Karl Spooner (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

September 22, 1954: Karl Spooner strikes out 15 in Dodgers’ debut

“Before Sandy Koufax became Sandy Koufax, before Clayton…
Roy Campanella with a mighty swing during spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950s (SABR-Rucker Archive)

August 8, 1954: Dodgers enjoy a 13-run inning in rout of Redlegs

Roy Campanella with a mighty swing during spring training…
Roy Campanella with a mighty swing during spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950s (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 4, 1953: Yankees’ blasts prove too much for Brooklyn to overcome

Roy Campanella with a mighty swing during spring training…
Duke Snider

October 3, 1953: ‘Let’s Be Unmerciful!’ Dodgers top Yankees in Game 4

There were other events, including the meanderings of a runaway…
Ralph Kiner

July 18, 1951: Ralph Kiner’s 3 homers boost Pirates over Dodgers

“I was gunning for it, all right,” said Ralph Kiner, the…
Tommy Brown

September 18, 1950: Tommy Brown hits unlikely 3 homers for Dodgers

Tommy Brown first gained notoriety as a 16-year-old for the…
Gil Hodges

August 31, 1950: Dodgers’ Gil Hodges hits four home runs at Ebbets Field

Returning from a road trip on which they won 8 of 11 games,…
Bobby Brown (TRADING CARD DB)

October 9, 1949: Yankees ‘dumbfounded that they won it so easily’

As Dodgers fans streamed through Ebbets Field’s turnstiles…
Bobby Brown (TRADING CARD DB)

October 8, 1949: One highly productive inning not enough for Dodgers in Game 4

They lined up. In the small hours after the New York Yankees…
Johnny Mize

October 7, 1949: Johnny Mize’s first World Series was all right

As pennant races go, the 1949 races in both the American and…
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Red Faber (Trading Card DB)

May 12, 1915: Red Faber’s reported 67-pitch complete game beats Washington

Urban “Red” Faber’s Hall of Fame pitching career took off…
Bill White (Trading Card DB)

August 14, 1960: Bill White’s cycle a bright spot for Cardinals in Pirates’ sweep

Two months before the Pittsburgh Pirates made history by winning…
Dick Stuart (Trading Card DB)

April 28, 1964: Dick Stuart rallies Red Sox with 11th-inning grand slam

It was early in the 1964 season. The visiting Baltimore Orioles…
Doug Griffin (Trading Card DB)

April 30, 1974: Fenway falls silent again after Doug Griffin is beaned by Nolan Ryan

For the third time in seven years, the gut-wrenching thud of…
Pee Wee Reese

July 12, 1949: The All-Star Game finally comes to Brooklyn

Considered one of the best defensive shortstops of his era,…
Gil Hodges

June 12, 1949: Hodges, Cox combine forces in Dodgers’ offensive explosion

The final score of the game between Brooklyn and Cincinnati…
Gene Hermanski (Trading Card DB)

August 5, 1948: Gene Hermanski becomes first Dodger to hit 3 home runs in Brooklyn; Carl Erskine goes distance in first career start

Gene Hermanski’s name will forever be etched in the long…
Wally Westlake

July 30, 1948: Wally Westlake hits for the cycle as Pirates double up Dodgers

The 31,278 fans who came through the turnstiles at Ebbets Field…

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