Camilo Pascual (Trading Card DB)

September 30, 1962: Camilo Pascual reaches 20-win goal in Twins’ season finale

Camilo Pascual had good reason to be anxious about his start…
Willie Mays (Trading Card DB)

September 30, 1962: Willie Mays’ late homer forces 3-game playoff for NL pennant

The Los Angeles Dodgers held a four-game lead over the San…
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October 1, 1962: Mays, Pierce lead Giants to win in Game 1 of NL tiebreaker series

Willie Mays’ strong play helped the Giants catch the Dodgers…
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October 3, 1962: The Giants Win the Pennant, Part Two!

On September 22, 1962, the second-place San Francisco Giants…
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October 10, 1962: Tom Tresh’s heroic homer moves Yankees one game closer

Between its opening in April 1923 and its final game in September…

April 19, 1963: Rookie Ron Hunt lifts Mets to season’s first win

When Ron Hunt, the rawboned 22-year-old Mets second baseman,…
Bob Shaw (Trading Card DB)

May 4, 1963: Braves’ Bob Shaw sets NL/AL record with 5 balks

The National League’s ill-advised crackdown on balks had reached…

May 6, 1963: Army Cadets make it close in exhibition against Mets

When Tampa Bay takes on Toronto, it’s the Rays against the…

May 8, 1963: Willie Stargell hits first career home run, but Cubs win after 4-run rally

Willie Stargell’s path to the top of the Pittsburgh Pirates’…

May 8, 1963: Don Lock’s 13th-inning grand slam wins it for Senators

Left-hander Don Rudolph stood out for two reasons in the early…

May 9, 1963: Frank Robinson knocks in seven runs for Reds

On Thursday, May 9, 1963, the cellar-dwelling Houston Colt .45’s…

May 11, 1963: Sandy Koufax throws second no-hitter to beat Marichal, Giants

It was a great pitching match-up as the fifth-place Los Angeles…

May 15, 1963: Sandy Koufax fans 12 Phillies and allows no walks in 12 innings

The Philadelphia Phillies were a year away from their infamous…

May 17, 1963: Rutgers beats Lafayette to conclude Jeff Torborg’s All-American season

In the 1960s, the home for the Rutgers University baseball team…
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May 22, 1963: Mantle’s missile thwarts A’s comeback

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. had a wonderful day on Wednesday,…

May 21, 1963: Reds’ Jim Maloney strikes out eight consecutive Braves batters

At the opening of the 1963 major-league season, the Cincinnati…

May 26, 1963: Orioles’ Wes Stock wins both games of doubleheader

The doubleheader (especially the Sunday version) was at one time…

May 26, 1963: New Twins reliever saves the day aided by Mele’s Marauders

In early-season coverage of their third year in Minnesota, local…

May 29, 1963: Braves, Dodgers get fog-tied in Milwaukee

In the fourth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers-Milwaukee Braves…

June 2, 1963: Say Hey times three: Willie Mays has a day at Busch Stadium

“Those homers all felt good. They all do. That second one was…

June 9, 1963: Ernie Banks’ blasts bounce Koufax, but Cubs crumble

When the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers met on June 9,…
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June 19, 1963: Tigers’ Gates Brown hits pinch-hit home run in his first career at-bat as Carl Yastrzemski leads Red Sox to blowout victory

Over the course of his 13-year major-league career spent entirely…