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April 13, 1954: Tom Alston makes Cardinals history as first Black player to take the field
With the start of the 1954 season, beer magnate August A. Busch…
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April 13, 1954: Willie Mays returns to Giants after service in Army
When the 1954 spring training began, the New York Giants had…
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April 13, 1954: Athletics prevail on final Opening Day in Philadelphia
No one knew it was the Athletics' last home opener in Philadelphia,…
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April 13, 1954: Pirates’ Vern Law celebrates return from military service with Opening Day win
The Pittsburgh Pirates were eager to open the 1954 season following…
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April 15, 1954: Orioles return to Baltimore after 52 years
The streets of Baltimore were jam-packed with an estimated 350,000…
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April 17, 1954: Cubs thump Cardinals in NL’s longest 9-inning game
Near the end of March 1954, Stan Hack was suddenly named to become…
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April 17, 1954: Nino Escalera, Chuck Harmon integrate Cincinnati Reds in loss to Milwaukee Braves
Box scores don’t lie. But sometimes they cannot tell the…
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April 23, 1954: At age 35, Jackie Robinson steals home against Pirates
It was a season when Jackie Robinson was supposed to be slowing…
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April 23, 1954: Hank Aaron hits first career home run as Braves and Cardinals battle for 14 innings
Unlike the gentleman who preceded him as baseball’s home-run…
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May 1, 1954: Pat Mullin’s two homers help Buffalo Bisons trounce Ottawa Athletics
Lyall Smith, sports editor of the Detroit Free Press, made a…
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May 2, 1954: Stan Musial sets major-league record with five home runs in doubleheader
Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1954, a group of 37 people from…
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May 10, 1954: Indians bat around in first inning, hang on to beat Yankees
On a dreary Monday night at Cleveland Stadium, 22,456 fans “shivered…
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May 16, 1954: Pioneering Pirates rookie Curt Roberts collects three hits, continues steady defense
Branch Rickey, who had shaken the foundations of Organized Baseball…
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May 17, 1954: Cardinals’ Joe Presko and Tom Alston defy expectations as nine justices deal Jim Crow a mortal blow
The day Robin Roberts, the pride of Philadelphia, was elected…
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May 24, 1954: Willie Mays’ 2 homers, 3 hits, and 4 RBIs sink Phillies
Willie Mays topped the National League in slugging percentage…
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May 28, 1954: Milwaukee’s Lew Burdette pitches complete game in 12-inning walk-off win
A County Stadium crowd of 34,146 sat through two rain delays…
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June 2, 1954: Jackie Robinson ejected in Brooklyn’s rain-shortened win
On June 1, 1954, Brooklyn shut out the Braves, 2-0, in the first…
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June 2, 1954: Yankees score seven runs in first inning, but lose to Indians in extras
The New York Yankees were five-time World Series champions heading…
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June 3, 1954: Thompson, Mays power Giants over Cardinals with five-homer barrage
On the first Thursday of June in 1954, it seemed that everyone…
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June 12, 1954: An unlikely candidate: Jim Wilson hurls first no-hitter at Milwaukee’s County Stadium
Milwaukee Braves beat reporter Lou Chapman characterized the…
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June 17, 1954: Roberts being Roberts: Robin goes the distance in 15-inning win
In June of 1954, Phillies fans had a good idea of what they…
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June 23, 1954: Orioles beat Red Sox in 17 innings, set AL records for time and players
The Baltimore Orioles returned to the American League in 1954…
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July 5, 1954: Bill Glynn’s big day for Indians
The Cleveland Indians had just swept the Chicago White Sox at…
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July 6, 1954: The Barber trims the Bums again
Salvatore Anthony Maglie came by his nickname, “Sal the Barber,”…