Robin Roberts (TRADING CARD DB)

August 29, 1966: Pitching for the Cubs, Robin Roberts records his 286th and final victory

To tell the story of Robin Roberts’s 286th and final major-league…
Roberto Clemente (Trading Card DB)

September 2, 1966: Pirates’ Roberto Clemente reaches 2,000 career hits

Roberto Clemente stepped into the batter’s box in the fifth…

September 11, 1966: Sandy Koufax throws his final career shutout to beat Astros

Sandy Koufax’s final shutout was the 40th of his career…
Don Kessinger (Trading Card DB)

September 21, 1966: Cubs beat Reds before lowest attendance ever at Wrigley Field

The sky was overcast for the Wednesday afternoon matchup between…
Jim Palmer (TRADING CARD DB)

September 22, 1966: Jim Palmer strikes out 8 as Orioles clinch American League pennant

Baltimore is a city of heroes. Johns Hopkins. Francis Scott Key.…
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September 22, 1966: Smallest attendance ever at Yankee Stadium: 413 fans

The 1966 New York Yankees were two seasons removed from a seven-game…

September 25, 1966: Jim Kaat outduels Earl Wilson for 25th win

On September 27, 1966, Jim Kaat was honored in front of 300 businessmen…
Ken Holtzman (Trading Card DB)

September 25, 1966: Ken Holtzman, Sandy Koufax meet on the mound just once for the ages

It was a sunny afternoon on the North Side of Chicago with seasonal…

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…
Fergie Jenkins (Trading Card Database)

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…