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- 1941
| Oct 05 | Mickey Owens' passed ball in the bottom of ninth with two outs and two strikes in Game 4 of the World Series turns a sure 4-3 Brooklyn win to a heart-breaking 7-4 loss to the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
- 1951
| Oct 03 | "The Shot Heard 'Round the World". After trailing the Dodgers by 13 1/2 games on Aug. 11, manager Leo Durocher's troops rattled off 16 straight victories and won 37 of their final 44 regular-season contests to force a tie with Brooklyn. The three-game playoff is tied at 1-1, with the Giants trailing 4-2 with one out and two on in the bottom of the ninth, Dodger pitcher Don Newcomb removed himself from the game in favor of the reliever Ralph Branca. "Brooklyn leads it, 4-2. Hartung down the line at third, not taking any chances. Lockman without too big of a lead at second, but he'll be running like the wind if Thomson hits one. Branca throws. There's a long drive. It's gonna be, I believe — The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Giants win the pennant! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy! Oh-ho!" Ref | |
- 1953
| Feb 20 | Pledging not to move the team from St. Louis, beer baron August A. Busch convinces the Board of Directors of Anheuser-Busch to purchase the Cardinals for $3.75 million dollars. | Ref: 1 |
- 1955
| Oct 20 | Yanks begin 16-game exhibition in Japan. | Ref: 5 |
- 1957
| Apr 24 | Chicago Cub pitchers walk National League record 9 Reds in 5th inning. | Ref: 5 |
- 1959
| Jun 30 | Infamous "two balls in play" game: At Wrigley Field, Cardinal Stan Musial draws walk on wild pitch and attempts to advance an extra base as Cubs third baseman Alvin Dark (original ball) and pitcher Bob Anderson (umpire-issued new ball) both fire balls toward second base in St. Louis' eventual 4-1 win. | Ref: 86 |
- 1960
| Jan 05 | Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | Stan Musial insists he take a $20,000 pay cut. 'Stan the Man' believes he was overpaid in 1957 and 1958 and his salary should be based on his play last season. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 26 | Due to his fear of flying, Boston outfielder Jackie Jensen announces his retirement. The 1958 MVP will later change his mind. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 29 | The family feud continues in Chicago as a court rules in favor of Charles Comiskey's sister, Dorothy Rigney, allowing her sell her White Sox shares to Bill Veeck. Comiskey had brought suit in order to gain control of the club. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 04 | BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Stan Musial insists he take a $20,000 pay cut. 'Stan the Man' believes he was overpaid in 1957 and 1958 and his salary should be based on his play last season. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 23 | Wrecking crews began to demolish the venerable home of the Brooklyn Dodgers: Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 13 | White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | New Orlean's franchise in the Southern Association, the Pelicans, cease operations and is replaced by Little Rock. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 25 | Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami | Ref: 2 |
| Apr 12 | In the first game ever played at San Fancisco's Candlestick Park, after Vice President Richard Nixon throws out the ceremonial first pitch, Giants' starter Sam Jones three-hits the Cardinals , 3-1. During the third inning a protest is made by the umpires concerning the foul poles, which are discovered to be completely located in fair territory. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 12 | Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts the "Exploding Scoreboard". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Trigger happy GM, Frank Lane, shocks Cleveland Indian fans by trading away HR champion Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for batting champion Harvey Kuenn. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 19 | Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 24 | Record 4 grand slams hit today. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Los Angeles Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th homerun wins the game for brother Larry. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Don Cardwell no-hits the Cardinals in his Cub debut after being traded from the Phillies. He becomes the first pitcher to keep the opponents hitless in a first start after being traded. | Ref: 1 |
| May 19 | Juan Marichal debuts as San Fransisco Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit homerun. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | With Hoyt Wilhelm as his battery mate, Oriole backstop Clint Courtney becomes the first catcher to use the big knuckleball mitt. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 17 | At Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, Ted Williams hits his 500th career home run off of Wayne Hawkins. 'Teddy Ballgame's two-run blast proves to be difference as the Red Sox beat the Indians, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 18 | Tom Sheehan becomes the oldest person (66 yrs, 2 months, 18 days) to debut as a major league manager when he replaces fired Giant skipper Bill Rigney. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 04 | Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 11 | NL beats AL 5-3 in 28th All Star Game (Municipal Stadium, KC). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 13 | The Yankees host the twenty-ninth All-Star game with American League losing 6-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 15 | Giant Willie McCovey 'invisible triple' causes the umps to call a twenty-four minute fog delay at Candlestick Park, but the Dodgers go on to win 5-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 15 | Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 16 | George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit HRs with a runner on. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 19 | Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants became the first pitcher to get a one-hitter in his major-league debut. Marichal allowed just one hit (a double in the eighth inning) as the Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 20 | Solly Hemus, manager of the St Louis Cardinals, pulls Ken Boyer from the lineup. Subsequent examination shows that Boyer is suffering from abdominal strain, a condition that would be controllable with medication. (Lipman, David, "Ken Boyer", ©1967) | |
| Aug 02 | The Continental (Baseball) League disbands on promises that four of its franchises would be accepted to the NL and AL as expansion franchises. | Ref: 86 |
| Aug 05 | In an unprecedented move, two major-league baseball clubs traded managers. Jimmy Dykes of the Detroit Tigers moved to manage the Cleveland Indians while Joe Gordon left the Indians to take over the managerial reins of the Tigers. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 15 | Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Phila Phillies, 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 20 | The Philadelphia Phillies snapped their modern major-league record of 23 consecutive losses by beating the Milwaukee Braves (score: 7-3). | |
| Aug 22 | Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 28 | White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 02 | Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams homers off Senator right-hander Don Lee. At beginning of his career Williams hit several home runs off of Lee's dad, Thornton. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 03 | Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox, plays the last of 798 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Sep 09 | Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams hits career homer 511 tying him with Mel Ott for third on the all-time HR list behind Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 10 | NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 15 | Giants' superstar Willie Mays ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in an 8-6 victory over the Phillies. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | At the age of thirty-nine, Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter beating the Phillies 4-0; the crafty lefty sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 18 | Braves' hurler Lew Burdette faces the minimum 27 batters as he no-hits the Phillies, 1-0. Tony Gonzalez, who is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning, is erased on a double play. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 25 | Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday losses. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 25 | Defeating the Red Sox, 4-3, the Yankees clinched the American League. It will be 70-year old Casey Stengel's 10th and last pennant as he will let go by the Yankees and be replaced by Ralph Houk next season. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 28 | In his last major league at bat, Ted Williams hits home run #521 off of Orioles' Jack Fischer. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | Bobby Richarson hits a world series grand slammer (World Series #57). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 13 | In Game Seven of the World Series at Forbes Field, Bill Mazeroski leads off the bottom of the ninth with the most dramatic home run in Series history, a blast over the left field wall, breaking a 9-9 tie with the Yankees and bringing Pittsburgh its third World Championship. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 16 | In the first structural change since the turn of the century, the National League votes to admit Houston and NY into the Senior Circuit. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 18 | Five days after losing to the Pirates in Game 7 of the World Series, the Yankees fire 70-year old manager Casey Stengel. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 20 | Ralph Houk replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 26 | Calvin Griffith, president of the Washington Senators, made the historic decision to move his club to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, thereby giving birth to the "Minnesota Twins," named after the two Upper Midwest cities. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 26 | The American League awards expansion franchise to Washington, D.C. following transfer of Calvin Griffith's franchise to Minnesota. | Ref: 86 |
| Nov 16 | Dick Groat is is selected as the National League's MVP. The World Champion Pirate shortstop led the league in hitting with a .325 average. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 17 | General Elwood R. (Pete) Quesada's bid for the Washington franchise is approved by American League. | Ref: 86 |
| Nov 19 | James 'Mickey' Vernon will pilot the new Senators in the team's inaugural season. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 22 | AL proposes MLB expand to nine teams in both leagues with interleague play; if the NL agrees, the AL will delay its plans for a LA franchise. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 03 | The Indians trade outfielder Harvey Kuenn to the Giants for flycatchers Willie Kirkland and pitcher Johnny Antonelli. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 06 | Gene Autry was attending the 1960 baseball winter meetings hoping to secure a broadcasting contract for KMPC, his Los Angeles radio station. The ‘Singing Cowboy’ wound up as the owner of the expansion Los Angeles Angels (when no one came forward to bid for the team, Autry made a bid of his own). The team became the showpiece for KMPC. The Angels played their first season in Wrigley Field (capacity 22,000), then rented Dodger Stadium and later moved to Anaheim. Former football player Bob Reynolds became the Angels co-owner. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 08 | The American League expansion team. the Los Angeles Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | The two new AL franchises, the first expansion teams in over a half of a century, select their rosters in a player draft. The 'new' Washington Senators select Yankee southpaw Bobby Shantz and the Los Angeles Angels opt for Yankee righty Ed Grba. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 21 | P.K. Wrigley announces that Cubs will not have a manager, opting instead for "College of Coaches." | Ref: 86 |
| Dec 23 | Rip Collins joins the Cubs' college of coaches. | Ref: 1 |
- 1961
| Jan 01 | Briggs Stadium officially becomes Tiger Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 09 | Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minneapolis/St Paul territory. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Charlie Grimm and Verlon Walker are named to the Cubs' colleges of coaches. Using this system, a different coach will manage the team each month during the season. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 16 | Mickey Mantle signs a contract for $75,000 which made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 24 | The A's trade Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder to the Orioles for Wayne Causey, Jim Archer, Bob Boyd and Al Pilarcik. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 28 | The International League Board of Directors vote to move the Montreal franchise to Syracuse, New York. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 29 | Bill Hamilton and Max Carey are voted into the Hall of Fame by the veterans committee. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 31 | Houston voters approve financing for a domed stadium removing the hurdle to gain a major league franchise. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 09 | Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minneapolis/St Paul territory. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc., formally receives a certificate of membership from National League President Warren Giles. The name was judged by club owner Joan Payson as the one that best met five basic criteria: 1) It met public and press acceptance; 2) It was closely related to the team's corporate name (Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc); 3) It was descriptive of the metropolitan area; 4) It had a brevity that delighted copy readers everywhere; 5) It had historical background referring to the Metropolitans of the 19th century American Association. Other names considered included Rebels, Skyliners, NYBs, Burros (for the five boroughs), Continentals, Avengers... as well as Jets and Islanders, names that would eventually find their way into the New York sports scene. | Ref: 86 |
| Mar 09 | The Yankees annouce the team will be leaving its spring training home in St. Petersburg to move to Fort Lauderdale by 1963; the Yankee owners also encourage new unnamed NL New York franchise to play its home games at the Polo Grounds and not to consider Yankee Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 14 | The Mets lure former Yankee general manager George Weiss out of retirement to become the club's first president. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 16 | The state of New York approves a bond issue for the construction of a 55,000-seat stadium on the site of the 1939-40 World Fair in Queen's Flushing Meadow area. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 20 | The Yankees announce the team will oppose any plan that would enable the new NL expansion franchise to use Yankee Stadium which leaves the Polo Grounds as the only viable option for the new team until their new Flushing stadium is completed. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 24 | New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Connie Mack Stadium (formerly known as Shibe Park) is sold to J Schleifer Properties and will be torn down after the 1963 season to make room for bowling alleys. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 10 | After JFK throws out the first ball, the 'new' Washington Senators (the old team moved to Minnesota at the start of the season) played their first game in history and lose to the White Sox, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 11 | Carl Yastrzemski replaced Ted Williams in left field for the Boston Red Sox. The ‘Yaz’ was just 21 years old and had but two years experience in the minor leagues when he was called. In his first at-bat, he got a hit off Kansas City’s Ray Herbert. Yastrzemski retired in 1984, having played his entire major-league career in a Boston Red Sox uniform. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 11 | The upstart Angels playing their first game in franchise history defeat a strong Oriole team, 7-2. Ted Kluszewski homers twice and Eli Grba tosses a complete game for Los Angeles. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 11 | At Fenway Park, Red Sox rookie Carl Yastrzemski gets his first knock. Royals' hurler Ray Herbert gives up the first of 3,318 hits 'Captain Carl' will amass over a 23-year career. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 12 | Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Beginning his historic home run chase of the Babe, Roger Maris finally connects for his first round tripper in the twelfth game of the season. The fifth-inning solo shot is off Tiger pitcher Paul Fovtack. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 21 | The Minnesota Twins, formerly known as the Washington Senators, play their first home game in Minnesota at Metropolitan Stadium losing to the 'new' expansion Washington Senator. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 23 | Striking out at least one batter in each inning, Phillies hurler Art Mahaffey sets a new club record with 17 K's. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 24 | Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters in a game this day, becoming the first major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 26 | Roger Maris of the NY Yankees hit the first of a record 61 home runs in a single season. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Five days past his 40th birthday, Milwaukee Braves' southpaw Warren Spahn no-hits Cardinals, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 30 | At Milwaukee, Willie Mays slams 4 HRs in one game in a 14-4 Giant win over the Braves. The San Francisco slugger is left on deck in the top of the ninth when the third out is made. | Ref: 1 |
