Oct 29, 2022New Mets Stadium May Be Named after Lawyer SheaOct. 29, 1962 - New York City’s new stadium in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, would be named the “William A. Shea Stadium” under a bill...
Oct 27, 2022Tigers’ Stars Injured in Japanese Exhibition GameOct. 27, 1962 - The Detroit Tigers overpowered the Daimai Orions, 12-1, before a Tokyo crowd of 27,000 today in the opener of their...
Oct 24, 2022Yankees Earn Nearly $10,000 Apiece for World Series WinOct. 24, 1962 - Victory in the World Series was worth $9,883 each to New York Yankees Manager Ralph Houk (left with Alvin Dark) and the...
Oct 22, 2022Phillies’ Gene Mauch is National League Manager of the YearOct. 22, 1962 - Gene Mauch, whose seventh-place Philadelphia Phillies were the hottest team in baseball in the last two months of the...