IN THE NEWS: Detroit's Dave Wickersham, in a bid for his 20th win, is ejected by umpire Bill Valentine in the 7th inning of his final start. Wickersham gets the heave-ho for trying to get Valentine's attention by grabbing his shoulder during an argument with Norm Cash. Mickey Lolich enters the 1–1 tie and earns a 4–2 win.
Danny Murtaugh (80-82) resigns as manager of the Pirates for health reasons.
Dave McNally's one-hitter keeps Baltimore in the pennant race, two 1/2 games behind the Yankees.
IN THE NEWS: The Mets end an 8-game St. Louis win streak when Al Jackson beats Bob Gibson 1–0, but the Cards remain a half game in front of the Reds.
With first place on the line, the Phils win 4–3 in Cincinnati with the help of their 3rd triple play of the season, and snap their 10-game loss streak. The Phils score four runs in the 8th off Jim O'Toole with the rally starting after a routine fly ball drops between Leo Cardenas and Pete Rose. Cardenas and O'Toole exchange angry words after the game and then start swinging. The 4th-place Giants stay in the chase when Bob Bolin shuts out the Cubs, 9–0.
The Orioles score six runs in the 2nd to beat Detroit 10–4 in a fog-bound game. Detroit outfielders lose two routine fly balls in the O's big inning.
IN THE NEWS: Larry Jackson's 9–2 victory over the Giants is his 24th win for the Cubs, the most ever for an 8th-place team. He also sets a major-league record for pitchers by fielding 109 chances during the season without an error. Walter Johnson fielded 103 chances without an error in 1913.
The Phils bomb the Reds 10–0 as both teams finish one game behind St. Louis. The two teams then sit in the visitor's clubhouse and hope that New York's Galen Cisco (6–18) can stop the Cards. The Mets take a 3–2 lead into the 5th inning, but St. Louis scores three runs to regain the lead. The Mets score once more but the Cardinals complete their scoring with three in the 8th to win 11–5. Bob Gibson wins in relief. For St. Louis, it is their 1st pennant since 1946.
Alvin Dark (90-72) is fired as manager of the Giants and replaced by Herman Franks. The Giants will finish in 4th places three games off the pace.
IN THE NEWS: Rookie Mel Stottlemyre beats Bob Gibson 8–3 to even the World Series. The Yanks score four in the 9th after Gibson is taken out for a pinch hitter.
IN THE NEWS: St. Louis takes an early lead in the deciding World Series game 7. Lou Brock's 5th-inning home run triggers a 2nd 3-run frame and a 6–0 lead for Bob Gibson. Mickey Mantle, Clete Boyer, and Phil Linz homer for New York, but it's not enough. The Cards win 7–5 and are the World Champions. Both Boyers, Ken Boyer for the Cards and Clete Boyer for the Yankees, homer in their last World Series appearance, a first in ML history.
IN THE NEWS: A World Series loss is enough reason for the Yankees to fire manager Yogi Berra (99-63). Johnny Keane (93-69) stuns a St. Louis press conference by resigning as manager of the Cardinals.
IN THE NEWS: After just 11 years in Milwaukee, the Braves Board of Directors votes to ask the National League for permission to move to Atlanta. Milwaukee County officials sue to block the move.
IN THE NEWS: Joe Stanka of the Nankai Hawks wins the Pacific League MVP award. With a season record of 26-7, Stanka pitched his team to three straight victories over the Yomiuri Giants to win the Japan Series. In his career with the Hawks (1960-65), and later with the Taiyo Whales (1966), he will win 100 games, the record for an American pitcher.
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