1963 MLB Replay.
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After 3 weeks of play, Johnny Podres of the Los Angeles Dodgers has moved to the head of the class of National League hurlers with a 5-0 record:
There are 11 pitchers in the American league with 3 victories. Perhaps the most unlikely of those pitchers is Terry Fox of the Detroit Tigers, who has earned 3 victories in just 7 innings of relief work in 4 games:
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The total base leaders through 3 weeks are Willie Mays in the National League and Pete Ward in the American League.
Mays has moved into a tie for the home run lead, and is just one off Frank Howard’s pace for the RBI lead as well.
Ward is in sole possession of the home run lead in the American league.
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Monday, April 29th. Trailing by a score of 5-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies, the San Francisco Giants mount a rally, loading the bases with nobody out in the 6th inning against Cal McLish when…
McLish would be ejected from the game in the bottom of the inning when he questioned a strike call against him while batting against John Pregenzer. Ray Culp would pitch the final 3 innings of the 12-2 victory for the Phillies.
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Tuesday, April 30, 1963. Baltimore at Minnesota. Camilo Pascual is finally lifted from the game with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning for a pinch hitter with the game tied at 1. Jimmy Hall ends the game with a solo home run off of Stu Miller.
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Wednesday, May 1, 1963. The New York Yankees were involved in another unusual game on Wednesday, May 1st when Ralph Terry squared off against Bo Belinsky and the Los Angeles Angels. Terry entered the game with a record of 3-1 and an ERA of 2.52. Belinsky had a record of 0-2 and a hefty era of 11.74. Given those numbers, the game started as expected. In the first inning, the Yankees scored 5 runs off Belinsky, including a Grand Slam by Roger Maris. But Belinsky righted the ship and kept the Yankees off the board while the Angels chipped away at the deficit with single runs in the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th innings. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Leon Wagner launched a 3-run homer off Hal Reniff to turn the 5-4 deficit into a 7-5 lead. Belinsky went the distance and earned the improbable victory.
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Thursday, May 2 Highlights
Don Drysdale flirts with a no-hitter and a pair or walk-off victories.
The Phillies hosted the Dodgers and Don Drysdale didn’t give up a hit until Johnny Callison singled with one out in the 8th inning. Drysdale would complete the shutout as the Dodgers won by a score of 5-0. Don Demeter would get the only other hit for the Phillies.
In Pittsburgh, Juan Marichal cruised through 7 shutout innings, but surrendered a 3-run double to Smoky Burgess in the 8th inning as the Pirates tied the game at 3. Bob Bailey won the game for the Pirates with a homer off Jack Sanford with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning. Harvey Haddix got the win with 4 innings of relief work.
In Chicago, the Cardinals prevailed over the Cubs when Stan Musial homered off Jim Brewer to tie the game at 4 in the 10th inning. Julian Javier ended the game 2 batters later with a solo homer of his own.
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Looks like a fun season… thanks for sharing! I’ve definitely found when I do replays the bad teams tend to be REALLY bad, and you seem to have that going on here so far as well.
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Highlights from Friday, May 3, 1963.
Bob Allison leads the Twins to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees. Allison drove in 3 runs on a triple in the third inning then smacked a pair of solo homers in the sixth and eighth innings. The 8th inning homer off Jim Bouton broke a 4-4 tie.
The Mets prevailed over the Giants in 10 innings. The winning run scored when Ed Kranepool bounced a routine grounder that Joey Amalfitano booted, allowing Ron Hunt to score from third. Final score 3-2.
In Pittsburgh it was Harvey Haddix to the rescue once again, as he hurled 5 innings in relief of Al McBean. Haddix came to the plate in the 5th inning with the Pirates trailing the Dodgers by a score of 4-2 but threatening with runners on first and second and nobody out. It was at this point that things got weird. The first pitch to Haddix was called a ball by home plate umpire Al Forman. Johnny Roseboro objected and was ejected from the game. Enter backup catcher Doug Camilli. Pitch number 2 of the at-bat was around the corner of the plate, and Camilli questioned Forman’s call of ball two, and he too was sent to the showers. Enter Don Zimmer, a utility player who has played all over the diamond in his career, but never behind the plate. The first pitch with Zimmer behind the plate was lined into the gap by Haddix for a double, and a tie game. The Pirates would go on to win by a score of 7-6 with Zimmer catching the final 4 innings of the game.
