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Whitey Ford (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 4, 1961: Whitey Ford pitches third consecutive World Series shutout as Yankees win Game 1

Joey Jay (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 5, 1961: Underdog Reds win first World Series game in 21 years

October 7, 1961: Roger Maris’s ninth-inning home run wins Game 3 for Yankees

October 8, 1961: Bobby Richardson collects three more hits in Yankees’ Game 4 shutout

October 9, 1961: Yankees blast Reds to capture 19th World Series championship

Dick Donovan (Trading Card DB)

April 10, 1962: Dick Donovan returns home, blanks Red Sox on Opening Day in Cleveland debut

April 10, 1962: Expansion Colt .45s win first game in franchise history

April 10, 1962: Dodgers lose to Reds in opening game at Dodger Stadium

Carroll Hardy (Trading Card DB)

April 11, 1962: Carroll Hardy breaks scoreless tie with 12th-inning grand slam

April 11, 1962: New York Mets open inaugural season with loss to Cardinals

Buck Rodgers (Trading Card DB)

April 14, 1962: Angels chill Twins in blustery season opener

April 15, 1962: Pitcher Jim Manning becomes Twins’ first 18-year-old player

April 18, 1962: O’Toole’s pitching, Pinson’s production lead Reds to 14-0 rout

April 19, 1962: Román Mejías draws Houston’s first ejection; manager Harry Craft also thumbed

April 23, 1962: Jay Hook leads Mets to franchise’s first victory

April 24, 1962: ‘Human Strikeout Machine’ Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 in the Windy City

April 28, 1962: Minnie Miñoso rallies Cardinals to win over Reds

April 28, 1962: Mets earn franchise’s first home win at Polo Grounds

May 5, 1962: Bo Belinsky blanks Baltimore, strikes out nine in no-hitter

Solly Hemus (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 6, 1962: Solly Hemus draws Mets’ first ejection in extra-inning win

Bob Tillman (Trading Card Database)

May 19, 1962: In his third game, Boston’s Bob Tillman gets his first major-league at-bat and homers

May 26, 1962: Sandy Koufax shines on the mound and at the plate

May 29, 1962: Braves beat Cubs in a home run derby on a cold day in May

May 30, 1962: Dodgers make first visit to New York since leaving Brooklyn

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