June 25, 1960: Rookie Dick Stigman fans 10 Yankees in Tribe win
The 1959 Indians had finished in second place, five games behind…
June 26, 1960: Ron Santo makes auspicious debut for last-place Cubs
In the throes of a nine-game losing streak, the Chicago Cubs…
June 26, 1960: Early Wynn wins 275th career game as White Sox erupt for 21 runs
A Sunday afternoon doubleheader at Comiskey Park pitted the hometown…
July 3, 1960: Ted Williams hits 14th home run in just 27th game of season
Willie Tasby hit a grand slam. Vic Wertz hit a three-run homer.…
July 3, 1960: Rookie Pete Rose and Geneva Redlegs drop 21-17 slugfest
It sounds like the kind of far-fetched scenario you might hear…
July 4, 1960: Braves’ rally supplies the fireworks on Independence Day
The Pittsburgh Pirates traveled to Milwaukee in 1960 for their…
July 7, 1960: Musial celebrates last-minute All-Star selection
As the St. Louis Cardinals visited the San Francisco Giants in…
July 15, 1960: ‘Fielding genius’ Brooks Robinson hits for cycle
Brooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles’ Hall of Fame/Gold Glove…
July 17, 1960: Murtaugh, Pirates use rules to thwart Big Newk; Tom Cheney shines
On Memorial Day 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates had squeezed past…
July 19, 1960: Juan Marichal shines in Giants debut with one-hit shutout and 12 strikeouts
Not every pitcher starts his career on a high note, but Juan…
August 4, 1960: Billy Martin ends Jim Brewer’s season in on-field brawl
The Cincinnati Reds were little more than a year from winning…
August 6, 1960: ‘We Had ’em All The Way’: Vern Law tosses 10 innings en route to emotional Pirates victory
“When you win that kind, you’ve got to win the pennant. You…
August 11, 1960: Reds’ Jim Maloney goes route for first time while Sandy Koufax fans 13
By the end of the 1960s, future Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax and…
August 13, 1960: Clemente, Haddix, Groat lead Pirates over Cardinals
“There are many things we only see clearly in retrospect.”1
The…
August 16, 1960: Juan Marichal gets best of Bob Gibson in first matchup of future Hall of Famers
It’s unlikely that any of the 16,936 fans attending a mid-August…
August 18, 1960: Lew Burdette tosses a no-hitter for Braves
Lew Burdette had been close twice before. He had hurled two one-hitters…
August 28, 1960: Umpire’s timeout call nullifies Ted Kluszewski’s apparent 3-run home run
In late August of the seventh season since the St. Louis Browns’…
September 3, 1960: Baseball bids farewell to Allentown — for 47 years
Upon their debut in 2008, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs quickly…
September 7, 1960: Lombardi 1, Baseball 0: Green Bay says goodbye to minor leagues
In early September 1960, the Green Bay Packers football dynasty…
September 8, 1960: Minneapolis Millers face St. Paul Saints for final time at Metropolitan Stadium
On a cool 1960 September evening in Bloomington, Minnesota, one…
September 16, 1960: Warren Spahn no-hits Phillies, wins 20th game of season
“It’s just a crazy game,” said 39-year-old Warren Spahn.…
September 25, 1960: Eddie Mathews’ walk-off homer wins battle vs. Pirates, though war is lost
For the first time since 1955, the Milwaukee Braves entered the…
September 28, 1960: Ted Williams bids adieu to Boston fans with 521st home run
It was meant to happen. At least, it seemed that way.Triggering…
October 2, 1960: Original Senators play last game at Griffith Stadium without realizing it
When the Washington Senators suited up for the final game of…