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The Yankees and Twins played another exciting game on Saturday, May 4th. The Twins held a 2-0 lead through 7 innings as Jim Kaat was dialed in once again. Roger Maris broke up the shutout with a solo homer in the top of the 8th inning (his 4th of the season). The Twins called on Bill Dailey to close out the game, but a two-run home run by Tom Tresh (his first of the season) in the top of the 9th gave the Yankees a 3-2 lead which the Twins could not overcome. At 13-8, the Twins are 1/2 game behind the first-place Tigers. They Yankees are 4 games back at 8-10.
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A total of 14 games played on Sunday, May 5, 1963.
In the first game of a doubleheader in Cincinnati, Jim O’Toole and Ray Sadecki were sharp to open the game, each throwing 3 scoreless innings. O’Toole reached base against Sadecki in the 3rd inning and tried to surprise the Cardinals with a steal of second base. O’Toole disagreed with second base umpire Frank Walsh’s call of “out” and was ejected from the game. Jim Owens was pressed into duty and was charged with the loss after allowing the Cardinals to score the game’s first run in the top of the 5th inning. The Cardinals would go on to win the game by a score of 4-1. The Reds took game 2 by a score of 4-3 when Vida Pinson doubled home Pete Rose in the bottom of the 10th inning off Bobby Shantz.
The Orioles and Tigers played only one game in Detroit, but scored enough runs for a doubleheader. The Orioles prevailed by a score of 11-10 behind 2 homers and 6 runs batted in by Boog Powell. Bill Bruton went 4 for 5 with 4 RBI in the loss for Detroit.
Eddie Bressoud of the Red Sox had a career day against the Kansas City A’s on Sunday, going 3 for 5 with 2 home runs and driving in 5 runs. Bressoud also scored the go-ahead run for the Red Sox in the top of the 10th inning on Frank Malzone’s single as the Sox prevailed over the A’s by a score of 10-9.
Bo Belinsky went the distance for the Angels and blanked the Cleveland Indians in a 5-0 victory.
The Twins and Yankees played yet another exciting game as pinch-hitter Johnny Goryl hit a two-run home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the game at 4, but the Yankees prevailed when Roger Maris homered in the top of the 10th for a 5-4 New York win.
Tony Cloninger blanked the Chicago Cubs as the Braves prevailed by a score of 4-0.
The Phillies swept a doubleheader from the Colt 45s prevailing by a score of 4-1 and 4-0. In the second game, Johnny Klippstein went the distance for the shutout.
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Four weeks of games are in the books. The Dodgers have inched ahead of the Giants and Cardinals:
The Tigers remain atop the crowded American League standings, but their lead over the Twins and Orioles is just a half game.
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The top hurlers in the NL:
The following AL Pitchers have all earned 4 victories:
Interestingly enough, one of those 4-win pitchers was traded this week as Jack Kralick is on his way from the Twins to the Indians in exchange for Jim Perry.
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Stats for the NL Home Run Leaders:
And the AL leaders, where Yankee fans are wondering what might be if Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris can just get and stay healthy:
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Light schedule on Monday, May 6 with only four games.
One notable performance from Gary Peters who started his first game of the season for the White Sox after making 3 relief appearances to open the season. Peters shut out the A’s on 6 hits as the White Sox prevailed by a score of 9-0. Left fielder Dave Nicholson went 4 for 5 with a homer and 3 RBI to lead the Sox offense.
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All 20 teams were in action on Tuesday, May 7th. Here are the highlights:
In Cincinatti, Bob Purkey and Don Nottebart each went 4 innings without allowing a hit to open the game. Gordy Coleman led off the 5th inning with a single off Nottebart. Al Spangler got the first hit off Purkey in the top of the 6th inning, a double. The Reds would score 2 runs in the 7th inning and hang on for a 2-1 victory.
In Detroit, the Tigers jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but had to withstand a furious rally by the Yankees before pulling out a 7-6 victory in 10 innings thanks to a walk-off homer by Dick McAuliffe.