| May 03 | Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | New York's National League club announces that the team would begin play at the Polo Grounds in 1962 and their nickname will be "Mets," a natural shortening of the corporate name ("New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.") | Ref: 86 |
| May 09 | In a 13-5 victory over the Twins, Jim Gentile becomes first major leaguer to hit consecutive grand slams in the same game. The Oriole first basrman accomplishes the feat in the first two innings of the contest. | Ref: 1 |
| May 18 | Ryne Duren, Los Angeles Angels, strikes out 4 batters in the 7th inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
| May 28 | Record 27 homeruns hit in 7 American League games. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Roger Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 homeruns. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Batting for Carl Yastrzemski, Red Sox pinch hitter Carroll Hardy bunts for a single in the eighth inning of 7-6 loss to the Yankees. He will be the only player to pinch-hit for both Captain Carl and Ted Williams. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 01 | After playing just playing 6 games with the Braves, Billy Martin is traded to the Twins for Billy Consolo. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 08 | At Crosley Field, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas hit four consecutive HRs for the Braves in the seventh inning off Reds' pitchers Jim Maloney (2) and Marshall Bridges | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 11 | In Game 1 of a twin bill at Tiger Stadium, Norm Cash becomes the first Detroit player to hit a fair ball over the right field roof. The first baseman's prodigious poke off Joe McClain is to no avail as the Tigers lose to the Senators, 7-4. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 11 | Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Don Leppert of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run in his first major league at bat (first game). | Ref: 12 |
| Jun 19 | Roger Maris' 25th HR, a ninth inning shot off KS City ptcher Jim Archer, puts him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth's record pace. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 22 | Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, plays the last of 717 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Jun 23 | Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th & 6 in 9th. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | The Orioles and the Angels set a major league record by using 16 pitchers, eight by each side as Ron Hansen's 14th-inning homer gives Baltimore the victory, 9-8. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 25 | Yankee's Roger Maris hits his 40th of 61 HRs. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 26 | The Yankees beat the Angels, 8-6, and Yogi Berra collects his 2000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber. To celebrate the achievement a huge cake is rolled out in Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 28 | Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 30 | Whitey Ford becomes the first pitcher in American League history to win eight games in one month. 'Slick's' complete-game 5-1 victory over the Senators is the Yankees' 22nd win in June. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 02 | Maris hits 29th & 30th en route to 61 homers. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 05 | Cardinal first baseman Bill White hits three HRs and a double in a 9-1 rout over the Dodgers. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 11 | In the first of two All-Star games played that season, the NL beats the American League, 5-4 at a very windy Candlestick Park. The contest features a record seven errors and the memorable site of Stu Miller being blown off the mound by a gust of wind. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 13 | NL beats AL 5-4 (10 innings) in 30th All Star Game (SF Candlestick). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th. Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in first 154 games. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | At Busch Stadium, Bill White ties Ty Cobb's 49-year old record by collecting 14 hits in consecutive doubleheaders as the Cardinal first baseman goes three for four in both games of a doubleheader sweep over the Cubs. Yesterday, the future NL president had gone 8 for 10 in twin bill action also against Chicago. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 25 | Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | Johnny Blanchard hits his fourth consecutive home run over three games setting a major league mark. The backup catcher's two homers in this game pace the Yanks over the White Sox, 5-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 29 | Phillies lose first of 23 straight games. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | The first tie in All-Star Game history was recorded as the second All-Star Game of the year (there were two a year back then) was stopped in the 9th inning due to rain at Boston’s Fenway Park. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 31 | Due to heavy rain, the second 1961 All-Star game ends in a 1-1 tie at Fenway Park with a Rocky Colavito's home run accounting for the American League's only run. Jim Bunning, the AL starter, pitches three perfect innings again (he also did it in 1957) making him the only all-star hurler to accomplish the feat twice. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 03 | In the largest shutout score in a National League night game, the Pirates beat the Cardinals, 19-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 11 | Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves gets his 300th major-league victory as he beat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 14 | In a 9-2 defeat to the Cubs' Dick Ellsworth, the Phillies drop their seventeenth consecutive game and for the eleventh straight time the opposing pitcher throws a complete game against the team. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 20 | In the second game of a doubleheader, the Phillies snap a 23-game losing streak by beating the Braves,7-4. The victory establishes a new record for most consecutive losses by a major league team. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 22 | Roger Maris, in his record-setting season, becomes the first player to hit his 50th home run in the month of August. The 26-year old all-star outfielder connects off Ken McBride as the Yankees lose to the Angels, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 23 | Five Giants (Cepeda, F. Alou, Davenport, Mays & Orsino) hit homers in the same inning tying a major league record in a 14-0 rout of the Reds. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 26 | Hitting his 51st home run against the Kansas City A's, Roger Maris has the most homers in major league history at this point in the season. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 30 | Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 01 | Cuno Barragan of the Chicago Cubs hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| Sep 10 | Mickey Mantle becomes the 7th player to hit HR # 400. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 20 | After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 22 | Jim Gentile hits his fifth grand slam of the year to tie Ernie Banks' major league record established in 1955. Each of the Orioles' first baseman grand slams have come with Chuck Estrada pitching for Baltimore. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 26 | Yankee outfielder Roger Maris Yankees ties Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single season HR record with his 60th when he homers off Oriole Jack Fisher. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 26 | Under Manager Fred Hutchinson, the Reds clinch the National League pennant, their last flag at Crosley Field. The Reds then lost to the Roger Maris-Mickey Mantle led Yankees, four games to one. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 01 | Roger Maris hits his historic 61st homer off Tracy Stallard as Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 02 | Coming out of retirement, Casey Stengel agrees to manage the NY's NL expansion team, the Mets. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 08 | In Game 4 at Crosley Field, Whitey Ford blanks the Reds for five innings to extend his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak to 32 breaking Babe Ruth's previous record of 29 2/3 innings. Hector Lopez and Clete Boyer provide the offense driving in two runs each in the Yankee 6-0 victory. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 09 | NY Yankees beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series; Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning of scoreless World Series pitching. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | In the first expansion draft in National League history, the New York Mets spend $1.8 million to draft 22 players at the Netherland-Hilton Hotel in Cincinnati. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 28 | Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the Municipal Stadium at the former site of the New York World’s Fair in Flushing, NY. The name was later changed to Shea Stadium, after New York Commissioner William A. Shea. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 14 | John Fetzer becomes the lone owner of the Tigers when he buys out the estate of Fred Knorr. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 15 | For the second consecutive year, Roger Maris is named AL MVP; the new single-season HR record holder with 61 edges his Yankee teamate Mickey Mantle by four votes, 202-198. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 16 | The circular Mets logo, designed by sports cartoonist Ray Gatto is unveiled. The design, which represents all five boroughs with various symbols, is blue and orange, the team colors of the Dodgers and Giants, the franchises which left the 'Big Apple' and moved to the West Coast leaving NY without a National League representative. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 22 | Frank Robinson becomes the first Red in 21 years to win the National League MVP. The right fielder gets 219 of the 224 possible votes. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 30 | Cub Billy Williams (.278, 25, 86) is selected as the NL Rookie of the Year. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 30 | The White Sox trade pitchers Don Larsen and Billy Pierce to the Giants for pitchers Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni, Vele Tiefenhaler and first baseman Bob Farley. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 08 | The Mets purchase outfielder Richie Ashburn from the Cubs. | Ref: 1 |
- 1962
| Jan 03 | Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 23 | Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | The Southern Association suspends operation due to decreasing yearly attendance. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 01 | NL releases its first 162-game schedule. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Nedelya, a supplement of the Soviet newspaper Izvestia, claimed that, “...baseball is an old Russian game.” | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 04 | Nedelya, a supplement of the Soviet newspaper Izvestia, claimed that, “...baseball is an old Russian game.” | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 05 | The Reds' third baseman Gene Freese will be out until August 17 due to a severe ankle fracture suffered in the team's first intrasquad game. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 06 | St Louis votes to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater FL. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' #36. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Roger Maris declines to pose with Met coach Roger Hornsby because the Hall of Famer had criticized him in the Rajah's' book, "My Wars with Baseball". | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 23 | The Phillies trade third baseman Andy Carey and second baseman Lou Vassie to the White Sox for pitcher Cal McLish. Chicago then trades Carey to the Dodgers for Ramon Conde and Jim Koranda. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 23 | William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Elvin Tappe is named as the Cubs first head coach of the season in team's college of coaches plan. Chicago hasn't had a manager since 1960. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 01 | University of Detroit basketball star, Dave DeBusschere signs with the White Sox as a pitcher. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 02 | Cleveland trades first baseman Vic Power and pitcher Dick Stigman to Twins for pitcher Pedro Ramos | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 09 | Keeping an Laotian prince waiting in the White House, President Kennedy opens up the Washington's $23-million dollar D.C. Stadium by tossing the ceremonial first pitch. Despite a rain delay, the chief executive stays for the entire game and enjoys seeing Mickey Vernons' Senators beat the Tigers, 4-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 10 | At Colt Stadium in Houston, thanks to a pair of three-run home runs by Roman Mejias, the Colt 45's, in their first ever major league game, defeat the Cubs, 11-2. Former Yankee hurler Bobby Shantz gets the win for the new franchise. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 10 | New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th homerun. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | First baseball game at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Cincinnati Reds. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | After being rained out the previous night and with some players getting stucked in an elevator, the New York Mets make their NL debut in St. Louis losing to the Cardinals, 11-4. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 12 | Pete Richert, Los Angeles Dodgers, strikes out 4 batters in the 3rd inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
