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Jun 4, 2022

Stan Musial Gets Honorary Doctorate from Monmouth College

June 4, 1962 - It is now Dr. Stan Musial. Musial, the 41-year-old St. Louis Cardinal star, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities...

May 31, 2022

Pirates Top Cards, 5-4, as Bob Friend Excels

May 31, 1962 - Bob Friend (picturing signing an autograph in March), with ninth-inning relief from Elroy Face and Diomedes Olivo, beat...

May 17, 2022

Cards Beat Giants, 1-0, on Bob Gibson's 6-Hitter

May 17, 1962 - St. Louis scored an unearned run off Billy O’Dell in the ninth inning today and beat San Francisco, 1-0, behind the 6-hit...

May 16, 2022

Musial Ties Major-League Hit Record as Cards Fall to Giants, 7-2

May 16, 1962 - Stan Musial of the Cardinals tied the National League total-hit record today, but league-leading San Francisco trounced...

May 14, 2022

Minoso Approaching "Danger Period" after Skull Fracture

May 14, 1962 - Minnie Minoso, the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder who suffered a skull fracture and a broken right wrist Friday, was put...

May 11, 2022

Cardinals' Minnie Minoso Hospitalized with Fractured Skull

May 11, 1962 - Minnie Minoso (pictured with Stan Musial in March), left fielder for the Cardinals, suffered a skull fracture in St. Louis...

May 10, 2022

O'Dell Remains Unbeaten as Giants Top Cardinals, 6-0

May 10, 1962 - Unbeaten Billy O’Dell (pictured), pitching in wind gusting over 40 miles an hour, set down the St. Louis Cardinals on four...

May 8, 2022

Giants Top Cardinals, 4-3

May 8, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants broke the Larry Jackson jinx at eight games tonight by beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3....

May 2, 2022

Cards Top Colts as Gibson Dominates

May 2, 1962 - Bob Gibson continued his mastery over the Houston Colts tonight by pitching the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-hit, 4-1 victory...

Apr 21, 2022

Cardinals Remain Unbeaten as they Beat Cubs, 8-0

Apr. 21, 1962 - Curt Simmons, picked up by St. Louis for almost nothing two years ago, pitched the unbeaten Cardinals to their seventh...

Apr 11, 2022

Mets Lose First Game in Franchise History to Cardinals, 11-4

Apr. 11, 1962 - History was made tonight by the New York Mets. They broke into the expanded National League at long last, but wound up on...

Jan 5, 2022

MLB: Stan Musial Signs Twenty-First Contract

Jan. 5, 1962 - Stan Musial took a pay cut to about $70,000 today as he signed his 21st contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. “I think...

Nov 27, 2021

MLB: White Sox Trade Minnie Minoso to St. Louis

Nov. 27, 1961 - The Chicago White Sox traded Orestes (Minnie) Minoso, their Cuban outfield star, to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe...

Aug 23, 2021

Dodgers Lose 9th Straight to Cardinals, Longest Losing Streak since '44

Aug. 23, 1961 - The Cardinals exploded for 4 runs in the 8th inning today to take an 8-7 decision from the 2nd-place Dodgers. It was the...

Aug 12, 2021

Podres Throws 5-Hitter as Red-Hot Dodgers Beat Cardinals, 5-1

Aug. 12, 1961 - Johnny Podres (pictured talking with a fan) registered his 15th victory of the season with a five-hitter today as the...

Aug 3, 2021

Pirates Destroy Cardinals, 19-0, Set Record for Highest Score in Shutout

Aug. 3, 1961 - The Pirates bombarded St. Louis with a major league season high of 24 hits today and buried the Cardinals, 19-0. They tied...

Jul 25, 2021

Stan Musial Celebrates 20 Years in the Bigs with Big Home Run

Sept. 17, 1961 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals today celebrated the 20th anniversary of his major league debut by hitting a...

Jul 18, 2021

Bill White on an Offensive Tear as Cardinals Sweep Double-Header from Cubs

July 18, 1961 - Bill White (pictured) belted a home run, two singles, two triples and a double in helping the Cardinals beat the Cubs,...

Jul 5, 2021

Bill White, Cardinals Destroy Dodgers, 9-1

July 5, 1961 - Bill White (pictured) hit 3 homers and Bob Gibson another to power the Cardinals to a 9-1 victory over the Dodgers in Los...