In Kansas City, Charley Smith tripled home Camilo Carreon in the top of the 11th inning of a 3-2 victory by the White Sox over the A’s.
In Los Angeles, the first run of the game between the Twin and Angels scored in the top of the 7th inning when Bob Turley balked home Don Mincher. An RBI single by Lenny Green in the top of the 9th gave the Twins a 2-1 lead which Garry Roggenburk sucessfully protected in the bottom of the inning.
In Milwaukee, the Braves walked off the Giants on a Grand Slam home run by Len Gabrielson with one out in the bottom of the 9th off Don Larsen. The final score was 5-2.
In St. Louis, the Dodgers scored 3 times in the first inning against the Cardinals but would not score again as the Cardinals prevailed by a score of 5-3.
Finally, in the Nation’s capital, Claude Osteen came within 2 outs of a no-hitter against Cleveland, but Willie Kirkland laced a clean single to break up the bid. Osteen finished off the shutout after surrendering a second hit in the 9th. The final score was 5-0 Washington.
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Another full slate of games for Wednesday, May 8.
In Chicago, something happened in the replay which did not happen in real life in 1963…someone besides Ron Santo had to play 3rd base for the Cubs. Santo was ejected from the game after being thrown out on a steal attempt in the 4th inning, so Alex Grammas had to fill in at the hot corner. Grammas had to leave the game in the 7th inning when Bill Mazeroski slid hard into third on a steal attempt of his own and injured Grammas. Ken Aspromonte finished the game at third for the Cubs. Despite all this, the Cubs prevailed with a 6-2 win over the Pirates.
Joe Huxhall held the Colt 45s hitless for 7 1/3 innings on the way to a complete game 2-1 victory for the Reds.
Ray Culp went the distance for the Philadelphia Phillies, shutting out the New York Mets on 3 hits in a 6-0 victory for the Phillies.
In St. Louis, the Cardinals defeated the Dodgers by a score of 3-2 when Curt Flood doubled home Charlie James from first base with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning. The victory gives the Cardinals a one game lead on the Dodgers in the standings.
The Tigers maintained their hold on first place in the American league with a 3-2 victory over the Yankees. Jim Bunning gave up 1 run over 7 innings of work and Tom Sturdivant worked the final 2 innings for the save. Cash, Colavito and McAuliffe all homered for Detroit.
Jack Kralick went the distance and hit a home run in his debut for the Cleveland Indians who traded Jim Perry for him last week. Larry Osborne homered twice in the loss for Washington. The final score was 7-6.
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Thursday, May 9:
The Cubs scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to take a 3-1 lead over the Pirates only to see the Pirates score 3 times in the top of the 9th to win the game 4-3. Don Schwall (1-3, 5.23) went the distance for the Pirates and Don Elston (1-1, 3.72) took the loss for Chicago.
The Colt 45s drop their 5th consecutive game as the Reds drop them by a score of 6-2. Jim Maloney (5-3, 2.56) went the distance for the Reds while Ken Johnson (1-5, 2.85) took the loss for Houston. Vada Pinson went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI to lead Cincinatti.
The Giants scored 4 runs over the final 2 innings to defeat the Braves by a score of 5 to 3. Orlando Cepeda went 3 for 5 with a homer (6) and 3 RBI for the Giants. Jack Sanford (5-2, 2.86) got the win in relief of Bill O’Dell and Frank Funk (0-1, 3.38) took the loss for Milwaukee.
The Mets prevailed over the Phillies by a score of 2-1. The go-ahead run was scored in the bottom of the 6th inning when Frank Thomas singled in Charlie Neal. Roger Craig (3-4, 2.06) got the win while Ken Mackenzie earned the save, his first of the season. Cal McLish (3-2, 1.50) took the loss for Philadelphia.
The Dodgers moved back into a tie for first place with the Cardinals with a 3-1 victory over St. Louis. Pete Richert (3-0, 0.75) went 6 innings for the win with Ron Perranoski getting the save (3). Bob Gibson (3-1, 1.54) was charged with the loss, giving up 2 runs over 6 innings.