| Apr 13 | On a wintery day, the Mets play their first home game ever at Polo Grounds as only 12,000 fans show up to see the return of National League baseball to the 'Big Apple'. On Friday the 13th, with the score tied, Pirates score the decisive run on two wild pitches thrown by Ray Diavault and beat New York, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 13 | Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new National League record. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | New York Mets tie a National League record by losing 9 straight to start season. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Pittsburgh Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | In the team's tenth attempt, the Mets win their first game in franchise history defeating the Pirates, 4-3 at Forbes Field. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 24 | Met manager Casey Stengel is fined $500 dollars by Commissioner Ford Frick for appearing in a beer ad. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 24 | Dodger fireballer Sandy Koufax ties a major league record striking out 18 batters in a nine inning game, for the second time. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 25 | Cleveland sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Boston Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits Chicago White Sox 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Los Angeles Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Baltimore Orioles, 2-0. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | As a pinch hitter, Cardinal Stan Musial singles for his 3,516th career hit placing him into second place on the all-time list behind Ty Cobb. | Ref: 1 |
| May 19 | Bob Tillman of the Boston Red Sox hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| May 21 | 3 more Cleveland homeruns set American League record for most homeruns (26) over 8 games. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Joe Pepitone of the NY Yankees set a major-league baseball record by hitting two home runs in one inning. The rare feat lifted the Yankees past the KS City Athletics by a score of 13-7. | Ref: 4 |
| May 29 | Buck (John) O’Neil became the first black coach in major-league baseball. He accepted the job with the Chicago Cubs. O’Neil had previously been a scout with the Cubs organization. | Ref: 4 |
| May 29 | Teammates Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew both hit first inning grand slams helping the Twins rout the Indians, 14-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 10 | A record 54 home runs hit in baseball. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 15 | Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 22 | Oriole first baseman Boog Powell becomes first player homer over the center field hedge at Memorial Stadium as he goes deep off Red Sox Don Schwall who gives up the 469-foot shot. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 24 | Baseball’s longest extra-inning game (to that time) was played. The 22-inning contest went on and on and on and on for seven hours. The NY Yankees finally edged the Detroit Tigers, 9-7 on Jackl Reed's home run. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 26 | Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 30 | At Dodger Stadium, Sandy Koufax no-hits the Mets, 5-0. It will be the first of four career no-hitters thrown by the lefty from Brooklyn. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 02 | Dodger pitcher Johnny Podres ties National League record with 8 consecutive strikeouts in a 5-1 victory over the Phillies. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 02 | The White Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Indians 5-4 and 7-6 and set a major league record with three run-scoring sac flies in one inning. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 03 | Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 04 | Gene Autry’s baseball team, the CA Angels, surprised fans everywhere by stunning the Washington Senators in a doubleheader sweep that propelled them into first place at the season’s midway point. The first place stay didn’t last. The Angels finished out of the running (by 10-1/2 games) at the end of the season. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 05 | Bob Garibaldi got a bonus of $150,000 as he signed with the San Francisco Giants. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 05 | Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 06 | Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 08 | With the help of Stan Musial's three home runs, the Cardinals soundly defeat the Mets, 15-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 10 | NL beats AL 3-1 in 32nd All Star Game (DC Stadium, Wash). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | The Twins score 11 first inning runs against the Indians with help of two grand slams hit by Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 22 | Floyd Robinson goes 6-for-6, all singles, helping the White Sox defeat the Red Sox, 7-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 23 | Pitcher Bob Feller, manager Bill McKechnie, infielder Jackie Robinson and outfielder Edd Roush are inducted into the Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 26 | Red Sox pitcher Gene Conley and infielder Pumpsie Green mysteriously disappear after leaving the team bus in traffic to use the bathroom. Later in the day Conley is refused a ticket at the airport to fly to Israel because he doesn't have a visa. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 26 | Brave hurler Warren Spahn homers off Met Craig Anderson to set the NL record for round trippers hit by a pitcher. His 31st career home run helps Milwaukee to extend NY losing streak to 11 with 6-1 Milwaukee win. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 28 | After mysteriously disappearing off the team bus to use the rest room two days ago, infielder Pumpsie Green returns to the Red Sox and is fined. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | After mysteriously disappearing off the team bus to use the restroom three days ago and trying to fly to Israel, pitcher Gene Conley returns to the Red Sox and is fined $2000; yesterday he telegrammed manager Mike Higgins explaining he was tired and had other plans. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | AL beats NL 9-4 in 33rd All Star Game (Wrigley Field Chicago). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | At Chicago, Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits the White Sox, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 03 | NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 15 | Met pinch hitters tie a major league record by hitting two home runs (Choo Choo Coleman in the sixth and Jim Hickman in the eighth) in the same game. The Amazin' Mets still manage to lose to the Phillies. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 26 | Minnesota Twins' Jack Kralick, throws the Twins second no-hitter, and first shutout no-hitter. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 05 | John Kennedy of the Washington Senators hits a home run in his first major league at bat (first game). | Ref: 12 |
| Sep 07 | With four steals in a 10-1 loss to the Pirates, Dodger Maury Wills breaks the modern NL record for stolen bases in a season with his 82nd swipe. Bob Bescher had set the mark in 1911. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 12 | At Memorial Stadium, twenty-seven year old Senator Tom Cheney sets a major league mark for K's in a single game by striking out 21 batters in complete-game 16 inning, 2-1 victory over the Orioles. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 15 | Bill Fischer of the KS City Athletics set a major-league baseball record by not issuing a base on balls (a walk) for 69-1/3 innings. Fischer reached that mark in a game against the Baltimore Orioles on this day. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 18 | The American League holds a meeting in New York to explore the possibilities of major league baseball coming to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Although the idea is deemed worthy, league owners reject Kansas City A's owner Charley Finley's attempt to move his team to the metroplex. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 23 | LA Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 26 | First to steal 100 bases in a season (Maury Wills goes on to 104). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 30 | The NY Mets end their inaugural season with record 120th loss as Joe Pigatonio hits into an eighth inning triple play in his last career at-bat. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 02 | SF & LA play a 4h18m 9 inning game. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Bill Stoneman pitches his second career no-hitter, a 7-0 win over the Mets at Jarry Park. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 03 | At Dodger Stadium, the Giants win the rubber game of the National League playoffs beating Los Angeles, 6-3 as Don Larsen gets the win in relief of Juan Marichal. Thanks to the extended season, Maury Wills sets a major league record for the most games played in a season appearing in 165 games. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 04 | When Willie Mays scores on a surprise bunt by Jose Pagan in Game 1, Whitey Ford sees his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak come to an end at 33 2/3 innings. Clete Boyer's 7th inning HR, however, helps Ford win a record 12th and final fall classic victory as the Yankees defeat the Giants, 6-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 16 | Yanks (20th championship) beat SF Giants 4 games to 3 in 59th World Series (NY Yankees appear in 12 & win 9 of last 14 World Series). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 27 | The Tigers begin a seventeen-game tour of Japan. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 15 | The White Sox release 299-game winner Early Wynn enabling him to deal with other clubs to reach the 300 career victory milestone. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 16 | Braves' general manager John McHale and six others buy the team from Lou Perini. William Bartholomay, an insurance executive, will be chairman of the board. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 19 | The Cardinals trade pitcher Don Cardwell and infielder Julio Gotay to the Pirates for shortstop Dick Groat and pitcher Diomedes Olivio. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 26 | The Dodgers trade pitcher Stan Williams (14-12, 4.46) for Yankee first baseman Moose Skowron (.270, 23, 80). | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 26 | Batting champ Pete Runnels (.376) is traded by the Red Sox to Houston Colt .45s for outfielder Roman Mejias. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 29 | Major-league baseball decided to return to playing only one All-Star Game a year beginning in 1963. There had been two games each year since 1959. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 08 | Former major leaguers Frank Crosetti and John Schulte bring suit to prevent any increase in pension benefits which fails to include players from different eras. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 22 | Harris County voters approve a bond issue to complete the financing of an all-weather stadium for the Colt 45's. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 31 | The State of Ohio drops its suit against the Reds when owner Bill DeWitt agrees in writing the team will stay in Cincinnati for ten years. | Ref: 1 |
- 1963
| Jan 10 | The Chicago Cubs become the first baseball club to hire an athletic director. He was Robert Whitlow. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 14 | The White Sox trade shortstop Luis Aparicio and outfielder Al Smith to the Orioles for pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, outfielder Dave Nicholson and two other players. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 26 | Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, & John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | James H. Johnston, James H. Lemon, and George M. Bunker buy out Quesada and four others to become majority owners of the Washington Senators. | Ref: 86 |
| Feb 20 | Baseball great Willie (‘Say Hey’) Mays signed with the San Francisco Giants as baseball’s highest-paid player. He earned $100,000 a year. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 27 | Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees signs a baseball contract worth $100,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Rookie Pete Rose goes 2 for 2 in his first apperance as a Red in an exhibition game against the White Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 18 | Houston Astrodome starts construction-world's first enclosed sports arena. | Ref: 10 |
| Mar 25 | The Reds sell pitcher Johnny Klippstein to the Phillies. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 01 | New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 07 | Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | In his first major league at-bat, Pete Rose works out a walk off Pirate pitcher Earl Francis. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 08 | After being promised the Secretary of Labor would intervened to mediate their dispute, the D.C. Stadium striking vendors do not appear at the ballpark and President Kennedy doesn't have to cross a picket line to toss out the ceremonial first pitch. The Senators lose the game 3-1 and JFK's suggestion of playing Tom Brown doesn't pan out as the rookie first baseman fans three times. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 08 | Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Pete Rose triples off of Pirate pitcher Bob Friend to collect his first major league hit. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 13 | Pittsburgh Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds got his first hit in the major leagues. It was a booming triple off the Pirates’ Bob Friend. ‘Charlie Hustle’ went on to break Ty Cobb’s all-time hitting record more than 20 years later, playing for the Reds, the Phillies and the Expos. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 26 | Houston Colt .45s' Bob Bruce one-hits the Cincinnati Reds. | Ref: 86 |
| May 03 | Leslie Narum is the only Baltimore Oriole to homer on his first at bat. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Houston Colt .45s' Don Nottebart no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies. | Ref: 86 |
| May 11 | Sandy Koufax no-hits the Giants, 8-0. It will the Dodgers' southpaw second of four career no-hitters. | Ref: 1 |
| May 17 | At Colt Stadium, Don Nottebart throws the franchise's first no-hitter as the Colt 45's beat the Phillies, 4-1. | Ref: 1 |
| May 22 | Hitting the right-field facade, Mickey Mantle once again just barely misses being the first player to hit a HR out of Yankee Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| May 25 | Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Wes Stock becomes the only Baltimore Oriole to win a double header. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 09 | In the first major league game ever played on a Sunday night, the Colt 45's extend the Giants losing streak to seven games blanking the visiting team, 3-0. Due to the extreme heat during the days of the Texan summer months, baseball grants permission for games to be played in the evening at Colt Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 14 | In a 10-3 win over the Reds at Crosley field, Met outfielder Duke Snider hits his 400th carrer homer off of Bob Purkey. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 15 | SF Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt 45s, 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Gates Brown of the Detroit Tigers hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| Jun 20 | First Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 23 | Much to the dismay of Phillies' pitcher Dallas Green and commissioner Ford Frick, Met outfielder Jimmie Piersall runs around the bases backward to celebrate his 100th career home run. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 27 | Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | In one of baseball's most memorable pitching duels, Giants' Juan Marichal and Braves' Warren Spahn both hurl 15 scoreless innings before Willie Mays ends the marathon with a homer off Spahnie in the bottom of the 16th giving San Francisco a 1- 0 win. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | NL beats AL 5-3 in 34th All Star Game (Municipal Stad, Cleveland). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 13 | At the age of 43, Early Wynn pitches the first five innings to register his 300th win as the Indians down the KS City A's, 7-4. It will be his last major league win. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 19 | Phila Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 21 | The usually mild-mannered Dodger manager Walter Alston is thrown out of both games of a doubleheader as the Braves sweep a twin bill for the first and only time in Milwaukee, 7-2 and 13-7. To make matters worse, the Los Angeles skipper has beer thrown in his face by a hometown fan as he leaves the second game. (My thanks to Lee for sharing this entry. He attended the game at County Stadium as 10-year old. -LP) | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | Four consecutive Indians (W. Held, P. Ramos, T. Francona & L. Brown) hit home runs to help beat the Angels,9-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 04 | After two months out of the lineup due to a broken left foot, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees got a tie-breaking, pinch-hit, home run in the ninth inning to lead the Yankees to a win over the Baltimore Orioles. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 13 | Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 17 | Dick Hall, a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, retired his 28th batter in a row. Halls’s string of success began on July 24th and covered five games. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 17 | Jim Hickman becomes the first NY Met to hit for the cycle. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 24 | The Little League World Series is televised for the first time . With ABC's Wide World of Sports providing coverage of the championship game, Grenada Hills (CA) beats Stratford (CT), 2-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 01 | In a 7-3 victory over the Phillies, Cardinal hurler Curt Simmons is the last pitcher to steal home. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 06 | Major league baseballs 100,000th game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | For the thirteenth and final time in his career, Braves' lefthander Warren Spahn has a twenty-win season as he beats the Phillies, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 10 | Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Yanks clinch their 28th pennant. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 15 | Jesus, Matty and Felipe Alou of the San Francisco Giants comprise the first all-brother outfield in Major League history | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 18 | Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 22 | Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs plays in the first of his 1117 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Sep 29 | Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,630th hit. The St. Louis Cardinals retire Stan's uniform No. 6, the first Cardinal number retired. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 29 | Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Pitcher Sandy Koufax struck out NY Yankee Harry Bright to end game one of the World Series. Bright was Koufax’ 15th strikeout victim, breaking the World Series single game record of 14 set by Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine against the Yankees in 1953 | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 06 | The Dodgers complete a four-game World Series sweep of the Yankees as Sandy Koufax wins his second game, 2-1. Frank Howard leads the offense with a home run and a single and NY's first baseman Joe Pepitone's error (loses a thrown ball in white-shirted crowd) leads to the decisive run in the seventh inning. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 30 | Sandy Koufax, who unanimously won the CY Young Award six days ago, is also named the NL's MVP. The Dodger legend out points Pirate infielder Dick Groat, 237-190. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 04 | The Cardinals trade outfielder George Altman and pitcher Bill Wakefield to the Mets for veteran hurler Roger Craig . | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 07 | Yankee backstop Elston Howard wins the American League's Most Valuable Player Award becoming the first black player to receive the honor. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 27 | Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, & John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | The rules committee of the major leagues bans over-sized catcher gloves starting in 1965. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 04 | The Tigers trade pitcher Jim Bunning to the Phillies for catcher Gus Triandos, pitcher Jack Hamilton and outfielder Don Demeter. | Ref: 1 |
- 1964
| Jan 06 | Owner Charlie Finley signs a two-year deal to move the A's from KS City to Louisville. The league vetoes the franchise shift, and the team will stay put until it moves to Oakland after the 1967 season. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 15 | Baseball executives vote to hold a free-agent draft in New York City. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 15 | Giant outfielder Willie Mays, the highest paid player in baseball, signs for $105,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 16 | With a 9-1 vote, the AL owners shoot down Charles Finley's proposal to move the A's to Louisville. The maverick owner is given an ultimatum to sign a lease in Kansas City or lose his franchise. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 23 | The Milwaukee Braves’ legendary pitcher, Warren Spahn, signed a contract worth $85,000, making him the highest paid pitcher in baseball. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 02 | Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, & Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | White Sox shortstop Luke Appling is elected to the Hall of Fame; 'Old Aches and Pains' holds the single-season highest average for his position hitting .388 in 1936. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 23 | Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in KS City. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Atlanta's Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. claims to have a verbal agreement with a major league team which promises to move to the Peach State if a stadium is ready by next year. The next day the Board of Alderman approves a $15-million stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 01 | Cleveland's manager Birdie Tebbetts suffers a heart attack. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 10 | Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | After beating the Reds, 6-3, in the traditional Opening Day game in Cincinnati, Houston is in first place for the first and only time as the Colt 45's. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 14 | Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | The Mets new home, Shea Stadium, is christened with Dodgers' Holy Water from the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn and Giants' Holy Water from the Harlem River at the location where it flowed passed the Polo Grounds. The Mets lose to the Pirates, 4-3. It was originally to be called Flushing Meadow Park, but a movement was launched to name it in honor of William A. Shea, the man that brought National League Baseball back to New York. It was also the first stadium capable of being converted from baseball to football and back using two motor-operated stands that moved on underground tracks. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 17 | The Mets play their first game at Shea Stadium and lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 with Willie Stargell hitting the park's first homer. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 18 | Sandy Koufax is first to strike out the side on 9 pitches. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 homeruns, Pirates win 8-5. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Due to Nellie Fox's error, Ken Johnson becomes the first pitcher ever to lose a nine inning no-hitter as the Reds beat the Astros, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| May 02 | Posting a 7-3 victory, the Twins become only the third team in major league history to hit four consecutive HRs as Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew all go deep against A's pitchers Dan Pfister (3) and Vern Handrahan inning at KS City's Municipal Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| May 17 | Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Longest homerun (471') in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota). | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | The major league mark for shut-outs in one day is broken as seven teams do not cross home plate. | Ref: 1 |
| May 30 | Giants sweep Mets 5-3 & 8-6 in 23 innings, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game & NY's 22 K's in 2nd games. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | The longest major-league baseball doubleheader (to the time) ended in 19 hours, 16 minutes. The New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants battled it out at Shea Stadium in NY. The first game of the doubleheader set a major-league mark for the longest game (by time) as the Giants beat the Mets 8-6. The game lasted 23 innings and was played in 7 hours and 23 minutes. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 04 | Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers tied Bob Feller’s 1951 record by pitching a third career no-hit baseball game. Koufax blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0. He struck out a dozen Phillies’ batters. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 13 | In a 7-1 victory over the Astros, Cardinal third baseman Ken Boyer hits for the cycle. In the same game, Lou Brock makes his debut in a St. Louis uniform with two hits, including a triple, and also steals a base. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 15 | In a six player deal, the Cubs trade Lou Brock (will stay with team for fifteen years amassing 3,023 career hits) to Cards for Ernie Broglio (will last two and half seasons with 7-19 record for Chicago). | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 16 | In a 7-1 victory over the Astros, Cardinal third baseman Ken Boyer hits for the cycle. In the same game, Lou Brock makes his debut in a St. Louis uniform with two hits, including a triple, and also steals a base. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 21 | Jim Bunning (later to become a US Senator from Kentucky), a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, threw the first perfect game in the National League in 84 years, leading the Phils to a 6-0 win over the NY Mets. Bunning worked his magic in the first game of a Father’s Day doubleheader. Byrum Saam called the play-by-play on radio. In the second game of the twin-bill, 18-year-old Rick Wise won his first major-league game, 8-2, as the Phillies swept the Mets that summer day. (Bunning was also the first hurler in 61 years to get a no-hitter in both leagues.) (2003 Sports Illustrated Almanac, ISBN 1-929049-55-2) | |
| Jun 26 | University of Wisconsin star Rick Reichardt receives the highest bonus to date ($200,000) when he signs with Angels. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 27 | Indian third baseman Max Alvis is stricken with spinial meningitis. A year later he will make the All-Star team. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 04 | Kansas City's Manny Jimenez, who didn't homer in 1963, connects for three in a 6-6 tie with the Orioles. Game is stopped by a special Baltimore curfew to permit a fireworks show to take place. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 07 | NL beats AL 7-4 at 35th All Star Game (Shea Stadium, NY). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 10 | Giant outfielder Jesus Alou gets a hit off six different pitchers to go 6-for-6 as San Francisco beat the Cubs, 10-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 17 | In Los Angeles, the Cub-Dodger contest becomes the first Pay-TV baseball game as Subscription Television offers the cablecast to subscribers for money. The Dodgers beat Chicago, 3-2, with Don Drysdale collecting 10 strikeouts. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 18 | Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds connected for the only grand-slam home run of his career. It came against the team he would later play for -- the Philadelphia Phillies. Rose had been in the major leagues for only two years and was just 22 at the time. Dallas Green (later to become manager of the Phillies) gave up the gopher ball to Rose. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 23 | Kansas City's Bert Campaneris homers off Twins' Jim Kaat on the first major league pitch he ever sees; the A's rookie homers again in the seventh. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 09 | Bunning continues pitching perfectly to the NY Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | For a major league record tenth time and for the final time in his career, Yankee switch-hitter Mickey Mantle hits a home run both left-and right-handed in the same game. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 13 | In a battle of teenagers, 19-year old Met first baseman Ed Kranepool homers twice off 18-year old Phillie hurler Rick Wise. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 15 | Phillies triple-play NY Mets. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Cardinal outfielder Curt Flood has eight consecutive hits in a doubleheader split with the Dodgers. Los Angeles wins the first game 3-0 with the St. Louis taking the nightcap, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 23 | St Louis Cards are 11 games back in NL, & win the World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 24 | 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Gene Autry wields the first shovel at the Los Angeles Angels Anaheim Stadium's groundbreaking ceremony. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 01 | Masanori Murakami becomes the first Japanese-born player to appear in the U.S. major leagues. In his debut, the Osuki native throws a scoreless inning against the Mets. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 02 | Lee Stange, Cleveland Indians, strikes out 4 batters in the 7th inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
| Sep 13 | The Cardinals become the only the second team in major league history this century to score at least one run in every inning as they rout Chicago, 15-2. A dropped pop-up in top of the ninth secures St. Louis' place in history. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 17 | Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives the Cards the pennant. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 30 | Bill Roman of the Detroit Tigers hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| Oct 02 | Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | St Louis Cards clinch NL pennant. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 07 | The third set of brothers meet in a World Series. Ken Boyer of the St Louis Cardinals meets younger brother Cletis of the New York Yankees. (Lipman, David, "Ken Boyer", ©1967) | |
| Oct 07 | NY Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 & 29th in 61 World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 11 | In Game 4 of the World Series, Ken Boyer's sixth inning grand slam off Yankee starter Al Downing gives the Cards a 4-3 victory over the Yankees. The Cardinal third baseman is the second National Leaguer to hit a post-season bases-loaded round-tripper. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 15 | Despite three Bronx Bombers HRs by Mickey Mantle, Clete Boyer and Phil Linz, Bob Gibson and the 1964 Cardinals hang on to defeat the Yankees, 7-5 to capture the World Championship. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 15 | Ken & Clete Boyer are the 1st brothers to hit homers in same Series game. | |
