August 13, 1963: Dave DeBusschere pitches shutout in next-to-last major-league start
As White Sox pitcher Dave DeBusschere headed to the mound at…
August 14, 1963: Red Sox honor lost USS Thresher, thrash Yankees
On April 10, 1963, the US nuclear submarine USS Thresher sank…
August 31, 1963: Landis, Robinson hit back-to-back homers in 9th as Wilhelm shuts down Twins in relief
The last Saturday in August of 1963 brought an afternoon match…
September 1, 1963: Yankees’ Tom Metcalf gets sole major-league win, aided by home runs
Tom Metcalf had been called up by the New York Yankees in early…
September 6, 1963: Major League Baseball celebrates 100,000th game
Much of the off-field enjoyment of baseball is connected to the…
September 8, 1963: Stan Musial bids farewell to Forbes Field in Pittsburgh
Stan Musial’s first and last appearances in Forbes Field spanned…
September 10, 1963: Trio of Alou brothers make trail-blazing appearance with Giants
In a time when baseball players from the Dominican Republic…
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 25, 1963: Stan Musial plays his last road game at Wrigley Field
After Stan Musial’s official announcement on August 12, 1963,…
September 27, 1963: Houston Colt .45s 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…
April 14, 1964: Cubs outslug and outlast hopeful Pirates to jump-start the season
“From the depths of 17 consecutive second-division finishes,”…
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…