
April 11, 1961: Eli Grba wins first game in Angels franchise history
As 1960 rolled into 1961 and baseball fans began looking forward…

April 15, 1961: Bob Friend bests Don Drysdale in a record-setting game
Possibly the most intriguing thing about baseball is its unpredictability.…

April 28, 1961: Braves' Warren Spahn pitches second career no-hitter
It was barely the third week of the 1961 season. A meager crowd…

April 30, 1961: The Say Hey Kid’s four-homer game
The 1961 major-league season was barely three weeks old the day…

May 4, 1961: Joe Adcock’s walk-off grand slam wins it for Braves
From the time he arrived in Milwaukee with the rest of his Braves…

May 9, 1961: Orioles' Jim Gentile blasts two grand slams on consecutive pitches
On Tuesday, May 9, 1961, before a crowd of 4,514 fans at Minnesota’s…

May 24, 1961: Roberto Clemente, the 'College' Cubs, and an incident in Mississippi
The Pittsburgh Pirates were still enjoying the aura of their…

June 8, 1961: Milwaukee Braves belt a record four consecutive home runs in one inning
Six teams were within six games of one another in a wild scramble…

June 17, 1961: Tigers outslug Yankees and take first place
The explosive Tigers-Yankees matchup that took place at Tiger…

June 18, 1961: Goodman, Fox win it for White Sox in 9th with unlikely homers
Two of the least likely home-run hitters both struck in the ninth…

June 23, 1961: Stan Musial knocks in seven runs for Cardinals
The turnstiles at Busch Stadium, the renamed Sportsman’s Park…

June 28, 1961: Ron Santo comes up big with two homers, seven RBIs
“The Cubs had 25 base runners, and (the public-address) announcer…

July 9, 1961: Willie Kirkland hits 3 homers, bunts in the ninth inning
Frank Lane was no longer Cleveland’s general manager. He resigned…

August 11, 1961: Braves' Warren Spahn wins his 300th career game
Warren Spahn joined the elite group of 300-game winners with…

September 1, 1961: Skowron's single launches Yankees on 13-game winning streak
The Setting The baseball world has been captivated this summer…

September 14, 1961: Ken Boyer’s 11 total bases and 11th-inning homer drive Cards to defeat Cubs
Ken Boyer collected his first career five-hit game in propelling…

September 20, 1961: Roger Maris hits 59th home run as Yankees clinch pennant
Wednesday, September 20, 1961, offered the last chance for Roger…

September 26, 1961: Cincinnati Reds clinch first NL pennant in 21 years
The 1961 Cincinnati Reds1 were a pre-season pick to finish sixth…

October 1, 1961: Roger Maris surpasses Babe Ruth with 61st home run
On October 1, 1961, ending a quest that had enthralled both the…

October 4, 1961: Whitey Ford pitches third consecutive World Series shutout as Yankees win Game 1
By Whitey Ford’s standards, 1960 had been a down year. With…

October 5, 1961: Underdog Reds win first World Series game in 21 years
Heading into the 1961 season, the National League pennant race…

October 7, 1961: Roger Maris’s ninth-inning home run wins Game 3 for Yankees
The 1961 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the New…

October 8, 1961: Bobby Richardson collects three more hits in Yankees' Game 4 shutout
“There is nothing to compare with it,” said Bobby Richardson…

October 9, 1961: Yankees blast Reds to capture 19th World Series championship
As the 49-year-old midtown Cincinnati ballpark hosted Game Five…