| Oct 17 | Despite a 99-63 record, the Yankees fire Yogi Berra after losing the 1964 World Series to the Cardinals in seven games. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 17 | Manager Johnny Keane of the World Champs Cardinals resigns unexpectedly. The former St. Louis skipper will take Yankee job which opens as the result of the firing of Yogi Berra which also occurs today. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 19 | Harry 'the Hat' Walker is named as manager of the Pirates. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 19 | Reds' Fred Hutchinson resigns as manager after compiling an 60-49 record. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 20 | Johnny Keane, three days after resigning as manager of World Champion Cardinals, replaces Yogi Berra as the Yankee's field boss. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 30 | American hurler Joe Stanka wins the league's MVP award pitching for the Nankai Hawks. His three straight victories over the Yomiuri Giants helps his team capture the Japanese Series. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 02 | CBS becomes first corporate owner in MLB by buying eighty percent of Yankees for $11,200,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 03 | Philadelphia voters approve $25 million dollars to build a new sport stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 07 | The Braves, for the second time in eleven years, receive permission to shift their franchise to another city. Hank Aaron and company will move from Milwaukee to Atlanta after the 1965 season. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 10 | The Braves sign a twenty-five year lease to play in the newly constructed Atlanta Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 17 | The Mets sign Yogi Berra to a two-year contract as a coach. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 23 | Future Hall of Fame southpaw Warren Spahn is purchased by the Mets from the Braves. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 24 | Cardinal third baseman Ken Boyer is selected as NL's MVP. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 29 | The Red Sox trade first baseman Dick Stuart to the Phillies for pitcher Dennis Bennett. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 01 | The Houston Colt 45's become the Astros. The change in name for the three-year old franchise is necessitated due to a dispute with the Colt firearm company and the team's location to NASA. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 04 | The owners decides to use a free agent draft beginning next month. The inverse order of the previous year's standings will be used to select players every four months. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 04 | Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 17 | The Yankees fire long time television and radio voice Mel Allen; this well known broadcaster popularized the 'going, going, gone' HR call and often said 'how about that?' to describe happenings on the ballfield. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 26 | The Seattle Angels of the Pacific Coast League select Bob Lemon as manager for the upcoming season. | Ref: 1 |
- 1965
| Jan 16 | More Willie Mays news: The San Francisco Giants continued to pay Mays a reported $105,000 a year. He gave them a .317 batting average (the last season in which he batted over .300), a slugging percentage of .645 and 52 home runs in return. And, Willie took home the 1965 MVP award for himself. Say Hey! | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 31 | Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | The National League adopts a disaster plan in the event a team's plane crashes. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 03 | Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Braves propose to pay 5¢ from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to be a member of a national network broadcasting team when he signs on to announce games with ABC. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 18 | Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to be a member of a national network broadcasting team when he signs on to announce games with ABC. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 09 | In the opening ceremonies of the Astrodome, 24 astronauts threw 24 ceremonial first pitches as the Colt 45's become the Houston Astros and begin playing 'Eighth Wonder of the World'. Mickey Mantle hits the first indoor homer ever in an exhibition game with the Astros hosting the Yankees. President Lyndon Johnson was supposed to throw out the first pitch but arrived late. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 09 | The first domed stadium opens Harris County Domed Stadium (Astrodome); Mickey Mantle hits 1st home run in a domed stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 09 | Cub Billy Williams of Chicago hits four consecutive doubles to helping the Cubs beat the Phillies, 11-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 12 | First National League game at Houston's Astrodome (Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros 2-0). Richie Allen hits the first NL home run in the Astrodome. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dogers, strikes out 4 batters in the 2nd inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
| Apr 19 | At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die and eventually led to the installation of Astroturf. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside the park grand slam against the Red Sox en route to a 6-3 victory. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 23 | The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs beat Albuquerque before 7,231 in the first game at Turnpike Stadium in Arlington, TX. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 24 | With a 7-6 victory over the Giants 7-6, Mets' skipper Casey Stengel recorded his 3,000th victory as a manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 28 | Mets announcer Lindsey Nelson broadcasts the game from the Astrodome's gondola which is 208 feet above second base. | Ref: 1 |
| May 03 | 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 2-1 in 10. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Willie Mays 512th homerun breaks Mel Ott's 511th National League record homerun. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Defeating the Yankees, 7-5, Orioles' nineteen-year old rookie Jim Palmer wins his first major league game and homers, also his first, off of Jim Bouton. | Ref: 1 |
| May 23 | Met outfielder Ron Swoboda takes up his position wearing a batting helmet on his foot. After kicking the protective head gear it got stuck on his spikes, and manager Casey Stengel ordered the young player to go out to the field. | Ref: 1 |
| May 29 | Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' homerun out of Connie Mack Stadium. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | Tom Tresh hits three consecutive home runs as the Yankees blast the White Sox, 12-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 08 | In the first major league free-agent draft of students and sandlot players, the A's select Arizona star Rick Monday making him the first player ever to be drafted. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 14 | At Crosley Field, Jim Maloney no-hits the Mets for ten innings but loses 1-0 when Johnny Lewis connects for a homer in the eleventh. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 15 | Denny McLain enters the game in relief in the first inning and strikes out the first seven batters he faces to set a major league record. The Tigers go on to beat the Red Sox, 6-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 03 | Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 05 | Dave Boswell and Jim Perry are winning pitchers as the Twins sweep a doubleheader from Red Sox to move into first place for good. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Joe Morgan sets an Astro record by going 6- for-6. The rookie second baseman's stellar performance doesn't stop the Braves from beating Houston, 9-8. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 13 | For the first time in All-Star history, the National League takes the lead in games won over the AL as the Senior Circuit edges the junior loop, 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 20 | Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside the park grand slam against the Red Sox en route to a 6-3 victory. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 23 | In a 5-1 win over the Mets, Phillies' first baseman Dick Stuart homers at Shea Stadium becoming the first player to have gone deep in 23 major league ballparks | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 24 | Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the NY Mets. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 27 | Japanese officials increase the number of foreigners allowed on each team from 2 to 3; the Yomiuri Giants,however, announce their team will have not any foreigners on their roster (this policy lasts ten years until the team signs Davey Johnson.) | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 29 | Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 18 | After hitting a ball on top of the pavillion at Sportman's Park, Brave Hank Aaron is denied a HR because ump Chris Pelekoudas calls him out for being out of the batter's box. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 19 | Cincinatti Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chic Cubs, 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | At Wrigley Field, Reds' hurler Jim Maloney no-hits the Cubs 1-0 with the only run scoring on a Leo Cardenas homer in the tenth inning. Earlier in the season the Fresno native had also no-hit the Mets for ten innings, but lost the game in the eleventh when Johnny Lewis homered. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 22 | Juan Marichal thinks Johnny Roseboro throws too close to his head returning the ball to Sandy Koufax and attacks Dodger catcher with his bat. The Los Angeles backstop suffers cuts on the head during the 14-minute brawl. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 29 | Giant Willie Mays breaks former Pirate Ralph Kiner record for HRs in the month of August when the 'Sey Hey Kid' connects for his 17th round tripper in an 8-3 victory over the Mets. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 30 | After 55 years in baseball, Casey Stengel announces his retirement. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 02 | At Wrigley Field, Ernie Banks hits his 400th career HR off of Card Curt Simmons as the Chicago tops St. Louis, 5-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 03 | In preparation of their move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 03 | Jim Hickman becomes the first NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | Bert Campaneris of the Kansas City Athletics plays all nine positions as the Athletics lost to the California Angels, 5-3 in 13 innings. He gave up one run while playing the role of pitcher. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 09 | Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Cubs bests Bob Hendley's one hit effort, 1-0. It is the Dodger's southpaw record fourth no-hitter . | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 10 | Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | Brant Alyea of the Washington Senators hits a home run in his first major league at bat on the first pitch. | Ref: 12 |
| Sep 13 | At the Astrodome facing Don Nottebart, Giant outfielder Willie Mays becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs. The 'Say Hey Kid' will hit a league-leading and career high 52 home runs en route to his second MVP season. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | At Fenway Park, Red Sox Dave Morehead pitches a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 25 | At the age of 59, Satchel Paige becomes the oldest player ever to appear in a major league game. Pitching for the KS City A's, the future Hall of Famer blanks the Red Sox for three innings. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 25 | Willie Mays hit his fiftieth home run of the baseball season, making him the oldest player to accomplish this. He was 34 years old. Ten years before, at the age of 24, he was the youngest man to accomplish the same feat. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 26 | Twin hurler Jim Kaat stops the Senators in a 2-1 decision and Minnesota (formerly the original Senators) clinch their first pennant since 1933. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 28 | Red Sox hurler Dave Morehead faces and loses to the Angels for the tenth consecutive time since the start of his career (1963) establishing an American League record. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 02 | Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 NY Mets. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Willie Mays hits his 52nd homer of the season as the Giants beat the Reds, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 03 | On the last day of the season, Giants' outfielder Willie Mays hits his 52nd HR to break the franchise record he established in 1955. The 'Say Hey Kid's' league leading home run is given up by Reds hurler Billy McCool as San Francisco defeats Cincinnatti at Candlestick Park, 6-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 03 | Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 14 | Dodger ace Sandy Koufax, working on just two days rest, pitched a three-hit shutout of the Minnesota Twins. Koufax struck out ten Twins on his way to the 2-0 win. And the Dodgers were World Series champs for the second time in three years. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 15 | Dodgers & Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 25 | Leo Durocher is named Cubs manager, officially ending the five-year "College of Coaches" run. | Ref: 86 |
| Nov 03 | In an unanimous vote, Dodger southpaw Sandy Koufax (26-8, 2.04, 382) is named the Cy Young Award winner. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 03 | In a winter league game, A's pitcher Lew Krausse strikes out a record 21 Lara batters as he tosses a one-hitter for Caracas. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 04 | Chicago manager Al Lopez resigns as the field boss of the White Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 09 | Willie Mays named NL MVP. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | William D. Eckert is selected by the owners to become baseball's fourth commissioner. The retired Air Force Lieutenant General succeeds Ford Frick. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 28 | Future Red Sox owner Haywood Sullivan resigns as A's manager to become the Red Sox director of player personnel. He is replaced by Alvin Dark. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 29 | Yankee veteran third baseman Clete Boyer is traded to the Braves for outfielder Bill Robinson and a player to be named later. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 29 | The Yankees trade utility player Phil Linz to the Phillies for Ruben Amaro. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 02 | The Cubs trade pitcher Lindy McDaniel and outfielder Don Landrum to the Giants for catcher Randy Hundley and pitcher Bill Hands. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 04 | San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | The Reds trade Frank Robinson to the Orioles for Milt Pappas, Jack Baldschun and Dick Simpson. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 15 | William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball. | Ref: 5 |
- 1966
| Feb 11 | Willie Mays became the highest-paid baseball player in either league as he signed a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants for a salary of about $130,000 a year. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 24 | University of Southern California pitcher Tom Seaver is signed by the Braves. The deal will later be voided, and the USC stand-out will be selected by the Mets in a special draft. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 28 | Seeking a three-year, $1.05 million contract, Dodger pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 05 | Marvin Miller, assistant to the President of United Steelworkers, is elected as the executive director of the Major League Players' Association by the player representatives. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 08 | Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale play hardball when negoiating with the Dodgers; they sign movie contracts showing they are serious about retiring from baseball if their salary demands are not met. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 02 | The New York Mets win a special lottery for the rights to USC pitcher Tom Seaver. Seaver was originally signed by the Atlanta Braves in February 1966 out of the University of Southern California, but his contract was voided by Commissioner William D. Eckert on the basis that the USC season had already started when Seaver signed. Eckert ruled that clubs wishing to match the Braves' bid for Seaver, could bid themselves. The Mets, the Phillies and the Indians were all willing to match, so their names were thrown in a hat, and when the winner was picked, the Mets had their future ace. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 03 | After his name is picked from a hat in a special draft, Tom Seaver signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 05 | Don Larsen, who is the last active major leaguer who played for the St. Louis Browns, is released by the Orioles. As a rookie 1953, the Michigan City, Indiana native posted a 7-12 record for the hapless franchise which loss 100 games in its final season in St. Louis. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 08 | At the Astrodome, the Astros and Dodgers play baseball's first game on synthetic grass. Thanks to the Monsanto chemical company, who proposed using an experimental playing surface of nylon grass, the plan to play on an all-dirt field, necessitated by the need to paint the dome's glass panes to reduce the glare which prevented natural grass from growing, was alleviated by the use of 'Astro Turf'. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 09 | The Anaheim Angels christened Anaheim Stadium with an exhibition game against the San Francisco Giants. The Giants clobbered the Halos that day, outscoring them 9-3 before 40,474 in attendance. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 11 | Emmett Ashford becomes first black major league umpire. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | The first major league game played in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium features Braves' hurler Tony Cloninger pitching all thirteen innings in a losing effort to the Pirates, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 12 | Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American major league umpire. | Ref: 2 |