The Red Sox scored 8 times in the 7th inning to pull away from the Orioles for a 10-4 victory. Frank Malzone and Bob Tillman each had 3 hits for the Sox. Bill Monbouquette (4-1, 1.71) got the win for 6 innings or work. Mike Fornieles pitched the final 3 innings to earn his first save of the season. Dean Stone (0-1, 12.70) had a rough day at the office pitching in relief of Chuck Estrada and was charged with the loss.
The Yankess scored a run in the top of the 8th to take a 3-2 lead over the White Sox, but Jim Bouton (1-3, 3.12) gave back two runs in the bottom of the 8th as the Sox prevailed by a score of 4-3. Dave Nicholson tripled in the tying and go-ahead runs off Bouton in the 8th inning. Ray Herbert (4-2, 4.15) went the distance for the White Sox to get the win.
The Washington Senators scored 3 times in the bottom of the 7th inning to defeat the Cleveland Indians by a score of 3 to 1. Dave Stenhouse (1-5, 6.51) defeated Mudcat Grant (2-2, 2.70) as each went the distance in the game.
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Friday, May 10, 1963 Highlights:
All the scoring happened early in game in Baltimore as the Yankees prevail over the Orioles by a score of 2-1. Whitey Ford got the win over Mike McCormick, with both going the distance. Joe Gaines homered for the Orioles in the bottom of the first. Phil Linz and Clete Boyer drove in runs for New York in the top of the second inning. That was it for the scoring.
The Angels scored twice in the top of the first against Juan Pizarro and the White Sox. At the end of 9 innings, the score was still 2-0 as Ken McBride went the distance.
The first-place Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians by a score of 3-1. Bill Bruton, Norm Cash, and Al Kaline all drove in runs for Detroit. Phil Regan went the distance for the victory.
The Giants scored 4 times in the top of the 6th inning and held off a 9th inning rally for a 5-4 victory over the Dodgers. Willie Mays, Millie McCovey and Tom Haller all homered for the Giants.
The Cardinals have a 1 game lead on the Dodgers after a 6-0 victory over the Pirates. Curt Simmons pitched a 6 hit shutout for the redbirds while Dick Groat drove in 3 runs.
In Philadelphia, Denny LeMaster and Chris Short locked horns in a classic pitcher’s duel that resulted in a scoreless game through 8 1/2 innings. Shoddy defense by the Braves in the 9th cost them the game. Roy McMillan booted a one-out grounder off the bat of Jim Lemon and then LeMaster walked Earl Averill. Tony Gonzales followed with a grounder to McMillian, who was unable to turn the double play, so the inning continued. With runners on the corner, and two outs, Frank Bolling let Bobby Wine’s grounder go through his legs allowing Lemon to score the winning run.
At the Polo Grounds, Gordy Coleman homered twice and drove in 6 runs as the Reds cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Mets. Jim O’Toole went the distance for the win.
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Saturday, May 11.
In Detroit, the Cleveland Indians knocked off the Tigers by a score of 4-3. The game was scoreless through 5 innings when the tribe scored 3 times in the top of the 6th inning. The Tigers answered back with 2 of their own in the bottom half, but Cleveland held the lead for the rest of the game. Dick Donovan got the win with Barry Latman earning a save. Hank Aguirre took the loss for the Tigers.
The Twins missed an opportunity to overtake the Tigers for first place when they lost to the A’s by a score of 5-1. Kansas City scored 3 times in the first and twice in the 5th. Minnesota was held scoreless until the 8th inning when pinch hitter Rich Rollins ripped an RBI double that made it 5-1. Jim Roland took the loss for Minnesota. Ted Bowsfield went the distance for Kansas City.
In Pittsburgh, the Pirates defeated the Cardinals by a score of 3-1. The score was tied 1-1 for most of the game, but Pittsburgh scored twice in the 7th inning to hang the loss on Ray Washburn. Roy Face saved the game for Vern Law who went 8 innings.
The Dodgers pulled into a tie with the Cardinals after a 4-3 victory over the Giants in Los Angeles. Frank Howard’s RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the eighth inning was the difference in the game. Ed Roebuck got the win in relief. Jack Fisher took the loss for the Giants. Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax were the starting pitchers.
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Sunday, May 12, 1963: A Jam-packed schedule of 15 games.
