The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
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New York Yankees' Don Larsen pitches only World Series perfect game.
Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams was fined $250 for spitting on fans.
Jim 'Catfish' Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game, defeating the Minnesota Twins (4-0).
Babe Ruth's baseball jersey became the most expensive sports memorabilia when it sold for $5.6 million.
Jackie Robinson signed the first Major League Baseball contract for a Black ballplayer.