| Apr 19 | The Los Angeles Angels lose their first game at new Anaheim Stadium to the Chicago White Sox 3-1. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Fergie Jenkins homers and picks up his first win as Cub in a 2-0 victory vs. Dodgers. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 24 | Atlanta Braves win National League-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Willie Mays hit home run number 512th of his career. The San Francisco Giants' superstar broke Mel Ott's record and became the greatest home run hitter in the National League to that time. | Ref: 4 |
| May 06 | Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phillies score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | After only four victories in the first twenty games, Yankee skipper Johnny Keane is fired and is replaced by the team's general manager, Ralph Houk. | Ref: 1 |
| May 08 | The St Louis Cardinals closed old Busch Stadium with a 10-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants. | Ref: 86 |
| May 08 | Oriole outfielder Frank Robinson hits the first ball ever completely out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The 541-foot shot which lands on the other side of the over the left-field wall, comes off Indian hurler Luis Tiant. | Ref: 1 |
| May 12 | The first game ever played at Busch Memorial Stadium is an extra inning affair. Lou Brock singles in the winning run 12th inning giving the Cardinals a 4-3 victory over the Braves. | Ref: 1 |
| May 16 | Tigers' manger Charlie Dressen suffers a heart attack, his second in two years. Bob Swift is named as acting manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 07 | Bob Gibson, St Louis Cardinals, strikes out 4 batters in the 4th inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
| Jun 09 | 5 Minn Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in the 7th inning to beat Athletics 9-4. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 03 | Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams and has nine RBI's against Giants. The Braves' pitcher is the first National league player to hit two bases-full homers in the same game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 06 | Tying an AL record, Boog Powell knocks in 11 runs in a doubleheader. In game one, the Oriole first baseman hits two HRs, including a grand slam, two doubles and a sacrifice fly to drive in seven runs in the Orioles 11-0 victory over the Kansas City A's and in the nightcap he adds 4 RBIs. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 12 | NL beats AL 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, St Louis). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 25 | Red Sox great Ted Williams and Yankee manager Casey Stengel are inducted into the Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 27 | The Wisconsin Supreme Court overrules a lower court decision and holds that the state doesn't have the jurisdiction to keep the Braves from moving to Atlanta. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 12 | In a game which featured a total of 11 home runs, Reds' Art Shamsky hits three round-trippers in a 14-11, 13-inning loss to the Pirates at Crosley Field. Shamsky's, who came in as a defensive replacement, eighth inning home run put the Reds ahead and his 10th and 11th inning shots tied the game. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 26 | After seeing caricature of himself on the scoreboard an angry Leo Duroucher calls the Astrodome's press box to have it remove. When nothing is done, the enraged Cub manager rips the phone out of the dugout wall and tosses it onto the infield. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 04 | When 18,670 patrons show up in Cincinnati to watch the Reds lose to Los Angeles, 8-6, the Dodgers become the first team in major league history to attract more than 2 million fans at home and 2 million on the road. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 11 | Braves' pitcher Pat Jarvis becomes the first of Nolan Ryan's 5,714 career strikeouts. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 11 | John Miller of the New York Yankees hits a home run in his first major league at bat. He is the first Yankee to do so. | Ref: 12 |
| Sep 19 | Mike Burke named Yankees president. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 22 | The Orioles clinched their first pennant. The franchise's last flag was raised as the St. Louis Browns in 1944. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 25 | Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Sandy Koufax, in great pain from an arthritic elbow, won 27 games and, for the third time in four years, led the Los Angeles Dodgers to the National League pennant. However, the Baltimore Orioles swept the Dodgers 4-0 in the World Series that year. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 05 | Reliever Moe Drabowsky ties a World Series record striking out six consecutive batters in the Oriole 5-2 Game 1 victory at Dodger Stadium. The game features first inning Robinson (Brooks and Frank) back-to back homers. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 06 | The Baltimore Oriole’s Jim Palmer became the youngest pitcher (20 years, 11 months) to win a complete-game, World-Series shutout. He defeated Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers in Game Two of the 1966 Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | The Orioles managed only three hits of Claude Osteen, but Paul Blair's fifth inning 430-foot home run proves to be the difference as Baltimore beats the Dodgers in the Game 3 of the World Series, 1-0. Wally Bunker throws a six-hitter to get the victory in the In the first Fall classic game ever played in Baltimore. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 09 | Happening just three times previously in World Series history, the Orioles for the second consecutive day win a Fall Classic game 1-0 game decided by a home run. Frank Robinson takes a Don Drysdale pitch deep over the left field fence in the fourth inning accounting for the game's only run, and giving Baltimore a four-game sweep over the Dodgers. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 01 | Sandy Koufax becomes the 1st pitcher to win 3 Cy Young awards. | |
| Nov 08 | Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVP from both Leagues. | |
| Nov 16 | Edging out Dodger hurler Sandy Koufax (27-9, 1.73, 317Ks), Roberto Clemente is named the National League MVP. The Pirates right fielder hit .317 with 29 home runs and drove in 119 runs. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 18 | The Mets name former Giant catcher Wes Westrum as the team's second manager in the franchise's brief history. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 18 | After posting a 27-9 record with a 1.73 ERA, Dodger great Sandy Koufax unexpectedly retires. The Brooklyn native cites the fear of permanent damage of his arthritic elbow as the reason. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 19 | Six weeks before his 31st birthday, LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, plagued by arthritis, announced his retirement from baseball. Koufax compiled a 12-season record of 165 wins, 87 losses and 2,396 strikeouts. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 29 | The Dodgers trade two-time batting champ Tommy Davis and outfielder Derrell Griffith to the Mets for outfielder Jim Hickman and infielder Ron Hunt. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 29 | Yankee veteran third baseman Clete Boyer is traded to the Braves for outfielder Bill Robinson and a player to be named later. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 07 | Pitcher Dick Ellsworth is traded by the Cubs for Phillies' hurler Ray Culp and cash. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 08 | A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for the Cardinal's Charlie Smith. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | Voting 4 to 3, the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review Wisconsin's suit to block the Braves move to Atlanta. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 31 | After fifteen years with the Braves, Eddie Mathews is traded to the Astros. The third baseman is the only person to play for the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves. | Ref: 1 |
- 1967
| Jan 23 | Former Cardinal standout Stan Musial is named general manager of the team. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 29 | Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Former Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing, author of 273 major league wins, is elected to the Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 18 | During a special softball exhibition game, pitcher Eddie Fienger strikes six consecutive major leaguers; his victims include Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Roberto Clemente and Maury Wills. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 01 | Commissioner General William Eckert approves the BBWAA's plan to select a Cy Young Award recipient from both the National League and American League. The honor, which was initiated in 1956, had been given to just one pitcher in the major leagues each season, a position strongly supported by former commissioner Ford Frick. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 03 | The White Sox are given permission to use a partial designated hitter in spring training. With the home club's permission, each team will be allowed to use a designated pinch-hitter twice in the same game. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 30 | Dodger outfielder Willie Davis suffers a broken ankle. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 14 | At Yankee Stadium, Billy Rohr, 21, is one out from pitching a no-hitter in his major league debut when Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch ruining the rookie's shot at immortality; a heartbroken six year-old fan, John-John, sitting near the Red Sox dugout has to be consoled by his mother, Jackie Kennedy. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 16 | Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Met rookie hurler Tom Seaver gets his major-league win as New York beat the Cubs, 6-1. 'Tom Terrific' goes 7 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and one run. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 21 | The Dodgers endure their 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Dodger third baseman Jim Lefebbvre commits three errors in the fourth inning paving the way for a Braves 7-1 win. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 30 | The Tigers are no-hit by Oriole pitchers Steve Barber and Stu Miller but still manage to win the game, 2-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 30 | New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver wins his first game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Cardinal outfielder # 9 Roger Maris hits his first National League HR on the ninth day of the month in seat 9 of section 9. | Ref: 1 |
| May 10 | Braves' outfielder Hank Aaron hits an inside-the-park homer off Phillie hurler Jim Bunning. It will be 'Hamerin' Hank's' only HR which doesn't clear the fence out of his 755 round-trippers which is the all-time major league record. | Ref: 1 |
| May 13 | Mickey Mantle joined six other baseball legends as he hit home run number 500 -- in Yankee Stadium. He connected off of the ‘Junk Man’, Stu Miller. | Ref: 4 |
| May 14 | Mickey Mantle's 500th career HR off of Stu Miller helps the Yankees defeat the Orioles, 6-5; the "Commerce Comet' is the sixth major leaguer to reach this plateau. | Ref: 1 |
| May 16 | Reliever Phil Regan loses his first game in 77 appearances. The 'Vulture' gets pinned with his first defeat in over a year when Astro Bob Aspromonte hits a two-run triple in tenth to beat the Dodgers, 5-3. | Ref: 1 |
| May 16 | Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Tommy McCraw drives in eight runs, including three HRs, to help the first-place White Sox beat the Twins, 14-1. | Ref: 1 |
| May 30 | Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | Cardinal outfielder Curt Flood errorless streak of 227 games and 568 chances ends when he drops a fly ball in a game against the Cubs at Busch Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 11 | The Met (4) /Cub (7) doubleheader features eleven HRs tying the major league mark held by Yankees (6)/Tigers (5) in 1950. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 12 | The Washington Senators beat the Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings. The game lasted six hours, 38 minutes and ended at 2 43 a.m., causing the league to adopt a curfew stating that no inning may start after 1 00 a.m. | Ref: 86 |
| Jun 14 | Dean Chance of the Minnesota Twins pitched five innings of perfect baseball, leading his team to victory over the Boston Red Sox. Chance was only the third player to pitch a shortened, perfect game. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 18 | Astro Don Wilson no-hits the Braves 2-0 striking out 15 of the 30 batters he faces. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 20 | Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 21 | Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th & lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th & Yanks beat them 6-3. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | Al Kaline breaks his hand as he slams his bat into the bat rack after being struck out by Sam McDowell. He will miss 28 games for the second place Tigers. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 30 | Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th positions since joining Phils. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 11 | Longest All Star Game, NL beats AL 2-1 (15 inn) (Anaheim Stadium, Cal). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Against Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park, Eddie Matthews hits home run #500 as an Astro. The former Brave third baseman, who hit 493 homers playing for the franchise in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta, becomes the seventh major leaguer to reach this plateau. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 15 | Cardinal pitcher Bob Gibson's right fibula is fractured by a Roberto Clemente line drive during a 6-3 loss to the Pirates. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 22 | Using five pitchers in same inning, the Braves establish a major league mark for the number hurlers called upon in one frame. Ken Johnson, Ramon Hernandez, Claude Raymond, Dick Kelley and Cecil Upshaw all face the Cardinals in the ninth inning. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 26 | Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | Manager Alvin Dark is fired and outfielder Ken Harrelson is released by A's owner Charlie Finley due to reports of rowdy behavior on a team flight. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 06 | Brooks Robinson hits into his fourth career triple play setting a major league record. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 06 | Dean Chance of the Minnesota Twins pitched five innings of perfect baseball, leading his team to victory over the Boston Red Sox. Chance was only the third player to pitch a shortened, perfect game. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 11 | Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | After retiring the first 19 batters, Reds' hurler Jim Maloney is forced to leave the game when hurts his ankle stepping in a Forbes Field hole. Billy McCool finishes the game giving up two hits in a 4-0 victory over the Pirates. