IN THE NEWS: The Pirates take over 1st place by topping the Cubs 7–5 on a Roberto Clemente home run, his 2000th career hit. Clemente's home run gives him 101 RBIs for the year, the 1st time he's topped 100. Bob Veale is the winner over Fergie Jenkins.
Phillies ace Jim Bunning continues his whammy over the Mets by shutting them out, 6–0. It's Bunning's 8th complete game in as many starts against them, and his 5th shutout. The Mets have scored a total of four runs off Bunning.
IN THE NEWS: Charlie Vaughan, 18-year-old Braves pitcher, beats the Astros 12–2 for his first and only ML win. Vaughan will make one other major league appearance, in relief, in 1969.
IN THE NEWS: The Braves acquire veteran pitchers Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy from the Angels in exchange for minor league prospects Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton. It will only Hoyt for a little while as the Braves will waive the knuckleballer to the Cubs in September 1970.
IN THE NEWS: John Miller becomes the first Yankee to ever hit a homer in his first ML at bat. He contributes two runs in a 4–2 defeat of the Red Sox at Fenway. It will be Miller's only homer in pinstripes, but as a Dodgers in 1969, he will hit a homer in his last ML at-bat.
Los Angeles regains first place, winning 4–0 and 1–0 behind Sandy Koufax and Larry Miller while Houston suffers its 3rd and 4th consecutive shutouts against the Dodgers.
IN THE NEWS: Ron Perranoski of the Dodgers fans the first six batters he faces and earns a 3–2 win over the Mets and Tug McGraw. With the help of 2B Ron Hunt, Mets rookie SS Bud Harrelson picks off Lou Johnson with the hidden ball trick in the 6th.
IN THE NEWS: Tom Phoebus of Baltimore begins his ML career with a 2–0 shutout of the Angels.
Seven pitchers are used by Al Dark's A's in an 11-inning, 1–0 shutout of the Indians. Kansas City wins its 7th straight game.
Don Drysdale (10-16) gives up two home runs in the 9th, to Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell, with two outs, but holds on to give the Dodgers a 5–3 win over Pittsburgh. The Dodgers now lead the Bucs by two 1/2 games. The Bucs and Dodgers will split the next two games.
IN THE NEWS: The Mets (5) and Giants (3) tie a major-league record by using eight pinch hitters in the 9th inning as the Mets win 5–4. Willie McCovey hits a 500-ft home run, judged the longest ever at Candlestick Park.
IN THE NEWS: Kansas City and Washington battle with the Washington winning 1–0 behind Phil Ortega, 1–0. John "Blue Moon" Odom blanks the Senators for eight 1/3 innings to run the A's scoreless string to 45 1/3 innings. The American League record of 47 was set by Cleveland in 1948.
The Twins beat the Yankees 5–3 in 10 innings on Bob Allison's pinch three-run homer, sending the Yankees to the cellar in the AL. In his last plate appearance of the year, Mickey Mantle whiffs and becomes the first player to strike out 1,500 times in his career.
IN THE NEWS: Dan Topping sells his 10 percent stock interest in the Yankees to CBS and resigns as club president. CBS executive Mike Burke succeeds him.
Drysdale stops the Phils, 6–1, for a needed Dodgers win.
IN THE NEWS: Orioles P Tom Phoebus hurls his 2nd straight shutout in his 2nd ML game, blanking the A's 4–0 in Kansas City. Karl Spooner was the last rookie to start with two shutouts.
Vern Law shuts out the Giants 6–0 to keep the Pirates one 1/2 games behind the Dodgers. Pittsburgh turns four double plays in the game and will end the year with an National League-record 215.
IN THE NEWS: The players almost outnumber the fans at Wrigley Field, as the Cubs draw just 440 for a game with the Reds. Chicago wins 9–3 behind Ken Holtzman, with Sammy Ellis taking the loss.
IN THE NEWS: The Orioles beat the host Kansas City A's 6–1 to clinch their first American League pennant. Both Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson have two RBI. Frank Robinson will end the year as the Triple Crown winner, the first to achieve the feat since Mickey Mantle in 1956. He clinches with a batting average of .316, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI.
A crowd of 413, a record low for Yankee Stadium, sees the White Sox beat New York 4–1. Yankee broadcaster Red Barber insists that TV cameras show the empty seats, a decision that will cost the legendary play-by-play man his job.
IN THE NEWS: In a matchup of Jewish pitchers, the Cubs Ken Holtzman outduels Sandy Koufax, to win 2–1. The Dodgers go hitless over the first eight innings. Holtzman, who spent much of the season in military service, will finish the year at 9–0, the first pitcher since Howie Krist (10–0) in 1940 to win that many without a loss.
IN THE NEWS: Larry Jaster (11–5) blanks the Dodgers for the 5th time this season, pitching the Cards to a 2–0 win at St. Louis. Jaster is the first pitcher to accomplish this feat since Grover Cleveland Alexander whitewashed the Reds five times in 1916. Jaster twice beat the Dodgers, by 2–0 and 4–0 scores. The Dodger whitewashings are Jaster's only shutouts of the year, but they are enough to lead the league. He will pitch another five years in the majors, recording just two more shutouts.
The Pirates sweep a doubleheader from the Phillies and move back within one 1/2 games of the Dodgers.
IN THE NEWS: Sandy Koufax pitches a 4-hitter, beats the Cards 2–1, and becomes the first ML pitcher to achieve a third 300-strikeout season since Amos Rusie in 1890–92.
IN THE NEWS: The White Sox tip the Yankees 6–5 at Comiskey. The Yanks will win their next two but finish in 10th place one-half game behind the Red Sox.