Jim Gilliam provided the big hit as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Baltimore 3-2 to claim the championship of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With Los Angeles down 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Gilliam smacked a two-run homer off Hoyt Wilhelm to give the Dodgers their first lead of […]
Category: 1960s Baseball History
The heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers needed a big hit in the 10th inning to survive a 4-2 battle with the Chicago Cubs in the semifinals of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Gil Hodges blasted a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning to send the Dodgers to the championship game […]
Three big innings made the difference for Los Angeles as the Dodgers defeated the Boston Red Sox 11-3 in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. After Jackie Jensen gave the Red Sox an early lead with a solo homer in the second inning, the Dodgers went to work […]
Milt Pappas tossed a complete game as he led Baltimore to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Braves in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Pappas limted the Braves to five hits as he fanned five. Walt Dropo led the Orioles offense with a two-run single in the […]
Cleveland’s Jim Perry posted a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Perry allowed just four hits and one walk as he fanned seven in the shutout. After surrendering back-to-back singles to Curt Flood and Stan Musial with one out in […]
Voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame has always been fascinating. Between the writers and other committees there is always controversy. Perhaps one of the most unusual stories belongs to Red Ruffing, who was inducted in 1967 after the third and final run-off election in the history of the shrine. According to the rules […]
Back in the 1970s as a pre-teen, there was no other feeling like opening a pack of baseball cards. Pulling a Hank Aaron, Willie Mays or Roberto Clemente was a special event though they were at the end of their careers. New players like George Brett or Robin Yount brought just as big a smile. […]
The 1966 season marked the end of the era of one Cy Young Award per year. Appropriately, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers won his third and final award in what turned out to be his last season. The Sporting News had been dividing its honors by league since 1948. In 1966, Minnesota’s Jim […]
It’s repetitive to say that Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers had a good year in the 1960s. The 1965 season marked the second time in Koufax’s career he claimed the Cy Young Award unanimously as he led the Dodgers to a World Series victory. On the other side of things in the American […]
Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers reigned as the king of major league pitchers from 1963 to 1966 as he won three Cy Young Awards. The only one that Koufax missed during that stretch was in 1964 when Dean Chance of the Los Angeles Angels claimed the honor by leading the American League in […]