Pittsburgh trades OF Bob Skinner to the Reds for OF Jerry Lynch.
Pittsburgh trades OF Bob Skinner to the Reds for OF Jerry Lynch.
Baltimore veteran Robin Roberts two-hits the Senators to win, 6 – 0. Both hits are by weak-hitting Eddie Brinkman.
Baltimore veteran Robin Roberts two-hits the Senators to win, 6 – 0. Both hits are by weak-hitting Eddie Brinkman.
Cepeda files libel lawsuit vs Look Magazine
May 22, 1963 San Francisco Giants first baseman Orlando Cepeda files a libel lawsuit for $1M against Look Magazine charging he was “Defamed,” The article said that Cepeda’s name had a sale tag on it; that ‘it is astonishing that Cepeda, power hitter and slick fielder on a pennant winner, should be considered expendable’; that…
“The hardest ball I ever hit,” Mickey Mantle on Walkoff homerun vs the A’s
At Yankee Stadium, New York blows a 7 – 0 lead and allows Kansas City to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Mickey Mantle, leading off the 11th, is fooled by Bill Fischer on a slow curve, then cannons a 2 – 2 pitch that almost clears the RF roof. “The hardest ball I ever hit,” Mantle later comments, a ball that, by some accounts, is still rising when it strikes a foot below the top. It is conservatively estimated by Dr. James McDonald, a physicist who studies long-ball trajectories, that the ball would have traveled 620 feet if it had not struck the façade. “That was the only homer I ever hit that the bat actually bent in my hands,” Mantle tells Dale Long, from whom he borrowed the bat.
The all-time shortest managerial career ends after one game – a loss – when Eddie Yost, who replaced Mickey Vernon (14-26) as the Senators’ pilot, is replaced by Gil Hodges. Hodges was acquired today from the Mets, who receive veteran Jimmy Piersall in return.
The all-time shortest managerial career ends after one game – a loss – when Eddie Yost, who replaced Mickey Vernon (14-26) as the Senators’ pilot, is replaced by Gil Hodges. Hodges was acquired today from the Mets, who receive veteran Jimmy Piersall in return.
Los Angeles’s Don Drysdale beats the Mets, 7 – 3 despite Duke Sniders homerun vs his former teammates
Los Angeles’s Don Drysdale beats the Mets, 7 – 3, on two hits – homers by Duke Snider and Tim Harkness.
Jim Maloney ties NL strikeout record
Jim Maloney ties the NL strikeout record On May 21, 1963, Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds ties the National League record for most consecutive strikeouts in a game. Maloney fans eight Milwaukee Braves in a row and finishes with a total of 16 strikeouts. His eight consecutive strikeouts, spanned from the 1st to the…
Bill Bruton of the Detroit Tigers ties a major league record by collecting four doubles in one game. Curiously, Bruton will total only 21 doubles on the season.
Bill Bruton of the Detroit Tigers ties a major league record by collecting four doubles in one game. Curiously, Bruton will total only 21 doubles on the season.
Giants win fog delayed game on 11th inning Walk off by John Almafitano
Sponsor this Page May 17, 1963, at Candlestick Park swirling wins of up to 40 MPH and Fog delay the start of the Giants Mets game. Once it starts Willie Mays and Willie McCovey hit first-inning home runs. The game goes into extra innings and John Almafitano who goes 3-4, and collects half the…
Don Nottebart throws the first no-hitter in franchise history when the Colt .45’s
At Colt Stadium, Don Nottebart throws the first no-hitter in franchise history when the Colt .45’s beat the Phillies, 4-1. The no-no comes in the 197th game since the team’s inception last season.
