
April 10, 1962: Expansion Colt .45s win first game in franchise history
Houston was awarded a National League expansion franchise as…

April 11, 1962: New York Mets open inaugural season with loss to Cardinals
A new day was dawning for New York baseball fans. After the Dodgers…

April 18, 1962: O’Toole’s pitching, Pinson’s production lead Reds to 14-0 rout
The pitching matchup scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, 1962,…

April 23, 1962: Jay Hook leads Mets to franchise's first victory
New York City had long been a bastion of National League baseball.…

April 24, 1962: 'Human Strikeout Machine' Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 in the Windy City
“I lost track,” replied Sandy Koufax when asked if he knew…

April 28, 1962: Mets earn franchise's first home win at Polo Grounds
The end of a terrible era, the absence of National League baseball…

May 5, 1962: Bo Belinsky blanks Baltimore, strikes out nine in no-hitter
The first major-league no-hitter on the West Coast belongs not…

May 29, 1962: Braves beat Cubs in a home run derby on a cold day in May
Though the calendar had yet to turn to June, the Chicago Cubs…

May 30, 1962: Dodgers make first visit to New York since leaving Brooklyn
The Dodgers last played in Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957,…

June 1, 1962: Willie Mays, Giants return to New York for first time, beat the Mets
On August 18, 1957, came an anticipated yet numbing announcement.…

June 8, 1962: Mets snap 17-game losing streak, then lose again
On June 6, 1962, the Mets’ woes continued when they were swept…

June 16, 1962: Cleveland's Jerry Kindall tops Mantle’s dramatic blast
The New York Yankees were hurting. The 1961 AL Fireman of the…

June 22, 1962: No no-hitter for Mets' Alvin Jackson
Baseball is a game of streaks, and an extended streak, whether…

June 24, 1962: Yankees outlast Tigers in 22-inning game
When the fans at Tiger Stadium settled into their seats for a…

June 30, 1962: Sandy Koufax hurls first career no-hitter against Mets
The Los Angeles Dodgers (50-29), in second place a half-game…

July 8, 1962: Frank Robinson’s fifth run wins it for Reds
The defending National League champion Cincinnati Reds were languishing…

July 10, 1962: Maury Wills sprints for National League’s All-Star Game win in D.C.
Baseball’s All-Star Game was played at Griffith Stadium in…

July 12, 1962: Hank Aaron’s walk-off grand slam caps Braves' comeback victory
As the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Braves began a three-game…

July 30, 1962: Junior Circuit shows its power in All-Star Game at Wrigley Field
“I guess it shows they play ball in that other league too.”…

August 1, 1962: Boston's Bill Monbouquette throws no-hitter at Comiskey Park
It was an unlikely time for the best game in Bill Monbouquette’s…

August 20, 1962: Reds' Frank Robinson crushes extra-inning, walk-off grand slam
The Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers concluded a critical…

September 2, 1962: Musial passes Speaker with 3,516th hit, moving one more rung up the record book ladder
There was not much tension in the air as the New York Mets concluded…

September 12, 1962: Tom Cheney strikes out a record 21 batters
In 2019 a record 42,823 batters struck out1 — more than 17…

September 21, 1962: White Sox score 6 runs in electrifying game-ending rally
Only 825 spectators, the smallest crowd of the season at Comiskey…