» August 20, 1959: The A's Bob Cerv hits three home runs in an 11–10 loss to Boston. The Sox out hit the A's 16–13. Reliever Earl Wilson drives in three runs and earns his first ML victory.

» June 11, 1962: With the bases loaded in the 3rd against the Indians, Boston pitcher Earl Wilson is about to throw when Tito Francona, the runner on 1B, yells, "hold it, Earl." Wilson holds the ball, then stumbles off the mound, balking home the game's first run. The Indians plate nine more in the game to win, 10–0, behind Jim Perry. Willie Kirkland drives in five runs with a home run and double.

» June 26, 1962: Earl Wilson pitches a no-hitter, his first ML shutout, as Boston beats the Los Angeles Angels 2–0. The righthander also hits a home run off loser Bo Belinsky, who pitched his no-hitter six weeks earlier.

» August 23, 1964: New York tops host Boston, 4–3, as Mickey Mantle starts the scoring with a 2-run homer in the 3rd inning off Earl Wilson. New York will win 26 of their next 33 games.

» August 16, 1965: At Fenway, Earl Wilson is most of the Boston offense as he bangs a pair of home runs. But the righty still takes the loss to the White Sox, 5–4.

» August 25, 1965: Boston's Earl Wilson fans 13 batters in beating the Senators, 8–3.

» April 12, 1966: In his first American League at bat, Frank Robinson is hit by a pitch from Boston's Earl Wilson. Brooks Robinson then follows with a homer. Frank will later add a homer as the visiting O's win in 13 innings, 5–4, on a walk by Jim Lonborg.

» June 14, 1966: Detroit acquires P Earl Wilson and OF Joe Christopher from Boston for OF Don Demeter and P Julio Navarro.

» August 26, 1966: Detroit's Earl Wilson, winner of six straight, hits an 8th inning homer to give himself a 5–3 lead over New York. But the Yankees, batting against reliever Hank Aguirre in the 9th, tally one run on a Clete Boyer single, and win it, 6–5, when Mickey Mantle clouts a pinch homer over a leaping Al Kaline in RF. The win still leaves New York (57–72) in last place.

» May 21, 1967: Earl Wilson gives Detroit its 3rd straight win over the Yankees, 9–4. Mickey Mantle hits his 5th homer in six games but it's not enough for Whitey Ford, who appears in his last ML game.

» September 3, 1967: Before a Twins crowd of 43,494, Detroit's Earl Wilson pitches a 5–0 shutout to narrow the Twins lead to 1/2 game over the Tigers. The win is Wilson's 19th.

» September 22, 1967: The Tigers sweep two from Washington, 8–3 and 4–0, to stay a half-game behind the leading Twins. Earl Wilson cops his 22nd in the opener while Mickey Lolich takes the nitecap. The White Sox lose to Cleveland, 2–1, in 13 innings, while Boston splits a twi-night doubleheader with Baltimore, losing 10–0, then winning 10–3 behind Jose Santiago.

» April 21, 1968: Behind complete-game wins by Earl Wilson and Denny McLain, the Tigers beat the White Sox, 4–1 and 2–1, to stretch their win victory streak to nine games. The Sox have yet to win.

» May 18, 1968: Frank Howard ties the American League record with a home run in his 6th consecutive game to lead Washington to an 8–4 win over Detroit. His 10 home runs in the six games are the most of all the record holders. Howard's 10 home runs (in 20 at bats) are also the most ever in one week (Sunday through Saturday). Earl Wilson will stop him tomorrow. For Detroit, Al Kaline belts a pinch-HR off Steve Jones. It is Kaline's 307th home run, surpassing Hank Greenberg's 306 in a Tiger uniform.

» July 26, 1968: Leaving with a strained knee after five innings of pitching Earl Wilson of the Tigers earns a 4–1 win in the opener of three games with the Orioles. Rookie Daryl Patterson provides spectacular relief coming in with the bases loaded in the 6th and striking out the side. Powell's homer in the 8th is the only tally for the O's. The win increases the Tigers lead over the O's to six 1/2 games.

» August 23, 1968: Stan Bahnsen outpitches Earl Wilson to give the host Yankees a 2–1 win over Detroit. The two teams then battle for 19 innings, before the 2nd game is suspended by curfew with the score 3–3. The game will be finished tomorrow. In the long tie, Lindy McDaniel retires 21 straight Tiger batters, six on strikeouts. In his last three relief appearances, he has retired 30 batters in a row.

» August 26, 1968: Playing the last of nine games in Milwaukee, the White Sox draw a crowd (42,808) but lose to Earl Wilson and the first-place Tigers, 3–0. Wilson is hit by a pitch in the 2nd with the bases loaded to bring home the first run.

» August 30, 1968: In the showdown in Detroit, 53,575 fans cheer as P Earl Wilson pitches a 4-hit 9–1 victory over 2nd place Baltimore. Wilson adds four RBIs on two hits, including his 5th home run of the year.

» October 5, 1968: Tim McCarver's 3-run home run off loser Earl Wilson and Orlando Cepeda's 3-run shot off Don McMahon power St. Louis to a 7–3 win and 2–1 World Series lead.

» September 4, 1969: Down 4–1 in the 9th against the Tigers in Detroit, Baltimore gets consecutive home runs from Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, and Brooks Robinson off Earl Wilson to tie. Tom Timmermann then gives up the winning run on a double, sac fly, and Baltimore chop as the O's win, 5–4.

» April 25, 1970: Tiger P Earl Wilson fans for the 3rd out in the 7th inning against the Twins. On the 3rd strike by Jim Kaat, Twins C Paul Ratliff traps the ball in the dirt, and must either throw to 1B or tag the batter. Instead he rolls the ball back to the mound, ignoring the fact that ump John Rice has not signaled a K. As the Twins head for their dugout, Wilson begins running the bases and is around 3B when OF Brant Alyea retrieves the ball and throws to SS Leo Cardenas, who is standing by home. Wilson turns back to 3B but Cardenas and Alyea run him down for a 7-6-7 out on a 3rd strike. Wilson pulls a hamstring on the play and leaves, trailing, 2–1, and Detroit ties it up 3–3 in the 9th. But Harmon Killebrew singles home Tony Oliva in the bottom of the 9th for the win.