1960s – Page 9 – Society for American Baseball Research

Johnny Podres (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 4, 1963: Dodgers’ Johnny Podres loses bid for no-hitter in ninth at Houston

Mickey Mantle (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 4, 1963: Mickey Mantle returns to Yankees in a pinch

Jim Hickman

August 7, 1963: Jim Hickman becomes first Mets batter to hit for the cycle

Johnny Stephenson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 11, 1963: Auburn, Batavia combine for 40 strikeouts to set new league record

August 13, 1963: Dave DeBusschere pitches shutout in next-to-last major-league start

Bill Monbouquette

August 14, 1963: Red Sox honor lost USS Thresher, thrash Yankees

August 25, 1963: ‘Lucky’ Camilo Pascual escapes bases-loaded jam to beat Orioles, 5-3

August 29, 1963: Sandy Koufax meets a milestone, wins 20th game of season

Hoyt Wilhelm (Trading Card DB)

August 31, 1963: Landis, Robinson hit back-to-back homers in 9th as Wilhelm shuts down Twins in relief

Tom Medcalf

September 1, 1963: Yankees’ Tom Metcalf gets sole major-league win, aided by home runs

September 6, 1963: Major League Baseball celebrates 100,000th game

September 8, 1963: Stan Musial bids farewell to Forbes Field in Pittsburgh

Sandy Koufax (SABR-Rucker Archive)

September 10, 1963: Sandy Koufax wins 23rd game in record-setting performance in Pittsburgh

September 10, 1963: Trio of Alou brothers make trail-blazing appearance with Giants

Stan Musial

SABR-Rucker Archive

September 10, 1963: New grandfather Stan Musial makes home-run history with surging Cardinals

Stan Musial

Trading Card Database

September 13, 1963: Stan Musial equals Ty Cobb in doubles; Warren Spahn takes an early shower

Stan Musial

Trading Card Database

September 16, 1963: Stan Musial hits his final home run

September 17, 1963: Sandy Koufax sets shutout record for southpaws in St. Louis

September 18, 1963: Mets lose to Phillies in their second ‘Last Game’ at the Polo Grounds

September 21, 1963: Denny McLain homers in major-league debut

September 21, 1963: Pirates’ Gene Baker becomes first African-American to manage in the major leagues

Stan Musial (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

September 25, 1963: Stan Musial plays his last road game at Wrigley Field

September 27, 1963: Houston Colt .45s start a lineup of all rookies

September 29, 1963: Fleeting fame and enduring memories for Houston’s John Paciorek, Jim Umbricht