IN THE NEWS: Cleveland manager Birdie Tebbetts suffers a heart attack and will be sidelined until July 5th. Coach George Strickland will manage the Indians in Tebbetts' absence.
IN THE NEWS: P Carl Willey of the Mets suffers a broken jaw when he is hit by a line drive off the bat of Detroit's Gates Brown during a spring training loss. He will be out until June 6th but his career will be effectively ended.
IN THE NEWS: Houston P Jim Umbricht dies of cancer at age 33. He was 4-3 with a 2.61 ERA in 1963. His #32 will be the first uniform retired by Houston.
IN THE NEWS: At Yankee Stadium, Whitey Ford pitches 11 innings in losing to the Red Sox, 4–3. Bob Tillman, with three singles, triples in the 11th, and pinch runner Roman Mejias scores on wild pitch. Bob Heffner pitches the bottom of the 11th, with Dick Radatz getting the win.
IN THE NEWS: Before 48,736 fans the Pirates defeat the Mets 4–3 in the first game played at Shea Stadium. Bob Friend is the winner over Cuban righty Ed Bauta. Friend was also the winning pitcher in the last game ever played at the Polo Grounds before the Giants moved west.
The wind picks up at Wrigley Field and, in the 5th inning, the Phils loft three home runs and the Cubs 2. The Phillies win the derby, 11–8.
At Fenway Park, in a JFK memorial game, the Red Sox top the Yankees, 4–1.
IN THE NEWS: Jim Maloney tosses six innings of no-hit ball against the Dodgers, before leaving with a pulled muscle. John Tsitouris relieves and pitches hitless ball until two are out in the 9th inning when Frank Howard beats out an infield single. Sandy Koufax fans the side on nine pitches in the 3rd inning, becoming the first National League pitcher to do it twice (and matching Lefty Grove), but Cincinnati wins, 3–0, on Deron Johnson's 3-run homer.
IN THE NEWS: One day after Sandy Koufax fans the side on nine pitches, Bob Bruce strikes out the Cardinals in order on nine pitches in the 8th inning of a Houston loss.
IN THE NEWS: Yankee rookie Bob Meyer makes his ML debut at Fenway Park, in a 4–0 loss to the Red Sox. Meyer is the last Yankee rookie pitcher this century to open in Boston. Ralph Terry made his debut
IN THE NEWS: All runs score on home runs as the Pirates win 8–5 at Wrigley Field, tying a record for the most runs on home runs with no other runs scoring. home runs by nine different players tie the ML record.
IN THE NEWS: Houston's Ken Johnson becomes the first pitcher ever to hurl a 9-inning no-hitter and lose as Cincinnati wins 1–0. Two errors in the 9th, the second by 2B Nellie Fox on Vada Pinson's grounder, allows Pete Rose to score the only run. Joe Nuxhall wins with a 4-hitter.