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Jun 27

Maris Slams 13th Homer as Yanks Top Twins, 4-2

June 27, 1962 - In the first two innings today at Yankee Stadium, the Bombers gained a five-run lead over the Minnesota Twins with a typical display of expertise and power. What followed was, for the most part, a dull affair. Before acute boredom set in among the more demanding spectators, the Bombers struck hard against fat left-handed pitches delivered by Jim Kaat. Tom Tresh (pictured) led off in the first inning with his fourth homer of the season, a drive deep into the le

Jun 27

Movies: "Safe at Home"

June 27, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Safe at Home,” a comedy film starring Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris of the New York Yankees. The film also stars William Frawley and Don Collier, with appearances by Yankees Whitey Ford and Ralph Houk. The film is about a young Florida boy who lies to his Little League teammates, telling them he knows Mantle and Maris and will bring them to their team banquet. His attempts to meet his heroes during spring training by sneakin

Jun 26

Cepeda's Single Wins It for Giants Over Reds, 6-5

June 26, 1962 - Orlando Cepeda’s single to right in the tenth inning today sent Felipe Alou home from first and gave San Francisco a 6-5 victory over Cincinnati. The victory put the Giants back in first place as the Los Angeles Dodgers bowed to the Braves and fell a half-game behind. The safe call on Alou by the plate umpire, Ed Sudol, was greeted by a wild protest by the entire Reds team. Alou, running for Willie McCovey, who had singled, rounded third on Cepeda’s single at

Jun 26

Boston's Earl Wilson No-Hits the Los Angeles Angels

June 26, 1962 - Earl Wilson (pictured left with catcher Bob Tillman), a big right-handed pitcher, became the toast of the Boston Red Sox and the entire baseball-speaking world tonight. The 26-year-old Wilson beat the Los Angeles Angels, 2-0, on a no-hitter at Fenway Park. In the third inning, he gave the Red Sox (and himself) the only run they needed with a homer into the screen atop the left-field fence. For Wilson, who was earmarked to be traded last spring, it was his firs

Jun 25

Henry Aaron Comes Up Big in Braves' 6-4 Win Over Dodgers

June 25, 1962 - Henry Aaron hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and drove in the deciding run with a single in the seventh today as the Milwaukee Braves defeated the Dodgers, 6-4. Los Angeles had led by 4-0 at one point. The Braves went ahead, 5-4, with three runs in the seventh. The loss was the fourth for the Dodgers in their last five games and it left them only a half-game ahead of second-place San Francisco in the National League. The Dodgers got to Bob Hendley for t

Jun 24

Bouton and Reed Yankee Heroes in Detroit

June 24, 1962 - Jim Bouton (pictured) and Jack Reed, probably the most obscure players on the star-studded Yankees, were latecomers in today’s 7-hour, 22-inning victory over the Tigers. But they were the heroes. “I’ve never seen a run so hard to get,” said Reed, who clouted a 2-run homer for the Yankees’ 9-7 victory. Bouton, a rookie, entered the game in the 16th and held the Tigers to 3 hits through the 22nd. Yogi Berra, the 37-year-old star who should have been one of the m

Jun 24

Yanks Win 7-Hour Marathon in Detroit, 22-Inning Game Sets Record

June 24, 1962 - The Yankees and Tigers battled for 7 hours today, a major league record, before Ralph Houk’s Yanks won, 9-7, in 22 innings. With the score 7-7, Jack Reed (left), a utility outfielder who had entered the game in the 13th for defensive purposes, hit his first major league homer. The blow was struck off Phil Regan, Bob Scheffing’s seventh pitcher of the game, following Roger Maris’s walk. The Tigers strove to fight their way back in the last of the 22nd. But Jim

Jun 23

Yanks Split Doubleheader in Detroit

June 23, 1962 - The Yankees put in a long and arduous day in Detroit battling the Tigers in an afternoon and night program, gaining a split and a half game on the league-leading Indians. Off to a flying start on a first-inning grand slam by Yogi Berra (pictured with outfielder Jack Reed), Ralph Houk’s Bombers went on to win the afternoon game, 8-4, before a crowd of 16,454. But in the night encounter, Bob Scheffing’s Tigers responded to the roars of a crowd of 38,150 and trip

Jun 23

RBI Leader Tommy Davis Drives in 5 as Dodgers Destroy Reds, 14-3

June 23, 1962 - Tommy Davis, who leads the majors in runs batted in, drove in five more today with a triple and three singles as the league-leading Dodgers defeated the Reds, 14-3, before 47,159 fans in Los Angeles. Willie Davis had a double, three singles, and a walk in five trips and scored four times. Don Drysdale, a right-hander who hadn’t beaten the Reds since Aug. 26, 1960, was supported by 19 hits and gained his 12th victory in 16 decisions. Drysdale, who didn’t win hi

Jun 22

Mets Show the Good and the Bad in Twilight-Night Doubleheader

June 22, 1962 - When the Mets are good, they are a delightful surprise. But when they are bad, they are horrid. Both of the team’s schizophrenic faces were on display as it split a twilight-night doubleheader with the Houston Colt .45’s at the Polo Grounds today before 11,484 spectators. In the first game, Al Jackson, a 26-year-old left-hander, pitched his (and the Mets’) second shutout of the year. It was a taut, well-played one-hitter. The final score was 2-0. In the second