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 25 | Twins' Dean Chance throws his second no-hitter of the month defeating the Indians 2-1. On August 5th he threw five perfect innings in an abbreviated game against the Red Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 29 | Yanks longest day, Red Sox take first game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 01 | After 20 scoreless innings, which matches the major league mark for a scoreless tie, Dick Groat draws a bases loaded walk giving the Giants 1-0 victory over the Reds. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 10 | In the first game of a doubleheader, White Sox Joe Horlen no-hits the Tigers, 6-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 15 | At the spacious Astrodome, Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game. The 'Toy Cannon's' performance isn't enough as the Braves beat Houston, 9-8. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | First World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers (World Series #64). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 12 | The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in the World Series. A few stats worth remembering: In 27 innings, Bob Gibson allowed three runs and 14 hits to notch St. Louis’ eighth title. Although he and Boston’s Jim Lonborg pitched spectacularly, the series tied the record for most pitchers used (20). St. Louis’ Lou Brock collected 12 hits for a .414 average and a Series-record seven stolen bases. He also tied a Series mark with eight runs. Roger Maris batted .385, collecting ten hits. Julian Javier batted .360. Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski batted .400 with three homers. Dalton Jones batted .389. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 18 | The American League grants Charley Finley permission to move the A's to Oakland and awards new franchises to Kansas City and Seattle. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 30 | The White Sox announce the team will play nine regular season games in Milwaukee during the 1968 season. It's the first time since 1905 an AL team has played outside its own city. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 22 | Twins' second baseman Rod Carew easily wins the AL Rookie of the Year Award. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 27 | The Mets obtain the rights to manager Gil Hodges by sending pitcher Bill Denehy and $100,000 to the Washington Senators. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 01 | Pacific Northwest Sports awarded is one of 2 American League expansion franchise teams (Seattle). | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | While skiing at Lake Tahoe, Boston hurler Jim Lonborg (22-9) tears the ligaments in his left knee. After surgery, the Cy Young Award winner will return at mid-season to post a 6-10 record for the Red Sox. | Ref: 1 |
- 1968
| Jan 11 | Ewing Kauffman becomes owner of the new AL franchise in Kansas City. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 23 | Joe 'Ducky' Medwick is selected by the BBWAA to be in the Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 28 | Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Joan Whitney Payson was elected president of the New York Mets. She turned out to be a good luck charm. One year later, the ‘Miracle’ Mets became world champions. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 21 | An agreement between baseball players and club owners increased the minimum salary for major-league players to $10,000 a year. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 21 | "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City American League Baseball franchise. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | The AmericanLeague's new franchise in Seattle chooses Pilots as its nickname. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 08 | Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King Jr assassination. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | The Astros defeat the Mets in 24 innings,1-0 making it the longest scoreless game in major league history. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 16 | Baseball’s longest night game was completed -- after 24 innings. The game took six hours, six minutes to play. The winner? The Houston Astros. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 17 | A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | After a five-hour meeting in Chicago, the National League approves expansion to Montreal and San Diego. Dallas-Fort Worth fails in its bid for an N.L. franchise. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 25 | Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for Three Rivers Stadium, the new home of the Pirates (and Steelers) to be constructed on Pittsburgh's North Side. Among the featured speakers is former track star and Olympic Champion Jesse Owens. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 27 | The Red Sox are no-hit 6-0 by Oriole starter Tom Phoebus. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 30 | 3 Baltimore Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Giants' reliever Lindy McDaniel sets a National League record playing his 225th consecutive game without commiting an error. The streak includes108 chances handled successfully since June 16, 1964. | Ref: 1 |
| May 08 | In front of only 6,298 Oakland fans, Jim Catfish Hunter hurls the first AL perfect game in forty-six years as the A's defeat the Twins, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
| May 15 | First American League game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Frank Howard belts record 8th homerun in 5th straight game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Al Kaline hits his 307th homerun, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Frank Howard ties American League record with homerun in his 6th consecutive game his 10 homeruns in the most in 6 games. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | At Tiger stadium, Earl Wilson stops Senator Frank Howard's home run streak. The 'Capital Punisher' had hit 10 homers in the previous six games. | Ref: 1 |
| May 21 | Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight games. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | At Wrigley Field, Pirate Willie Stargell hits three home runs and just misses a fourth in a 13-6 win over the Cubs. Stargell also hit a single and a double which bounced off the railing in left field fence back onto the playing field. | Ref: 1 |
| May 27 | The National League awards two expansion franchises for the 1969 season. The cities of Montreal and San Diego become the newest members of the senior circuit. Montreal business executive Charles Bronfman of the Seagram's distilling empire is the front man for the new team. | Ref: 86 |
| May 27 | 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-3. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | The American League voted to divide itself into two divisions and reduce its schedule to 156 games. | Ref: 1 |
| May 28 | National League grants San Diego Padres a franchise. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | En route to a 2-0 win at Wrigley, Met rookie southpaw Jerry Koosman strikes out seven consecutive batters. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 04 | Dodger right hander Don Drysdale pitches his sixth consecutive shutout defeating the Pirates, 5-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 08 | LA Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale’s major-league streak of scoreless innings pitched, was stopped at 58-2/3 as Howie Bedell, of the Philadelphia Phillies, hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. The Dodgers did go on to beat the Phillies 5-3 that day. The Drysdale record stood until 1987, when it was broken by Orel Hersheiser, also of the Dodgers (at that time). | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 24 | Jim (James Thomas) Northrup, of the Detroit Tigers, hits two grand slam home runs in the same game. (2003 Sports Illustrated Almanac, ISBN 1-929049-55-2) | |
| Jun 25 | In his third at-bat, Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his first major league game off Dodger John Purdin. The 22-year old Giant outfielder joins Philadelphia National pitcher Bill Duggelby (1898 first AB) as the only other player to hit a base-loaded HR in his major league debut. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 28 | Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam home run in his third major league at bat in his first major league game. | Ref: 12 |
| Jul 03 | Striking out nineteen Twins and scattering six hits in ten innings, Luis Tiant and the Indians win 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | In the first All-Star game played indoors, American Leaguers are held to just three hits in the Astrodome as National League wins All-star game, 1-0 , thanks to Willie Mays scoring an unearned run in the first inning. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 11 | Rick Renick of the Minnesota Twins hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| Jul 14 | Hank Aaron hits home run #500 off Mike McCormick becoming the eighth major leaguer to reach this level. 'Hammerin' Hank's three-run homer over the left center field fence proves to be thee difference as the Braves beat the Giants at Atlanta Stadium, 4-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 14 | Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes out 18 Cincinnati Reds in 6-1 win. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 29 | In a 10-1 loss to the Indians, Senator shortstop Ron Hansen becomes the eighth major leaguer to execute an unassisted triple play. All five AL unassisted triple killings have included a Cleveland player. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 29 | Reds' George Culver throws a 6-1 no-hitter against the Phillies. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | Ron Hansen, of the Washington Senators, made the first unassisted triple play in the major leagues in 41 years, and the 8th in MLB history. The shortstop speared a line drive by Joe Azcue, doubled up the runner at second by stepping on the bag and then tagged out the runner who was moving in from first base. The Senators still lost the game to Cleveland by a score of 10-1. (2003 Sports Illustrated Almanac, ISBN 1-929049-55-2) | |
| Aug 02 | Bob Gibson establishes a new World Series mark by striking out 17 batters as the Cardinals defeat the Tigers in Game 1 of the Fall Classic, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 07 | Joe Keough of the Oakland Athletics hits a home run in his first major league at bat (second game). | Ref: 12 |
| Aug 16 | Blanking the Red Sox 4-0 at Fenway Park, Tiger hurler Denny McLain improves his record on the road to 16-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 23 | Yanks & Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 25 | Outfielder Rocky Colavito of the New York Yankees pitches 2-2/3 innings of 1-hit, shutout relief to help out in a pitching jam. He earned the win by beating Detroit 6-5 and hit a home run. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 29 | Preston Gomez is named the first San Diego Padres manager. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 03 | Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 losses by 1 run. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | Joe Gordon is hired to manage the Kansas City Royals. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 11 | Met hurler Jim McAndrews beats Cub Fergusen Jenkins 1-0. It's the fifth time this season Fergie has a lost 1-0 game tying a major league mark. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 14 | The Tigers rally in ninth to beat the A's 5-4 making Denny McLain the first thirty-game winner since Dizzy Dean reached the milestone in 1934. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | Umpires Al Salerno and Bill Valentine are fired by American League President Joe Cronin. The men in blue claim the dismissals are due to their efforts organizing a union. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 17 | At Candlestick, Giant Gaylord Perry (14-14) no-hits the Cardinals and Bob Gibson,1-0, with the only run of the game being tallied on Ron Hunt's solo HR. Tomorrow the Redbirds will return the favor and no-hit San Francisco. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 17 | The Tigers clinch the AL pennant with a 2-1 victory over the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 18 | After being no-hit yesterday by Gaylord Perry, the Cardinal hurler Ray Washburn returns the favor by no-hitting the Giants, 2-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 20 | Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle hit his 536th and final home run of his major league career. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | The Twins' Cesar Tovar is the second major leaguer to play one inning at each position. In 1965, A's Bert Campaneris became the first. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 24 | NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 26 | St Louis Cards' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of the year. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Bob Gibson establishes a new World Series mark by striking out 17 batters as the Cardinals defeat the Tigers in Game 1 of the Fall Classic, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 10 | Two of the season’s best pitchers were on the mound for game seven of the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals. It was Mickey Lolich against Bob Gibson, with Lolich winning and being named Series MVP in the process. The Tigers were only the third team to win a world championship after being down three games to one. The clubs combined for ninety-nine strikeouts in sixty-three innings of play. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 10 | Cardinal fireballer Bob Gibson sets mark for total strikeouts (35) in a World Series, but loses the seventh and deciding game to Tigers, 4-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 11 | Billy Martin named manager of Twins. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 14 | The San Diego Padres select 30 players in the expansion draft, with Ollie Brown as the first choice. | Ref: 86 |
| Nov 05 | Denny McLain becomes the first American League pitcher to win the Most Valuable Player award. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 13 | Edging out Pete Rose, Bob Gibson wins the National League MVP award (22-9, 268 strikeouts, 1.12 ERA). | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 15 | First date in the controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 19 | Yankee pitcher Stan Bahnsen (17-12, 2.05, 162) is named AL Rookie of the Year. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 22 | Reds' catcher Johnny Bench edges out Met lefty Jerry Koosman to win the National League Rookie of the Year award. The Cincinnatti's backstop is the third Reds' player in six years to win the award. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 03 | The rules committee of major-league baseball announced that in 1969 the pitcher’s mound would be lowered from 15 to 10 inches in order to “get more batting action.” | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 03 | Robert E. Short, the Democratic National Committee Treasurer, purchases majority interest of the Washington Senators at the winter meetings in San Francisco. | Ref: 86 |
| Dec 06 | The Commissioner of Baseball, William Eckert was told, “Yer outta here!” after serving three years of his 7-year contract. Bowie Kuhn was his replacement and had as bad a time -- only for a longer period of time. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 11 | The Angels trade two catchers, Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke, to the Kansas City A's for right-handed knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm. | Ref: 1 |
- 1969
| Jan 18 | Ted Williams is appointed manager of the Washington Senators. | Ref: 86 |
| Jan 21 | Stan Musial and Roy Campanella are selected by the baseball writers to join the elite group of players enshrined in Cooperstown. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 22 | The Expos trade first baseman Donn Clendenon and outfielder Jesus Alou to the Astros for first baseman/outfielder Rusty Staub. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 22 | Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Stan Coveleski & Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Bowie Kuhn took office as Commissioner of Baseball. He succeeded General William D. ‘Spike’ Eckert and served for 16 seasons, until Sep 30, 1984. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 21 | Stan Musial and Roy Campanella are selected by the baseball writers to join the elite group of players enshrined in Cooperstown. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 21 | Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | The full Expos' team reports to Spring Training for the first time ever at West Palm Beach, Florida. | Ref: 86 |
