The 1961 New York Yankees ended the season on a three-game winning streak, and their closest competitors lost on the final gameday, so the Yankees ended up winning the league by three games. Roger Maris hit his GTOP-record 18th home run in 32 games. Tom Seaver pitched a shutout for the 1969 New York Mets to close out their season.
Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 3
The Dodgers (14-18) won their third straight against the Giants (14-18), allowing them to avoid sole possession of last place. The Dodgers went up 2-0 in the fifth thanks to RBI singles by Ron Fairly and Tommy Davis. They extended the lead to 4-0 in the top of the eighth on an RBI triple by Fairly and an RBI single by Willie Davis. The Giants finally got on the board in the bottom of the eighth. Felipe Alou led off with a home run, and a few batters later, Willie McCovey had a two-run shot, his second pinch-hit homer in two games, and his fourth of the season. That made it a one-run game, but Dodger closer Ron Perranoski pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his eighth save.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Maury Wills 5 1 0 0 Harvey Kuenn 4 0 0 0
Jim Gilliam 5 2 3 0 Jose Pagan 4 0 0 0
Ron Fairly 4 1 2 2 Willie Mays 4 0 0 0
Tommy Davis 4 0 2 1 Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0
Willie Davis 3 0 2 1 Felipe Alou 3 1 1 1
Frank Howard 3 0 0 0 Jim Davenport 3 0 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 1 0 Tom Haller 3 1 0 0
Daryl Spencer 4 0 1 0 Chuck Hiller 3 0 0 0
Sandy Koufax K 3 0 0 0 Billy Pierce Z 2 0 0 0
Duke Snider 1 0 0 0 Willie McCovey 1 1 1 2
TOTALS 36 4 11 4 TOTALS 31 3 3 3
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 020 020 -- 4
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 030 -- 3
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 7, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
1. ERR--Maury Wills, Chuck Hiller, Bobby Bolin XZ. 2B--Jim
Davenport. 3B--Ron Fairly. HR--Willie McCovey, Felipe Alou.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sandy Koufax K [W] 8.00 3 3 1 0 2 2
Ron Perranoski YZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Billy Pierce Z (L) 7.00 8 2 2 1 5 0
Stu Miller Y 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 0
Bobby Bolin XZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston 4, St. Louis 3
The Red Sox (16-16) evened up the series with the Cardinals (17-15) with the one-run victory. Julian Javier had an RBI double for St. Louis in the top of the second, but Rico Petrocelli hit a two-run homer in the bottom half of the frame, his ninth, to give Boston a 2-1 lead. An RBI single by Carl Yastrzemski made it 3-1 in the sixth. The Cardinals tied it at three in the top of the seventh, as one run scored via a groundout and Roger Maris had an RBI single. Tony Conigliaro hit a home run to lead off the bottom of the seventh (his eighth) to put the Red Sox back in front, and that turned out to be the game-winning hit.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Lou Brock 4 0 1 1 Reggie Smith 4 1 1 0
Curt Flood 4 0 1 0 Joe Foy 4 0 0 0
Roger Maris 3 0 1 1 Carl Yastrzemski 3 0 1 1
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 1 0 George Scott 3 0 0 0
Tim McCarver 1 0 0 0 Tony Conigliaro 3 2 2 1
Dave Ricketts 2 0 0 0 Rico Petrocelli 2 1 1 2
Mike Shannon 3 1 0 0 Mike Andrews 3 0 0 0
Julian Javier 4 0 1 1 Mike Ryan 3 0 0 0
Dal Maxvill 3 1 0 0 Lee Stange Z 2 0 0 0
Dick Hughes XZ 1 0 0 0 Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
Bobby Tolan 1 1 1 0
Phil Gagliano 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 3 6 3 TOTALS 28 4 5 4
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 010 000 200 -- 3
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 020 001 10x -- 4
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 1.
