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Jan 16, 1962: Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra sign new
contracts covering the 1962 season, Whitey got $48,000 and Yogi $50,000.
Roy Hamey (Center) seems pretty happy with the bargain. May 22, 1962: Roger Maris, who went all of 1961 without receiving an intentional walk, gets four in a 12-inning 2-1 win against the Angels to set an American League record. Maris receives five walks in all Four Yankee pitchers (Whitey Ford, Jim Coates, Bud Daley, and Bob Turley) combine to give up just one hit in 12 innings. Ford leaves after seven innings because of back spasms, and Coates gives up the lone hit, a one-out 9th inning single to Bob Rodgers. September 25, 1962: Whitey Ford beats Washington 8-3, as the Yankees clinch the American League Pennant. Ralph Houk becomes the 5th manager to capture pennants in each of his first two seasons. 
October 4, 1962: At Candlestick Park, in Game One of the World Series, Roger Maris stakes Whitey Ford to a 2-run lead with a first inning, 2-run double. Only RF Felipe Alou's leaping effort keeps Maris. drive in the park. Ford's record consecutive shutout-inning streak ends at 33 2/3 innings when a surprise bunt by Jose Pagan brings Willie Mays home. Clete Boyer's 7th inning home run gives the Yankees a 6-2 win, the last of a record 10 World Series victories for Ford.World Series Report: The Yankees and Giants meet in their seventh World Series, but it's a bicoastal affair for the first time. Mantle & Maris again hamper, rather than hammer, the attack, this time combining for 7-for-48. But Rajah makes his biggest contribution with the glove -- his flashy play on Willie Mays' double in the ninth inning of Game Seven prevents Matty Alou, running from first with two outs, from scoring the tying run. Willie McCovey's blue-streak Series-ending liner into Bobby Richardson's mitt follows.
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