1960s Timeline
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Mantle Expected to Sign 1962 Contract for $85,000


Maris Voted MVP Second Year in a Row

Ford Wins Cy Young Award


Maris Gets 61st Home-Run Ball Back in Sacramento


Fan Who Caught Maris’s 61st Homer Weds

Ford Named Outstanding Performer of 1961 World Series

Reds Manager Says Maris Homer Was Turning Point


🚨Yankees Rout Reds, 13-5, Win 19th World Series

Bombers Take Game Four in Cincinnati


Yankees Take Game Three after Maris’s Ninth-Inning Homer


Yogi Berra Shatters World Series Records


Yankees Take Game 1 of Series, 2-0, as Ford Shines


Yankees’ Whitey Ford against Reds’ Jim O’Toole in Series Opener


DiMaggio to Throw out First Ball of Series at Yankee Stadium


Maris Credits Red Sox Pitcher Who Gave Up 61st Homer


Reward for Man Who Caught Maris’s Record Blast


Video: Maris’s 61st Home Run


🚨Maris Slams Record 61st Home Run