
September 8, 1963: Stan Musial bids farewell to Forbes Field in Pittsburgh
Stan Musial’s first and last appearances in Forbes Field spanned…

September 10, 1963: Trio of Alou brothers make trail-blazing appearance with Giants
In a time when baseball players from the Dominican Republic…

September 17, 1963: Sandy Koufax sets shutout record for southpaws in St. Louis
Sandy Koufax made a habit of holding teams scoreless in 1963.…

September 18, 1963: Mets lose to Phillies in their second ‘Last Game’ at the Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds had been an important part of the New York sports…

September 21, 1963: Denny McLain homers in major-league debut
The Saturday afternoon affair at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull…

September 21, 1963: Pirates’ Gene Baker becomes first African-American to manage in the major leagues
Thanks in no small part to Bruce Markusen’s 2009 work,…

September 25, 1963: Stan Musial plays his last road game at Wrigley Field
After Stan Musial’s official announcement on August 12, 1963,…

September 27, 1963: Houston Colt .45s start a lineup of all rookies
On September 27, 1963, the Houston Colt .45’s (64-95) were…

September 29, 1963: Fleeting fame and enduring memories for Houston’s John Paciorek, Jim Umbricht
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, pondering his fate prior to…

September 29, 1963: Dodgers’ Tommy Davis secures second consecutive NL batting title
Tommy Davis. (SABR-Rucker Archive)
In late…

September 29, 1963: Stan Musial says goodbye in final game
There was symmetry to the first weeks of Stan Musial’s career…

October 2, 1963: Sandy Koufax sets World Series strikeout record, fanning 15 Yankees
For the first time in seven years, the Yankees and the Dodgers…

October 3, 1963: Johnny Podres extends Dodgers’ World Series lead in Game 2
While the starting pitchers in Game One of the 1963 World Series…

October 5, 1963: Drysdale gives Dodgers 3-0 lead in ‘best pitched game of superbly pitched series’
Depending on who you listened to, the New York Yankees were either…

October 6, 1963: Koufax stifles Yankee bats again as Dodgers sweep World Series
As the New York Yankees arrived at Dodger Stadium for the fourth…

October 12, 1963: Latin American charity game is Polo Grounds’ ‘grand finale’
The last baseball game ever played at the Polo Grounds was…

April 14, 1964: Cubs outslug and outlast hopeful Pirates to jump-start the season
“From the depths of 17 consecutive second-division finishes,”…

April 14, 1964: Sandy Koufax stifles Cardinals in his only career Opening Day start
Sandy Koufax shut out the Cardinals in the only opening-day…

April 19, 1964: Mets beat Pirates for first win at Shea Stadium
The New York Mets began their 1964 season the same way as in…

April 22, 1964: Yankees’ Whitey Ford wins his 200th game in the Windy City
It was April 1964. The top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100…

April 22, 1964: McCovey’s three homers sink Braves in home opener
To Milwaukee fandom, the 1964 home opener represented a potential…

April 23, 1964: Ken Johnson pitches a no-hitter for Houston … and loses the game to Reds
Making baseball history is usually a shining moment or a dream…

April 28, 1964: Dick Stuart rallies Red Sox with 11th-inning grand slam
It was early in the 1964 season. The visiting Baltimore Orioles…

May 5, 1964: Wally Bunker throws a one-hitter for Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles were beginning their 11th season since…