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…
April 25, 1967: Tom Seaver pitches first complete game, drives in winning run in 10th
In 1966 the New York Mets lost fewer than 100 games and finished…
April 25, 1967: Robin Roberts launches bid to return to majors with Reading Phillies
It’s a storyline practically as old as baseball itself: An…
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…
May 10, 1967: Henry Aaron hits his only inside-the-park home run, but Braves lose on passed ball
Of the 755 home runs that Henry Aaron hit from 1954 through 1976…
May 14, 1967: Mickey Mantle smacks his 500th home run
After winning five straight pennants, and two world championships…
May 15, 1967: Clemente blasts three homers and knocks in all seven runs in Bucs’ loss
“It was almost like Roberto Clemente playing the Reds all by…
May 21, 1967: Don Lock’s walk-off single ends 18-inning marathon
Cincinnati arrived in Philadelphia on a five-game winning streak.…
May 23, 1967: Dave Vineyard earns posterity, and revenge, with no-hitter for Toronto Maple Leafs
On June 29, 1990, Toronto baseball fans got to witness a bit…
June 3-4, 1967: Harmon Killebrew blasts two tape-measure home runs on consecutive days
The California Angels were trying to get out of the cellar. The…
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…
June 11, 1967: Don Pavletich hits walk-off grand slam for Reds
The first-place Reds looked to expand a small lead in the NL…
June 12, 1967: Paul Casanova’s hit ends baseball’s longest night in 22nd inning
“It’s true, ladies, all true. THE game did last almost until…
June 15, 1967: ‘Toy Cannon’ blasts three home runs in the Astrodome
June 15, 1967, seemed like an unlikely day for the Houston Astros’…
June 18, 1967: Don Wilson tosses first no-hitter in Astrodome history
“I was amazed by the game he threw,” gushed Houston Astros…
June 21, 1967: Lonborg, Red Sox trade beanballs with Yankees
On June 21, 1967, the fourth-place Boston Red Sox faced the ninth-place…
June 27, 1967: Hard slide ends Al Weis’s season, knocks out Frank Robinson
The visiting White Sox (40-26) were leading the American League…
July 2, 1967: Fergie Jenkins hurls and hits the Cubs into first place
“He just pitched beautiful,” raved Chicago skipper Leo Durocher…
July 2, 1967: ‘Wynning’ reaction nets Astros the winning run in 9th
When the Houston Astros hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers for a…
July 14, 1967: Reds youngsters Gary Nolan, Tony Perez key walk-off victory
It was the stuff of boyhood dreams. With two outs in the bottom…
July 14, 1967: Astros’ Eddie Mathews joins 500 Home Run Club
It was a Goliath vs. Goliath situation.
On July 14, 1967, Eddie…