bases. Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals collects his 3,000th career hit when he pinch hit a double off Chicago Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals win, 5–3. May 23 – Willie Mays hit his 200th career home run, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Braves, 5–3. May 31 – Milwaukee Braves sluggers Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Wes Covington hit one home run apiece on three consecutive pitches against Pittsburgh Pirates starter Ron Kline, as Milwaukee wins, 8–3. June June 3 - The San Francisco Giants sign undrafted free agent pitcher Gaylord Perry. June 12 – In a shortstops transaction, the Cleveland Indians send Chico Carrasquel to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Billy Hunter. June 15 – Chico Carrasquel went 5-for-6 with four runs batted in and scored two times, as the Kansas City Athletics edged the Boston Red Sox, 17–6, at Fenway Park. Héctor López collected four RBI, while Bob Cerv and Frank House added two runs and three RBI a piece. Ralph Terry was the winning pitcher and Jack Urban earned the save, while Willard Nixon got the loss. For Carrasquel, it was the fifth five-hit game of his career. The Cleveland Indians trade outfielder Roger Maris, pitcher Dick Tomanek, infielder/outfielder Preston Ward to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for infielders Woodie Held and Vic Power. June 27 – Against the Washington Senators at Comiskey Park, Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox has a perfect game broken up with two out in the ninth—by inches. Pinch-hitter Ed Fitz Gerald hits Pierce's first pitch down the right field line, the ball landing just inside the foul line for a double, the only hit Pierce allows in a 3–0 White Sox victory. The perfect game would have been the first in regular season play since that of another White Sox, Charlie Robertson, in . June 30 - The Detroit Tigers sign undrafted free agent pitcher Mickey Lolich. July July 2 - One day appearing in a game as a pinch hitter, the Cleveland Indians release pitcher Bob Lemon, ending Lemon's major league career, spent entirely with Cleveland. July 8 – At Memorial Stadium, home of the Baltimore Orioles, the American League defeated the National League, 4–3, in the All-Star Game. This was the first All-Star Game without an extra-base hit. July 19 - The Atlanta Braves sign free agent