1960's
SPORTS / BASEBALL

Highlights & Heroes

• Ted Williams retires
• Mickey Mantle hits a 643 foot home run to go into the Guinness Book of World Records
• Bill Mazeroski in the last game of the World Series in the bottom of the 9th inning hits a home run to break a 9-9 tie and win the game and the series
• The National League expands to 10 teams by adding teams in Houston and New York the expansion won't take effect until 1962

• Roger Maris hits his 61st home run breaking Babe Ruth's single season record
• The newly formed Los Angles Angels play their first season
• Roger Maris is named 1961 MVP
• Sadly Ty Cobb passes away. he held more achievement records than any other player, ever

• Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron both hit home runs at the same game in the same inning for the Braves
• Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew connect to both hit grand slam home runs in the same inning for the Minnesota Twins
• Jackie Robinson and Bob Feller are inducted into the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility
• The Cy Young Award goes to Don Drysdale

• MLB returned to playing only one All Star Game - the NL defeats the AL 5-3
• Expansion teams Houston Colt 45s, Don Nottebart pitches his first no hitter
• Sandy Koufax wins the Cy Young award as well as MVP of the National League
• Pete Rose is rookie of the year even though he went 11 at bats without a hit

• Brand new Shea Stadium has it's first game with home town Mets losing
• The National League bested the American League 7-4 in the All Star Game
• The Boyer brothers, Ken for St. Louis and Clete for the Yankees both hit home runs in the World Series game
• Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches a perfect game
• Dean Chance of the Los Angeles Angels wins the Cy Young Award

• Willie Mays hits his 500th home run against Houston in the Astrodome
• A fifteen minute brawl ensued between the Giants and the Dodgers, it was started by Juan Marichal at bat and the Dodger catcher
• The National League wins the All Star Game again with a score of 6-5
• The Cy Young Award went to Sandy Koufax

• Ted Williams is inducted into the Hall of Fame
• Frank Robinson wins the batting Triple Crown with a batting average of .316,  49 home runs and 122 RBIs.
• Willie Mays hits his 512th breaking the National League record
• The All Star Game is taken by the National League, 2-1
• Sandy Koufax clinches the Cy Young Award

• Mickey Mantle hits his 500th home run to join a select club with only 6 members
• Eddie Mathews becomes the 7th member of the 500 home run club
• Pete Rose hits 2 home runs, one as a lefty and one right handed, this is a first in a single game
• The National League wins the longest ever All Star Game (15 innings, three hours and 41 minutes) by 2-1
• The Cy Young Award is now awarded to players in both Leagues this year is Jim Lonborg (AL) and Mike McCormick (NL)

• Hank Aaron hits home run number 500 to become the ninth member of the 500 club
• Jim Bunning ties Cy Young's record of pitching 1000 strikeouts in both the American and National Leagues
• The Rules Committee decided to decrease the size of the strike zone and lower the pitchers mound by 2 inches to allow for better batting
• All Star Game, National League - 1, American League - 0
• The Cy Young Award goes to Denny McLain (AL) and Bob Gibson (NL)

• 4 expansion teams start play - Montreal Expos, Seattle Pilots, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals
• After several bad seasons Mickey Mantle retires from Major League Baseball
• The National League pummels the American League, 9 - 4 in the All Star Game
• Denny McLain (AL) and Tom Seaver (NL) were the Cy Young winners