Jun 22

Musial Breaks Total Bases Records as Cards Top Phils

June 22, 1962 - Stan Musial set a major league record for career total bases today as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, in the first game of a twilight-night doubleheader. The Phils won the second game, 11-3. In the opener, Musial hit a home run and two singles to break the late Ty Cobb’s major league record of 5,863 total bases. Musial raised his count to 5,866 by getting a single in the second game. “For some reason I never paid much attention

Jun 21

Whitey Ford Dominant as Yanks Top O's, 3-0

June 21, 1962 - Whitey Ford, long the bellwether of the Yankees pitching staff, returned today to his familiar role. Making his first start in almost two weeks, Ford gave only three hits in 8 and 2/3 innings as the world champions snuffed out the Orioles, 3-0. Even a crowd of 18,049 rabid Baltimore fans gave the southpaw a generous hand. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Bombers. And with the Indians losing to the Red Sox, the Yanks moved back to within th

Jun 20

League-Leading Indians Sweep Doubleheader from Red Sox

June 20, 1962 - The league-leading Cleveland Indians swept a doubleheader from the Boston Red Sox, 6-3 and 3-0, tonight behind the strong pitching of Jim Perry (pictured) and Barry Latman. Perry pitched a seven-hitter in gaining his sixth victory. He was aided by a three-run homer by Bubba Philips in the first game. Latman then blanked the Sox on five hits behind a six-hit attack that included Willie Kirkland’s twelfth homer and Jerry Kindall’s seventh. Mike Fornieles of the

Jun 19

Big Day for Frank Howard as Dodgers Top Cards, 3-2, in L.A.

June 19, 1962 - Frank Howard (pictured) drove in 2 runs with a first-inning homer and scored the deciding run on a misplayed grounder in the seventh inning today as the league-leading Dodgers defeated the Cardinals, 3-2, before 33,986 in Los Angeles. Don Drysdale went the distance for the Dodgers, allowing 9 hits, and picked up his 11th victory in 15 decisions. Howard opened the Dodger seventh with a double and advanced when Curt Simmons, the pitcher, fielded a bunt by Ron Fa

Jun 19

Bombers Drop Series Opener to Baltimore, 3-1

June 19, 1962 - Ralph Houk’s faltering world champion Yankees dropped the opener of a two-game series in Baltimore with the Orioles, 3-1. The crowd of 38,703 was the largest of the year in Baltimore Stadium. With Ralph Terry of the Yanks and Chuck Estrada of the O’s locked in a 1-1 tie, Brooks Robinson (pictured) sent Billy Hitchcock’s club ahead with a homer in the sixth. Two innings later, Robinson drove in another run, this time with a single that scored Estrada from secon

Jun 18

Koufax Gets 10th Victory as Dodgers Top Cardinals, 1-0

June 18, 1962 - Tommy Davis broke up the game with a ninth-inning home run tonight as the Dodgers defeated the Cardinals, 1-0, before 33,477 fans in Los Angeles. Davis’s homer brought Sandy Koufax his 10th victory in 12 decisions and wrecked an otherwise brilliant pitching performance by the St. Louis right-hander Bob Gibson. Until the ninth, Gibson had given up only two hits and allowed only two Dodgers to get as far as second base. Koufax, touched for five singles, struck o

Jun 16

Mets Drop Another Game as Cubs Take "Camera Day," 6-3

June 16, 1962 - New York Met fans, undeterred by a miserable record (16-42), spent another unrewarding afternoon under Coogan’s Bluff today while their team lost a 6-3 game to the Chicago Cubs. It started out happily enough. At noon, the fans took pictures of their heroes (this was the club’s first official “Camera Day”). At 2:30, they saw the Mets take a 2-0 lead over the Cubs on Charlie Neal’s triple. At 5:07, however, they could only moan as Cliff Cook struck out with 2 me

Jun 16

Baseball: The Redemption of Joe Torre

June 16, 1962 - “You’re a fat slob,” said Frank Torre (left), the nimble first baseman of the Milwaukee Braves, at the family dinner table in Brooklyn. “Lay off me, Frank,” pleaded Joe Torre (right), his 16-year-old kid brother. He didn’t know what else to say because he weighed 240 pounds. “With all that blubber,” continued Frank inexorably, “you’ll never become a big leaguer. You’re too fat to be anything but a catcher. Better quit fooling around with pitching and playing i

Jun 15

Phillies Score 10 Runs in Third Inning, Top Reds, 13-8

June 15, 1962 - The Philadelphia Phillies scored 10 runs in the third inning day for a 13-8 victory over the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. Roy Sievers (pictured) batted in five runs with the ninth grand slam of his career and a single. Jim Maloney and Johnny Klippstein were pounded during the highest-scoring inning in the National League this year, lasting 38 minutes. Art Mahaffey, who had lost three in a row to the Reds after beating them on opening day, gave fiv

Jun 15

Pirates Top Braves On Strength of 7-Run 8th Inning

June 15, 1962 - The Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for 7 runs in the eighth inning today to defeat the Milwaukee Braves, 9-8, and run their winning streak to 7 games. Trailing by 8-2, the Pirates sent 11 batters to the plate. Seven of them got hits, including a grand slam by Roberto Clemente. Dick Groat’s single drove in Howie Goss with the tie-breaking run. Milwaukee had taken the lead on the hitting of Hank Aaron. He had four hits, including a grand slam. It was Aaron’s 13th ho