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Oct 14, 2023

Cubs’ Dick Ellsworth Named NL’s Comeback Player of the Year

Oct. 14, 1963 - Dick Ellsworth of the Chicago Cubs, a 20-game loser in 1962 and a 22-game winner in 1963, was named the National League’s...

Sep 12, 2023

Cards Top Cubs, 8-3

Sept. 12, 1963 - Losing four out of five to the Cardinals this season has made a believer of Cub righthander Larry Jackson (pictured)....

Sep 9, 2023

Cardinals Shut Out Cubs, 6-0, on Simmons’ Six-Hitter

Sept. 9, 1963 - “He looked like he tasted World Series money the way he was bearing down,” Ron Santo was saying about Curt Simmons...

Sep 5, 2023

Dodgers Shut Out Cubs, 4-0

Sept. 5, 1963 - Pistol Pete Richert and Larry Sherry ganged up on the Cubs to hurl a 4-0 shutout tonight as the Dodgers concluded a...

Sep 3, 2023

Giants Clobber Cubs as Marichal Wins 20th

Sept. 3, 1963 - The Cubs handed the Giants 11 unearned runs today, and that was more than enough for Juan Marichal to register his first...

Sep 2, 2023

Willie Mays Collapses at Home Plate

Sept. 2, 1963 - Willie Mays, who collapsed at the plate at Candlestick Park today, is suffering from nervous exhaustion and fatigue but...

Aug 24, 2023

Mets Surpass Last Season’s Victory Total

Aug. 24, 1963 - The greatest New York Met team ever assembled proved its claim to that title today by posting its 41st victory of the...

Aug 9, 2023

Mets Top Cubs as Craig Finally Ends Losing Streak

Aug. 9, 1963 - The Ballad of Roger Craig, a woeful tale of one of the great right-handed tragic heroes of modern times, came to a...

Aug 6, 2023

Dodgers Top Cubs at Wrigley as Wills Raps Four Hits

Aug. 6, 1963 - For the fifth time this season, Don Drysdale allowed the Cubs one earned run today in hurling the Dodgers to a 4-1 victory...

Aug 5, 2023

Cubs’ Ernie Banks Hospitalized

Aug. 5, 1963 - Ernie Banks, in the throes of his worst batting slump since joining the Chicago Cubs in 1953, entered Chicago’s Wesley...

Jun 26, 2023

Cards Win Second Straight Over Giants, Tighten Grip on First Place

June 26, 1963 - Tim Harkness and five hardworking pitchers turned in one of the Mets’ more heroic efforts today at the Polo Grounds. It...

Jun 9, 2023

Dodgers Top Cubs Despite Banks’ 3 Homers

June 9, 1963 - Ernie Banks belted 3 home runs for Chicago today — the fourth time he’s swatted 3 in a game — but the Cubs lost, 11-8, to...

Jun 7, 2023

Dodgers Top Cubs as Drysdale Shines

June 7, 1963 - The Los Angeles Dodgers, aided by consecutive home runs by Frank Howard and John Roseboro and the effective pitching of...

Jun 7, 2023

Cubs Top Giants as Mays Caught Napping

June 7, 1963 - Willie Mays’ nap off second base last night cost the San Francisco Giants’ star center fielder $25, the first fine under a...

Jun 5, 2023

Cubs Sweep Doubleheader From Giants

June 5, 1963 - The Chicago Cubs swept a double-header from the San Francisco Giants today, 9-5 and 5-4, to pull within a game of the...

May 30, 2023

Mets Split Doubleheader with Cubs at Polo Grounds

May 30, 1963 - Patience was richly rewarded for those Met fans among the 37,170 Polo Grounds customers who had the faith to stick around...

May 24, 2023

Cards Ready to Meet the Mets

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 18, 2023

Braves Top Cubs on Hank Aaron Slam

May 18, 1963 - Henry Aaron’s grand-slam home run capped a 6-run seventh inning uprising and lifted the Milwaukee Braves to a 10-6 victory...

May 9, 2023

Ellsworth Hurls Gem as Cubs Take Sixth Straight with Win over Pittsburgh

May 9, 1963 - Southpaw Dick Ellsworth (pictured), recovering from a muscle spasm in his left arm, hurled the Chicago Cubs to their sixth...

May 5, 2023

Milwaukee Manager Bragan Fining Pitchers for Balks

May 5, 1963 - Balks have cost the Braves home runs and considerable embarrassment in their last two losses, and any more will cost the...