1960s – Page 9 – Society for American Baseball Research

Johnny Callison (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

June 27, 1963: Phillies’ Johnny Callison hits for the cycle, sparking ‘merry-go-round of base runners’

July 2, 1963: Marichal outduels Spahn in 16-inning thriller

July 5, 1963: Dodgers notch 1-0 win in Johnny Podres’ 2-hitter

July 7, 1963: Early Wynn misses 300th win again as Cleveland’s 9th-inning rally falls short

July 9, 1963: Mays leads NL stars in return to single All-Star Game

July 12, 1963: Koufax fans 13, hands Mets 13th loss in a row

Early Wynn (Trading Card DB)

July 13, 1963: Early Wynn wins his 300th game

July 15, 1963: Patient Gary Peters registers near-perfect game for White Sox

Willie Stargell (Trading Card Database)

July 15, 1963: Pirates beat Giants in game featuring seven future Hall of Famers in starting lineups

Jim Kaat (Trading Card Database)

July 24, 1963: Minnesota’s Jim Kaat pitches shutout, hits three-run home run to beat Cleveland

Henry Aaron combined power and speed as one of the game’s great all-around players. (SABR-Rucker Archive)

July 27, 1963: Henry Aaron drives Reds dizzy in Braves’ win

July 31, 1963: Indians smack four consecutive home runs off Paul Foytack

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