
October 4, 1953: Yankees’ blasts prove too much for Brooklyn to overcome
Roy Campanella with a mighty swing during spring training…

October 5, 1953: Billy Martin’s walk-off single lifts Yankees to fifth consecutive World Series title
The New York Yankees entered Game Six of the 1953 World Series…

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…

April 13, 1954: Willie Mays returns to Giants after service in Army
When the 1954 spring training began, the New York Giants had…

April 13, 1954: Athletics prevail on final Opening Day in Philadelphia
No one knew it was the Athletics' last home opener in Philadelphia,…

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…

April 15, 1954: Orioles return to Baltimore after 52 years
The streets of Baltimore were jam-packed with an estimated 350,000…

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…

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…

April 23, 1954: At age 35, Jackie Robinson steals home against Pirates
It was a season when Jackie Robinson was supposed to be slowing…

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…

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…

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…

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…

May 16, 1954: Pioneering Pirates rookie Curt Roberts collects three hits, continues steady defense
Branch Rickey, who had shaken the foundations of Organized Baseball…

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…

May 24, 1954: Willie Mays’ 2 homers, 3 hits, and 4 RBIs sink Phillies
Willie Mays topped the National League in slugging percentage…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…