October 2, 1966: Sandy Koufax’s last regular-season hurrah

  Sandy Koufax struck out 10 and beat the Phillies in…

October 2, 1966: Pirates’ Matty Alou claims the 1966 NL batting title

After the 1965 season Bill Virdon retired from the Pirates. Virdon…

October 8, 1966: Wally Bunker shuts out Dodgers in Game Three of World Series

It was anybody’s game heading into the bottom of the fifth…

April 11, 1967: Kansas City A’s shock baseball by unveiling new white shoes

The Kansas City Athletics made history in…
Tom Seaver (TRADING CARD DB)

April 13, 1967: Mets win in Tom Seaver’s major-league debut

After starting their 1967 season with a loss, just as they had…

April 12, 1967: Red Sox begin magical season with Opening Day win

“In other years, the cynics expected the Red Sox to go nowhere.…

April 14, 1967: Red Sox’s Billy Rohr misses no-hitter by one out in MLB debut

“It’s a big place and I was nervous,” said Boston’s 21-year-old…

April 20, 1967: Mets beat Cubs to give Tom Seaver his first major-league victory

After four years in the National League cellar, the New York…

April 23, 1967: Say it ain’t snow! Cubs’ Fergie Jenkins whiffs 10 in cold weather

It felt like the middle of football season rather than springtime. Ferguson…
Tom Seaver (TRADING CARD DB)

April 25, 1967: Tom Seaver pitches first complete game, scores winning run in 10th

In 1966 the New York Mets lost fewer than 100 games and finished…

April 30, 1967: Steve Barber and Stu Miller combine for no-hitter in a loss

In late April of 1967, the Detroit Tigers traveled to Baltimore…
George Korince (Trading Card DB)

May 13, 1967: Tigers’ George Korince earns first major-league win

May 13 was still early in the 1967 season. A sparse crowd of…

May 14, 1967: Mickey Mantle smacks his 500th home run

After winning five straight pennants, and two world championships…
Don Lock (Trading Card DB)

May 21, 1967: Don Lock’s walk-off single ends 18-inning marathon

Cincinnati arrived in Philadelphia on a five-game winning streak.…
Andy Etchebarren (COURTESY OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES)

June 4, 1967: 5 hours and 18 minutes later, Orioles beat Senators in 19 innings

On June 4, 1967, a Sunday afternoon at Baltimore’s Memorial…

June 7, 1967: Redbirds ‘Busch’-whacked by Astros, 17-1

Fifty games into their 1967 season the Houston Astros were on…

June 7, 1967: Reds teenage phenom Gary Nolan strikes out 15 Giants

Going into this June 1967 Crosley Field game between San Francisco…