May 8, 1960: Millers score 10 in doubleheader nightcap, finally solve Colonels

If there was ever a game where one team had an advantage over…

May 14, 1960: Score vs. Latman duel is short-lived

The Chicago White Sox won the 1959 American League pennant by…

May 15, 1960: Don Cardwell tosses no-hitter in Cubs debut

Putting on his Chicago Cubs uniform for the first time, recently…

May 23, 1960: Sandy Koufax stops first-place Pirates with one-hitter

Sandy Koufax was on the fringes of the Los Angeles Dodgers’…

May 27, 1960: Ed Bailey’s grand slam in ninth wins it for Reds

On a stormy Friday night in Cincinnati, the Reds won a dramatic…

June 17, 1960: Ted Williams wallops 500th career home run in Cleveland

The 1960 season was the end of an era in the major leagues. It…

June 25, 1960: Rookie Dick Stigman fans 10 Yankees in Tribe win

The 1959 Indians had finished in second place, five games behind…
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June 26, 1960: Ron Santo makes auspicious debut for last-place Cubs

In the throes of a nine-game losing streak, the Chicago Cubs…
Early Wynn (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

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…
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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.…
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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…
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July 11-13, 1960: Willie Mays hits for the cycle in All-Star doubleheader

In his second at-bat of the second All-Star Game in 1960,…

July 15, 1960: ‘Fielding genius’ Brooks Robinson hits for cycle

Brooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles’ Hall of Fame/Gold Glove…

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 13, 1960: Clemente, Haddix, Groat lead Pirates over Cardinals

“There are many things we only see clearly in retrospect.”1 The…
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August 14, 1960: Bill White’s cycle a bright spot for Cardinals in Pirates’ sweep

Two months before the Pittsburgh Pirates made history by winning…