| Feb 25 | Pension plan for baseball is agreed to. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball on this day. ‘Number 7’ was considered to be the final link to the great Yankee dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s. Mantle’s World Series records include: home runs (18), runs scored (42), RBIs (40), walks (43) and strikeouts (54). Mickey Mantle died in 1995. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 17 | In baseball, the Atlanta Braves traded Joe Torre to the St. Louis Cardinals for Orlando Cepeda. After his playing days, Torre continued in baseball as a broadcaster and manager. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 01 | Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 07 | After throwing the first two pitches of the season, Don Drysdale finds himself and his team trailing the Reds, 2-0. The Los Angeles' right-hander, after giving up back-to-back homers to Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan settles down and the Dodgers comeback to win the game, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 07 | Ted Williams makes his managerial debut in front of President Nixon and a crowd of 45,000 at Washington's RFK Stadium. His Senators are defeated by the Yankees, 8-4. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 07 | Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with first official save, against Reds. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Scoring all of their runs in the top of the first, the Seattle Pilots make their major league debut defeating the Angels, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 08 | The Royals play their first game in the history of the franchise and joins the winner circle along with the other three new clubs making their debuts today. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 08 | The San Diego Padres make their major league debut with a 2-1 victory over Houston in front of 23,370 fans at San Diego Stadium. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 08 | The Expos play the first game in team history against the Mets at Shea Stadium and win 11-10. Lefthanded reliever Dan McGinn hits the first home run in team history in the 3rd inning off of Tom Seaver. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 09 | Cubs' outfielder Billy Williams hits four consecutive doubles helping the Cubs beat the Phillies, 11-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 10 | Met center fielder Tommy Agee hits a monster shot into the upper deck in left field making it the longest home run to reach the seats in Shea Stadium history; Disc commemorating Agee's historic homer at Shea Stadium | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 11 | Behind the shut out pitching of Gary Bell, the Seattle Pilots beat the White Sox, 7-0 at Sicks Stadium in their first home game in franchise history. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 14 | In the first regular season game is played outside the U.S., the Expos played their first home game, treating 29,184 fans at Jarry Park to an 8-7 win over the Cardinals. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 17 | In only the 10th game of the franchise¹s history, Expo hurler Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches a no-hitter defeating the Phillies, 7-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 20 | Ken Harrelson just about quit major-league baseball this day. Harrelson was being traded from the Boston Red Sox, an American League contender, to the Cleveland Indians, a perennial American League non-contender. However, the almighty dollar came to the rescue and Harrelson played for the Tribe in Cleveland after all. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 30 | (and the 1st) Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits the Houston Astros on the 30th and the Astros' Don Wilson turns the tables by no-hitting the Reds the following day. | Ref: 86 |
| May 01 | At Crosley Field, Astro Don Wilson no-hits the Reds, 4-0 one day after the Reds' Jim Maloney beat Houston with a no-hitter. | Ref: 1 |
| May 04 | The Astros set an NL record turning seven double plays against Giants with first baseman Curt Belfry taking part in all of them. | Ref: 1 |
| May 21 | After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over the New York Mets. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 08 | In front of a crowd of 60,096, the Mick's uniform number 7 is retired on Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 14 | Hitting two HRs, two doubles and a single, A's Reggie Jackson drives in ten runs as Oakland routs the Red Sox, 21-7. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 16 | In an effort to return major league baseball to Milwaukee, the White Sox play a home game at County Stadium in which only 13,133 fans show up to see the 'home' team beat the Seattle Pilots, 8-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 29 | Jim Northrup of the Detroit Tigers wound up a most exciting week. Northrup connected for his third grand-slam home run in seven days, setting a major-league baseball record. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 29 | The Chicago Cubs sweep two from Cardinals on "Billy Williams Day" at Wrigley Field, as Chicago outfielder sets the NL record for most consecutive games played. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 02 | Reds pitcher Jerry Arrigo ties a major league mark when he hits his third Brave in the second inning of 9-4 victory. Braves tie the record hitting five batters in one game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 05 | The Orioles break a three game losing streak as Dave McNally outfielder Mickey Stanley plays his 220th consecutive errorless game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | Tom Seaver of the NY Mets retired the first 25 Chicago Cubs he faced this day. However, with just two outs to go to get a perfect game, Seaver gave up a single to Jimmy Qualls. The Mets blanked the Cubs 4-0 in that one-hitter. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 10 | The National League was divided into two baseball divisions (wacky as the realignment turned out to be). For example, the Atlanta Braves were placed in the West Division, while the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs were Eastern Division teams. Cincinnati was also placed in the National League West. The Chicago Cubs sued to stay out of the west and remain in the east in the 1990s, when three divisions were formed. They ended up in the new Central division. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 15 | Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 15 | Rod Carew ties the record with his 7th steal of home in a season. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 16 | Twins' second baseman Rod Carew ties Pete Reiser's record when he steals home for the seventh time in one season. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 17 | Gold Glove pitcher Jim Kaat commits three errors but still beat the Twins, 8-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 20 | In 1963, Gaylord Perry said, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On this day, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Perry hits his first and only major league home run. (Ref: Gear Magazine, 5/2002, p. 128) | |
| Jul 22 | The All-star game is postponed by rain for the first time in major league history. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 23 | The National League scores a 9-3 win in the All-Star Game before 45,259 at R.F.K. Stadium. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 30 | Braves' catcher Bob Tillman hits three consecutive home runs. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 03 | Rich Reese pinch-hits a grand slam helping the Twins to beat the Orioles and Dave McNally, 5-2. The defeat ends McNally's fifteen game winning streak this season. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 03 | Reds beats Phillies 19-17. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 04 | Willie Stargell is first to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 05 | Willie Stargell becomes the first player to hit a HR completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 512-foot blast helps the Pirates defeat Los Angeles, 11-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 06 | Twin manager Billy Martin punches Dave Boswell sending his pitcher to the hospital to get twenty stitches. The incident happened after a scuffle between Boswell and teammate Bob Allison | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 06 | Willie ‘Pops’ Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the first fair ball to sail completely out of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Stargell’s blast measured 506 feet from home plate. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 06 | Balt Orioles pull their 3rd triple play (5-4-3 vs KC Royals). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | For the second time this season, Twins' Cesar Tovar breaks up a no-hit bid by an Oriole pitcher by singling in the ninth inning; this time the victim is Mike Cuellar. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 13 | Bowie Kuhn, who had been the acting commissioner of major-league baseball since February, started this day expecting his term to come to an end. He ended the day having signed a seven-year contract. He stayed on for almost a decade after that contract expired. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 13 | Oriole Jim Palmer hurls a no-hitter against the A's, the 8-0 victory gives Baltimore a comfortable 14 and a half game lead in the first American League East Division race ever. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 14 | The New York Mets were 9½ games behind the league-leading Chicago Cubs. The Amazing Mets began a comeback that launched the phrase, “You Gotta Believe,” as they began a drive that took them to the National League pennant and the World Series Championship (over the Baltimore Orioles). It was the first championship for the Mets franchise which began in 1962. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 19 | Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman tosses first of two no-hitters, blanking Braves 3-0. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 04 | After thirty-one games, the third longest consecutive game hitting streak in National League history ends as Dodger Willie Davis is stopped in a 3-0 loss to the Padres. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 09 | Mets fans release a black cat on the field during a game at Shea Stadium in NY. The cat crosses behind Cubs third baseman, Ron Santo, who is in the on-deck circle. The next day the Cubs fall out of first base and never get back. The Mets go on to win the World Series. (USA Today, p 2C, 10/16/2003) | Ref: 13 |
| Sep 10 | The Mets sweep the Montreal Expos , 3-2 in 12 innings and 7-1 and move into first place for the first time in their history. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 12 | The Mets sweep Pirates in a twin bill as pitchers Jerry Koosman and Don Cardwell both pitch 1-0 victories and both drive in the winning run of each game. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 15 | Against the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinal Steve Carlton strikes out 19 batters, a major league record at the time. However, he loses the game, 4-3, as Ron Swoboda hit a pair of two-run homers. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 20 | Pirate Bob Moose throws no-hitter at Shea Stadium defeating the Mets, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit the 600th home run of his during a game in San Diego. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 23 | In his last major league at-bat, John Miller homers making the Dodger the only player in history to have hit a home run in his first and last plate appearance in the major leagues. In 1966, as a Yankee, he went deep in the first of only 61 big league career at-bats in which he would collect 10 hits, included the two memorable round-trippers to start and end his 32-game career. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 24 | The New York Mets clinch the first National League East Championship in franchise history with a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at home at Shea Stadium. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 29 | 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 7-6. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 30 | With a 3-2 win over the Reds, Braves clinch the first ever NL West division. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 01 | The Washington Senators close out the season with an 86-76 record after finishing 32 games under .500 a year earlier. The turnaround earns Ted Williams A.L. Manager of the Year honors. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 02 | Only 5,473 patrons attend the Pilots' last game in Seattle as the last place team is defeated by the A's 3-1 for their 98th loss of year. The American League's newest franchise attracts only 677, 944 fans for the season and will play as the Brewers in Milwaukee next season. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 04 | In the first ever League Championship Series playoff game, the Mets beat the Braves 9-5 in Atlanta. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 06 | The New York Mets win the first National League Championship in their history, defeating the Atlanta Braves at Shea 7-4, to complete a three-game sweep. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 11 | The New York Mets play in the first World Series game in their history, a 4-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 12 | Thanks to Al Wiess' ninth inning hit and the combined two-hitter tossed by Koosman and Ron Taylor, Mets even the World Series at one game apiece with the Orioles. This is the Mets first ever World Series win. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 14 | Thanks to great catches in the fourth and seventh inning by center fielder Tommy Agee, the Mets take a 2-1 Series edge over the Orioles in their first ever World Series home game. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 15 | Oriole Earl Weaver becomes first manager ejected in a world series (World Series #66). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 16 | A 100-1 shot at the beginning of the season, the New York Mets win their first World Series baseball championship, upsetting the Orioles, 4 games to 1. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 16 | New York Mets Donn Clendenon and Al Weis power home runs while Jerry Koosman tosses a five-hitter as the Mets win their first World Championship with a 5-3 victory over the Orioles before 57,397 delirious fans at Shea. | Ref: 86 |
| Nov 06 | For the first time in Cy Young Award voting history a tie occurs with Tiger Denny McLain and Oriole Mike Cuellar receiving equal votes from the BBWAA for being the best pitcher in the American League. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 03 | The Mets trade outfielder Amos Otis to the Royals for third baseman Joe Foy.Otis will go on to have an outstanding 14-year career with KS City and will become a member of the team's hall of fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 13 | Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | In a letter to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, traded Cardinal outfielder Curt Flood states his refusal to report to the Phillies citing he is not a piece of property to be sold. The MLB Players' Association announces support Flood's suit against baseball and will pay legal fees. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 29 | The New York Times reports Curt Flood will challenge the reserve clause by suing MLB. | Ref: 1 |
- 1972
| Sep 16 | Phillies' rookie third baseman Mike Schmidt hits his first career home run breaking Expo's Balor Moore's 25 consecutive scoreless inning streak. | Ref: 1 |
- 1996
| Jul 29 | Tommy Lasorda, 68-year old Dodger manager of twenty years, announces his retirement due to his health after a mild heart last month. | Ref: 1 |
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Baseball from 1960 to 1969 Chronology