Harry Bright’s 2-run triple with two outs in the top of the 6th inning propels the Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Orioles. Jim Bouton went the distance for the victory. Steve Barber took the loss for Baltimore.
Eddie Bressoud goes 2 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI to lead the Red Sox to a 6-5 victory over the visting Senators. Earl Wilson went 7 1/3 for the victory and Jack Lamabe finished the game for the save. Bennie Daniels took the loss for Washington. Game 2 of the doubleheader was rained out in the top of the second inning.
The Angels took game one of a doubleheader from the White Sox when Albie Pearson and Billy Moran delivered back-to-back doubles in the top of the 9th inning, producing the only run of the game. Dean Chance outdueled John Buzhardt. In game two, all of the runs were scored in the 5th inning. Nellie Fox delivered the fatal blow with a 3-run homer, leading to a 4-1 win for Chicago. Joe Horlen worked 5 innings for the victory, and Hoyt Wilhelm earned a save with 4 innings of scoreless relief. Bob Turley took the loss for Los Angeles.
The Tigers scored 4 times in the 6th inning to pull away from the Indians for a 6-2 victory. Don Mossi gave up 2 unearned runs in 7 innings for the win. Dick Egan took care of the final 6 outs for a save. Sam McDowell was charged with the loss for Cleveland.
The hard times for the Colt 45s continue, as they fell to the Chicaco Cubs by a score of 9-0. Houston managed only 2 hits off of Bob Buhl. Jimmie Schaffer delivered a grand slam home run for the Cubs. Don Nottebart gave up 6 runs in 5 innings to take the loss.
The Giants led the Dodgers by a score of 4-3 in the 8th inning, but the Dodgers scored 4 times in the bottom of the inning to prevail by a score of 7-4. Junior Gilliam had 2 hits and 3 RBI to lead the Dodgers. Ron Perranoski was credited with the win with Dick Calmus earning a save. Jack Fisher took the loss for San Francisco.
The A’s prevailed over the Twins by a score of 4-3 in 10 innings. Jerry Lumpe’s RBI single scored Manny Jimenez with the go-ahead run. Ray Moore took the loss for Minnesota. Orlando Pena got the win in relief of Dave Wickersham.
The Reds took both games of a doubleheader from the New York Mets at the Polo Grounds. The Reds scored 6 times in the 8th inning of game one to coast to a 12-3 victory. Eddie Kasko had 3 hits and drove in 6 runs to pace the Reds. Bob Purkey got the win while Al Worthington got the save. Galen Cisco gave up 5 runs in 4 1/3 innings and was charged with the loss. Cincinatti took an 8-0 lead in game two, but had to withstand a furious comeback by the Mets to hold on for an 8-7 victory. Jay Hook was charged with the loss, giving up 8 runs in 3 2/3 innings. Jim Owens survived 5 innings to be credited with the win. Dom Zanni worked a perfect 9th inning for a save.
The Braves and Phillies split a twinbill with the Phillies taking game 1 by a score of 4-3, and the Braves taking the second 9-3. The Phillies grabbed a 1-0 lead early in game 1. The Braves briefly grabbed a 3-1 lead in the top of the 7th inning, but the Phillies answered right back with 3 runs of their own for the 4-3 win. Johnny Klippstein got the win in relief of Dallas Green. Hank Fischer took the loss, working in support of Lew Burdette. Milwaukee got homers from Bolling, Aaron, and Mathews in game 2. Ray Culp was charged with the loss. Bob Hendley worked the first 6 innings and got the win with Claude Raymond working the final 3 innings for a save.
The Cardinals collected a pair of one-run victories over the Pirates to close out Sunday’s games. In the first game, Gene Oliver doubled home Ken Boyer with the go-ahead run in the top of the 8th inning. Harvey Haddix took the loss in relief of Joe Gibbon. Harry Fanok gave up 1 run over 3 innings in relief of Ernie Broglio to earn the win. Ron Taylor retired the final 3 batters for a save. In the second game, the Cardinals scored 4 times in the 3rd inning and held on for a 4-3 victory. Ray Sadecki gave up 1 run in 6 innings for the victory. Ed Bauta closed out the game for a save. Earl Francis took the loss for Pittsburgh.