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April 11 - Opening day in Cincinnait - Jim O'Toole pitches a 4 hitter to lead the Reds to a 7-1 victory
- HR by Frank Robinson and Wally Post - Baltimore's Ted Kluszewski's first 2 at bats produce 2 HR - Orioles ruin LA
Angel's debut with a 7-2 win - In thier first game away from Washington the Minnesota Twins defeat the NY Yankees 6-0,
shut-out by Pedro Ramos - this was the first opening day in 13 years with Casey Stengel being the Yankee manager
May 1 - After a 6 and
46 start (.130) Boston's Jackie Jensen hopped a train out of Cleveland without an official word to anybody. He was
quoted, "I've had it, I know when my reflexes are gone and I'm not going to be any 25th man on the ball club".
- In the only NL game today, the Reds defeated the Phils 3-2, O'Toole fans 9
May 18 - Dodgers give up 12 walks
- 2 errors - go scoreless for 6 innings and come back in the to win with a bases loaded walk in the 11th inning to beat
Warren Spahn 2-1 - Dodgers have been Spahn in 31 of 46 decisions - he hasn't beaten the Dodgers in their own park for
13 years - Detrot has a 5 game lead over the Yankees - Giants hold a 3 game lead over 3 teams
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June 1 - Cincinnati Redlegs take the lead in the National League - Redlegs Manager Fred Hutchinson's
formula, " let the pitchers hold them until Frank Robinson and Vada Pinson get the hits". - Detroit
remains the leader in the American League, after the game is called in the 7th for a 4-4 tie with the Kansas City Athletics
- Milwaukee Braves trade Billy Martin to the Minnesota Twins - Danny Thomas trying to get control of the Chicago Whitesox
(54% for $5,000.000 - Bill Veck bought 54% in '59 for $2,700,000
June 11 - Koufax (9-2) beats the Phillies
6-3 - Reds sweep the Cardinals in a doubleheader, taking over 1st place - Pirates Bill Skinner walked 6 times in the last
2 games (4 intentional) - Milwaukee Braves' Warren Spahn hits a three-run homer and records his 295 win while pitching
in relief - Tigers' Norm Cash hits 3 HR's in the doubleheader, one clearing the 91 feet high rf fence, only Ted Williams
and Mickey Mantle have cleared the roof
June 12 - Norm Cash is half-way to the 18 HR record for a month with 18
days remaining, Tigers' Rudy York broke Babe Ruth's record in 1937
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July 1 - Yankee's Roger Maris hits HR #29 & 30 is 8 games ahead of the Babe pace - cutting
Detroit's lead to 1 game - Braves' Eddie Mathews kicked out of the game at Cincinnati after a fight with
Jim O'Toole - Reds take both games taking a 2 game lead over the Dodgers - Orioles Jim Gentile hits his 3rd
grandslam of the year
August 1 - AL president Joe Cronin suspends Yankees'
manager Ralph Houk for 5 games after "brushing" an umpire over a disputed call - Maris 40 HRs - Mantle 39 HRs
after 101 games - in quest for Babe's record
Standings:
NL - LA Dodgers - AL - New York Yankees
Batting
Average:
NL - Cash - .365 - AL - Clemente - .360
Sept 1 - Reds' Joey Jay faces the Phillies tonight,
6 of Jays' 19 winning have been off the Phillies this year - Mantle is on pace for Ruth's record - Orioles looking
for a replace for Paul Richards as manager, he is will be the General Manager of the expansion team, Houston
Colts
NL - Cincinnati Reds
AL - New York Yankees
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