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Sandy Koufax pitched a complete game in Game 4 of the 1963 World Series at Dodger Stadium, finishing off the Dodgers sweep of the Yankees.

This week in the 1963 Dodgers, a classic duel at Dodger Stadium between Don Drysdale and Warren Spahn, clutch performances from Jim Gilliam and Ron Perranoski, and Tommy Davis was voted to start the All-Star Game.

The 1963 Dodgers this week 60 years ago moved reigning MVP Maury Wills from shortstop to third base. Also, Sandy Koufax pitched another shutout and won another 12-inning start in which he threw 164 pitches.

Once again, this photo is not from the year the site I found it said it was.

By Paul Teetor There are plenty of retired sports stars walking around Los Angeles. Right here in the Beach Cities we have big-name guys like former USC…

Origin At the beginning of 1962, the Los Angeles Dodgers were poised to become the premier team in baseball’s National League, just as their forebears in Brooklyn had been in the years between the end of World War II and the team’s move to California (1946-57). Having shed of most of the stars from their glory days in Brooklyn, and ensconced themselves in Dodger Stadium, a brand-new ballpark that favored pitching over slugging, the Dodger squads of the early 1960s seemed ideally suited to ...