Willie Mays Weary but Determined
Oct. 1, 1962 - “Only if we win the pennant. Ask me again tomorrow.” That’s how Willie Mays (pictured left stealing second in the eighth...
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Oct 1, 2022
Giants Take Opener of Three-Game Playoff with Dodgers
Oct. 1, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants, who only 24 hours earlier had come whirling out of nowhere to toss the National League pennant...
Sep 30, 2022
Mays Propels Giants Into First-Place Tie with Dodgers
Sept. 30, 1962 - Wonderful Willie Mays smashed his 47th home run of the season today to propel the San Francisco Giants into a...
Sep 25, 2022
Yanks Win Third Consecutive Pennant
Sept. 25, 1962 - After weeks of painful dawdling, the New York Yankees brought the 1962 American League pennant race to an abrupt end at...
Sep 22, 2022
Pirates Rehire Manager Murtaugh
Sept. 22, 1962 - Danny Murtaugh (pictured) was rehired for his sixth full year as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates today. “I’m glad to...
Sep 18, 2022
Yanks Top Sens as Mantle Goes Deep Twice
Sept. 18, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, apparently tired of the way the Yankees have been dawdling on the pennant trail of late, today took...
Sep 10, 2022
Yanks Top Tigers as Mantle Hits 400th Homer
Sept. 10, 1962 - Mickey Mantle, returning to the Yankee lineup after a 6-day absence, today became the seventh major league player in...
Sep 8, 2022
Ford, Yanks Mow Down Red Sox at the Stadium
Sept. 8, 1962 - Today, before a gathering of 19,807 at Yankee Stadium, Ralph Houk’s Bombers rolled roughshod over the Boston Red Sox, who...
Sep 5, 2022
Mantle Hurt Again
Sept. 5, 1962 - Mickey Mantle’s latest misery, a strained muscle in his right side, will keep him out of tomorrow’s action against the...
Aug 31, 2022
Yankees Get 15 Hits, Top Athletics, 5-1
Aug. 31, 1962 - Nothing corrects Yankee tailspins like the sight of right-handed pitchers wearing Kansas City uniforms. The American...
Aug 27, 2022
Yanks Top Tribe, 5-0, as Terry Shines
Aug. 27, 1962 - The Yankees, who have been teasing the other American League teams lately with false hope, ended a 6-game losing streak...
Aug 26, 2022
Twins’ Kralick Hurls 1962’s Fifth No-Hitter Against Athletics
Aug. 26, 1962 - Jack Kralick, the Minnesota Twins’ slim left-hander, pitched the fifth no-hitter of the major league season today, a 1-0...
Aug 21, 2022
Yanks Top Angels in Extra Innings
Aug. 21, 1962 - Urged on by the roars of a crowd of 50,830 at Chavez Ravine, Bill Rigney’s astounding Angels made a heroic effort tonight...
Aug 19, 2022
Bombers Explode, Top Athletics, 21-7
Aug. 19, 1962 - The Yankees, paced by Elston Howard and Mickey Mantle, went on their biggest scoring spree of the year today as they...
Aug 15, 2022
Terry Dominant as Yanks Crush Twins, 9-3
Aug. 15, 1962 - Minnesota fans, game to the last, cracked a Metropolitan Stadium attendance record today for the second time this week...
Aug 13, 2022
Twins Top Yanks, 6-4, Before Big Minnesota Crowd
Aug. 13, 1962 - The baseball world still may not take the pennant aspirations of the Twins seriously. But a record crowd of 41,366 turned...
Aug 12, 2022
Yanks Top Tigers, 2-0, as Maris Drives in Winning Run
Aug. 12, 1962 - Roger Maris may never win an award from New York fans as the most popular Yankee, but in the short time it takes to crack...
Aug 10, 2022
Whitey Ford Stops Tigers in Tracks as Yankees Win, 8-0
Aug. 10, 1962 - Autumn breezes paid a premature call on Yankee Stadium today, accompanied by a bone-chilling drizzle. The Yankees...
Aug 7, 2022
Yankees Bomb Twins, 14-1, End 3-Game Skid
Aug. 7, 1962 - The Yankees ended a 3-game losing streak today with an 18-hit assault that crushed the Minnesota Twins, 14-1. It was New...
Aug 2, 2022
Returning Yanee Tony Kubek Not Guaranteed Playing Time
Aug. 2, 1962 - When Tony Kubek (pictured with Phil Rizzuto in 1956) rejoins the Yankees in Chicago tomorrow after eight months in the...
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