ERR--Mike Shannon, Rico Petrocelli. 2B--Julian Javier,
Orlando Cepeda. 3B--Tony Conigliaro. HR--Tony Conigliaro,
Rico Petrocelli. SACB--Dick Hughes XZ. SB--Lou Brock, Reggie
Smith.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Hughes XZ 6.00 4 3 3 0 6 1
Nelson Briles YZ [L] 2.00 1 1 1 1 1 1
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Lee Stange Z [W] 7.00 6 3 1 5 2 0
Dan Osinski Z 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
John Wyatt Y [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
New York Mets 3, Minnesota 0
Tom Seaver tossed his second shutout of the season, improving to 5-3, and evening the series with Minnesota. It wasn’t easy, as he gave up five hits and five walks, but the Twins (17-15) stranded 10 baserunners, including runners in scoring position in four different innings. The Mets (15-17) got an RBI single from Cleon Jones in the first and an RBI double by Tommie Agee in the fifth. Jones led off the sixth with a triple and scored on Donn Clendenon’s double to complete the scoring.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Cesar Tovar 4 0 1 0 Tommie Agee 3 1 2 1
Rod Carew 3 0 0 0 Al Weis 4 0 2 0
Tony Oliva 3 0 2 0 Cleon Jones 4 1 2 1
Harmon Killebrew 4 0 0 0 Donn Clendenon 4 0 1 1
Rich Reese 2 0 0 0 Ron Swoboda 3 0 0 0
Leo Cardenas 4 0 0 0 Jerry Grote 3 0 0 0
Ted Uhlaender 4 0 0 0 Bud Harrelson 3 1 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 2 0 Wayne Garrett 3 0 0 0
Tom Hall Y 2 0 0 0 Tom Seaver X 2 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0
Charlie Manuel 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 0 5 0 TOTALS 29 3 8 3
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 000 000 -- 0
1969 NY METS 100 011 00x -- 3
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 10, 1969 NY METS 4. ERR--Donn
Clendenon. 2B--Tommie Agee (2), Donn Clendenon. 3B--Cleon
Jones. SACB--Tom Seaver X. SB--Cesar Tovar, Tommie Agee.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Hall Y [L] 6.00 7 3 3 1 4 0
Bob Miller Z 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
1969 NY METS
Tom Seaver X [W] 9.00 5 0 0 5 8 0
New York Yankees 5, Detroit 3
The Yankees (20-12) won their third straight against the Tigers (15-17) to conclude their championship-winning season, and added three more home runs to their total, which accounted for all five runs. Roger Maris had a two-run blast in the third inning, his 18th of the season. Mickey Mantle also had a two-run homer in the sixth, his eighth. Bill Skowron finished it up with a solo homer in the ninth inning, his eighth. Detroit’s Norm Cash wrapped up the batting title and hit his 11th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the ninth inning. Bill Stafford won for just the second time in eight starts.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 4 0 0 0 Steve Boros 4 2 0 0
Tony Kubek 4 1 1 0 Norm Cash 5 1 2 2
Roger Maris 4 2 2 2 Al Kaline 5 0 3 0
Mickey Mantle 4 1 3 2 Rocky Colavito 4 0 1 1
Elston Howard 4 0 0 0 Dick Brown 4 0 1 0
Yogi Berra 4 0 1 0 Bill Bruton 3 0 0 0
Bill Skowron 4 1 1 1 Jake Wood 4 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 4 0 0 0 Chico Fernandez 3 0 1 0
Bill Stafford YZ 4 0 0 0 Jim Bunning XZ 2 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 5 8 5 TOTALS 35 3 8 3
1961 NY YANKEES 002 002 001 -- 5
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 001 002 -- 3
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 4, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 10. ERR--Bobby
Richardson, Yogi Berra. 2B--Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline.
HR--Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Bill Skowron, Norm Cash.
SACB--Jim Bunning XZ.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Stafford YZ [W] 7.67 6 1 1 2 0 0
Jim Coates Y 1.00 2 2 2 2 1 1
Hal Reniff W [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Jim Bunning XZ [L] 9.00 8 5 5 0 10 3
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 