April 19, 1960: Rocky Colavito, Harvey Kuenn trade places as Tigers top Cleveland on Opening Day
The Indians and Tigers opened their 1960 campaigns on Tuesday,…
April 19, 1960: Maris stars in Yankee debut; Williams passes Gehrig on all-time homer list
The 1959 New York Yankees (79-75) posted the franchise’s lowest…
May 7, 1960: Dodgers’ Sherry brothers combine to defeat Phillies in 11 innings
Brothers Norm and Larry Sherry shared one of the highlights of…
May 8, 1960: Millers score 10 in doubleheader nightcap, finally solve Colonels
If there was ever a game where one team had an advantage over…
May 14, 1960: Score vs. Latman duel is short-lived
The Chicago White Sox won the 1959 American League pennant by…
May 15, 1960: Don Cardwell tosses no-hitter in Cubs debut
Putting on his Chicago Cubs uniform for the first time, recently…
May 27, 1960: Ed Bailey’s grand slam in ninth wins it for Reds
On a stormy Friday night in Cincinnati, the Reds won a dramatic…
May 28, 1960: Don Zimmer’s game-winning hit in 14th overcomes dominant start by Sandy Koufax
On April 8, 1960, the Los Angeles Dodgers traded infielder Don…
June 17, 1960: Ted Williams wallops 500th career home run in Cleveland
The 1960 season was the end of an era in the major leagues. It…
June 25, 1960: Rookie Dick Stigman fans 10 Yankees in Tribe win
The 1959 Indians had finished in second place, five games behind…
June 26, 1960: Ron Santo makes auspicious debut for last-place Cubs
In the throes of a nine-game losing streak, the Chicago Cubs…
June 26, 1960: Early Wynn wins 275th career game as White Sox erupt for 21 runs
A Sunday afternoon doubleheader at Comiskey Park pitted the hometown…
July 3, 1960: Ted Williams hits 14th home run in just 27th game of season
Willie Tasby hit a grand slam. Vic Wertz hit a three-run homer.…
July 3, 1960: Rookie Pete Rose and Geneva Redlegs drop 21-17 slugfest
It sounds like the kind of far-fetched scenario you might hear…
July 4, 1960: Braves’ rally supplies the fireworks on Independence Day
The Pittsburgh Pirates traveled to Milwaukee in 1960 for their…
July 7, 1960: Musial celebrates last-minute All-Star selection
As the St. Louis Cardinals visited the San Francisco Giants in…
July 11-13, 1960: Willie Mays hits for the cycle in All-Star doubleheader
In his second at-bat of the second All-Star Game in 1960,…
July 15, 1960: ‘Fielding genius’ Brooks Robinson hits for cycle
Brooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles’ Hall of Fame/Gold Glove…
July 17, 1960: Murtaugh, Pirates use rules to thwart Big Newk; Tom Cheney shines
On Memorial Day 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates had squeezed past…
July 19, 1960: Juan Marichal shines in Giants debut with one-hit shutout and 12 strikeouts
Not every pitcher starts his career on a high note, but Juan…
August 4, 1960: Billy Martin ends Jim Brewer’s season in on-field brawl
The Cincinnati Reds were little more than a year from winning…
August 6, 1960: ‘We Had ’em All The Way’: Vern Law tosses 10 innings en route to emotional Pirates victory
“When you win that kind, you’ve got to win the pennant. You…
August 11, 1960: Reds’ Jim Maloney goes route for first time while Sandy Koufax fans 13
By the end of the 1960s, future Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax and…
August 13, 1960: Clemente, Haddix, Groat lead Pirates over Cardinals
“There are many things we only see clearly in retrospect.”1
The…