14, 1963 - The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3, today as Warren Spahn gained his 332nd National League...

May 8, 1963 - Willie Davis (pictured) hit two home runs and a triple as the Los Angeles Dodgers clubbed Cardinal relief pitching for 6...

May 6, 1963 - “Everything that possibly could go against us went against us — that balk call, the play at the plate, the force play at...

May 1, 1963 - The St. Louis Cardinals regained the National League lead behind the 4-hit pitching of Curt Simmons last night in a 2-1...

Apr. 28, 1963 - The rampaging Redbirds broke out with a 15-hit barrage, including 6 extra-base knocks, to dump the Dodgers again today,...

Apr. 25, 1963 - Cardinal manager Johnny Keane will send another southpaw against the Giants today following Curt Simmons’s 4-3 success...

Apr. 23, 1963 - Warren Giles, president of the National League, said today the balk rule “will continue to be enforced” despite protests...

Apr. 19, 1963 - As far as the Cardinals are concerned, Pirate pitcher Don Schwall (pictured) should have stuck to his first love —...

Apr. 11, 1963 - The New York Mets gave 6,074 chilly friends at the Polo Grounds added assurance yesterday that, despite the rumors and...

Apr. 9, 1963 - Harsh reality, wearing the uniform of the St. Louis Cardinals, smothered the New York Mets like a massive wet blanket...

Mar. 28, 1963 - Stan Musial, 42-year-old outfield star of the St. Louis Cardinals, confirmed today he did not expect to be back next...

Feb. 20, 1963 - Joe (Ducky) Medwick (pictured in 1934), who hit .374 one year for St. Louis Cardinal manager Frankie Frisch, declared...

Jan. 12, 1963 - Stan Musial (pictured with Vin Scully), 42, who says his conditioning program has added five years to his playing career,...

Jan. 5, 1963 - Baseball great Rogers Hornsby died this morning of a heart attack at the age of 66. Hornsby was elected to baseball’s Hall...

Jan. 3, 1963 - A genial and humble Stan (The Man) Musial signed his 22nd contract to play with the St. Louis Cardinals. Musial broke a...

Nov. 19, 1962 - The Pittsburgh Pirates, making the first of several anticipated trades, sent their seasoned shortstop, Dick Groat...

Nov. 19, 1962 - Jim Brown scored 4 touchdowns and Frank Ryan had his greatest passing day as the Browns defeated the St. Louis Cardinals...

Sept. 30, 1962 - Unable to halt one of the most amazing crackups by a front-runner in major league history, the Dodgers today plunged the...