
September 8, 1963: Stan Musial bids farewell to Forbes Field in Pittsburgh
Stan Musial’s first and last appearances in Forbes Field spanned…

September 18, 1963: Mets lose to Phillies in their second 'Last Game' at the Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds had been an important part of the New York sports…

September 21, 1963: Denny McLain homers in major-league debut
The Saturday afternoon affair at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull…

September 21, 1963: Pirates' Gene Baker becomes first African-American to manage in the major leagues
Thanks in no small part to Bruce Markusen’s 2009 work,…

September 27, 1963: Houston Colt .45's start a lineup of all rookies
On September 27, 1963, the Houston Colt .45’s (64-95) were…

September 29, 1963: Fleeting fame and enduring memories for Houston's John Paciorek, Jim Umbricht
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, pondering his fate prior to…

September 29, 1963: Stan Musial says goodbye in final game
There was symmetry to the first weeks of Stan Musial’s career…

October 2, 1963: Sandy Koufax sets World Series strikeout record, fanning 15 Yankees
For the first time in seven years, the Yankees and the Dodgers…

October 3, 1963: Johnny Podres extends Dodgers' World Series lead in Game 2
While the starting pitchers in Game One of the 1963 World Series…

October 5, 1963: Drysdale gives Dodgers 3-0 lead in 'best pitched game of superbly pitched series'
Depending on who you listened to, the New York Yankees were either…

October 6, 1963: Koufax stifles Yankee bats again as Dodgers sweep World Series
As the New York Yankees arrived at Dodger Stadium for the fourth…

October 12, 1963: Latin American charity game is Polo Grounds' 'grand finale'
The last baseball game ever played at the Polo Grounds was the…

April 19, 1964: Mets beat Pirates for first win at Shea Stadium
The New York Mets began their 1964 season the same way as in…

April 22, 1964: Yankees' Whitey Ford wins his 200th game in the Windy City
It was April 1964. The top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100…

April 22, 1964: McCovey’s three homers sink Braves in home opener
To Milwaukee fandom, the 1964 home opener represented a potential…

April 23, 1964: Ken Johnson pitches a no-hitter for Houston ... and loses the game to Reds
Making baseball history is usually a shining moment or a dream…

May 8, 1964: Bill Spanswick earns first major league victory
Baseball was the game for the generation of young men growing…

May 26, 1964: Mets score 19 runs in win over Cubs
The New York Mets arrived in Chicago after losing two of three…

May 31, 1964: Baseball's longest doubleheader
Clouds hung overhead as the first remnants of the crowd entered…

June 4, 1964: Sandy Koufax 'puts everything together' in third career no-hitter
The Los Angeles Dodgers (21-25, and in eighth place) came to…

June 8, 1964: Orioles go down on the farm in Aberdeen
The 1964 Aberdeen (South Dakota) Pheasants dominated the Class…

June 16, 1964: Ken Boyer breaks out of slump and hits for a natural cycle
On June 2, 1964, the St. Louis Cardinals began a 16-game road…

June 21, 1964: Jim Bunning is perfect on Father's Day
Fathers’ Day in 1964 was a beautiful, hot summer day in New…

July 18, 1964: Pete Rose drives in six runs as Reds hammer first-place Phillies
A “sticky wicket” of summer heat1 shrouded Crosley Field…