Stan Musial Ends Storied Career
Sept. 29, 1963 - Stan Musial, who broke in with the Cardinals with two hits 22 years ago, ended his career the same way today in a...
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- Sep 20
Dodgers Top Pirates, Increase Lead over Cards to Five Games
Sept. 20, 1963 - Great pitching and blinding speed, a formula that has kept Los Angeles ahead of the pack since July 2, proved a winning...
- Sep 18
Dodgers Top Cards in Extra Innings, 6-5
Sept. 18, 1963 - It took the Dodgers 13 innings to do it, but they finally defeated the Cardinals today, 6-5, and left both the Cardinals...
- Sep 17
Koufax Masters Cardinals, 4-0
Sept. 17, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, the best pitcher in the world, did tonight exactly what one would expect the world’s best pitcher to do:...
- Sep 16
Dodgers Halt Cardinals in St. Louis, 3-1
Sept. 16, 1963 - Maybe the Cardinals are mere mortals, after all. The team that’s generated the biggest head of steam in the National...
- Sep 15
Cardinals Climb Within a Game of Dodgers after Sweeping Doubleheader from Braves
Sept. 15, 1963 - Lew Burdette and Ray Sadecki pitched St. Louis to within one game of the league-leading Dodgers today as the Cardinals...
- Sep 12
Cards Top Cubs, 8-3
Sept. 12, 1963 - Losing four out of five to the Cardinals this season has made a believer of Cub righthander Larry Jackson (pictured)....
- Sep 10
Dodgers Top Pirates as Koufax Sets More Records
Sept. 10, 1963 - Sandy Koufax strengthened his bid for the Cy Young award by breaking his own National League strikeout record and...
- Sep 9
Cardinals Shut Out Cubs, 6-0, on Simmons’ Six-Hitter
Sept. 9, 1963 - “He looked like he tasted World Series money the way he was bearing down,” Ron Santo was saying about Curt Simmons...
- Sep 5
Dodgers Shut Out Cubs, 4-0
Sept. 5, 1963 - Pistol Pete Richert and Larry Sherry ganged up on the Cubs to hurl a 4-0 shutout tonight as the Dodgers concluded a...
- Aug 27
Giants Top Cards, Gain Second-Place Tie
Aug. 27, 1963 - The Giants gave hurler Jack Sanford a big cushion today, and he did the rest, beating the Cardinals, 7-2, at Candlestick...
- Aug 24
Stan: Cards “Still in the Race”
Aug. 24, 1963 - Stan Musial (pictured) was saying before last night’s game that he hasn’t felt much of anything now that his playing days...
- Aug 23
Los Angeles Bids Stan the Man a Fond Farewell
Aug. 23, 1963 - The Los Angeles Dodgers and Southern California fandom said farewell to Stan (The Man) Musial on the occasion last night...
- Aug 21
Dodgers Top Cards, Koufax Still Seeking 20th Victory
Aug. 21, 1963 - Sandy Koufax, seeking his 20th victory, started for the Dodgers today against Curt Simmons of the Cardinals. The Dodgers...
- Aug 20
Dodgers Beat Cardinals, Stretch N.L. Lead
Aug. 20, 1963 - The Dodgers took on the Cardinals tonight, the hard-hitting club that had just swept three straight from the Giants, and...
- Aug 19
Cards Sweep Giants
Aug. 19, 1963 - Ken Boyer’s second two-run homer of the game tied the score in the ninth inning and, moments later, Julian Javier...
- Aug 16
Cardinals Destroy Giants at Busch Stadium
Aug. 16, 1963 - The baseball Cardinals could not have celebrated the opening of the football Cardinals’ exhibition schedule more...
- Aug 12
Musial Recognized as All-Time Great
Aug. 12, 1963 - In his 22 years with the Cardinals, Stan Musial (pictured in 1949), who today announced his retirement at the end of this...
- Aug 12
Stan Musial Announces Retirement
Aug. 12, 1963 - Stan (The Man) Musial, one of the greatest hitters in baseball, today announced his retirement as a player at the end of...
- Aug 7
Mets Top Cards at Polo Grounds as Hickman Hits for the Cycle
Aug. 7, 1963 - The power of positive action swept over the Mets today in such a fashion that they played a brand of baseball not in...
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