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June 1, 1955: Duke Snider smashes three homers in anticipated pitchers’ duel
Duke Snider, the Duke of Flatbush, had a phenomenal stretch,…
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June 10, 1955: Ted Williams hits one home run to get things started and one to win the game
Ted Williams missed a couple of games in Cleveland as he was…
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June 28, 1955: Cardinals coach Lou Kahn earns ‘permanent record’ with ejection
A person who coaches in major-league baseball but never plays…
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June 30, 1955: George Shuba’s walk-off single wins it for Dodgers
The injury-plagued Dodgers played the Giants at Ebbets Field…
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July 4, 1955: Clem Labine’s pitching and home run seal Dodgers’ sweep of Phillies
"Clem Labine was one of the main reasons the Dodgers won it all…
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July 12, 1955: Stan Musial seals Milwaukee’s first baseball All-Star celebration
Stan Musial approaches home plate after hitting the game-winning…
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July 17, 1955: Dodgers’ Roger Craig pitches three-hitter to beat Redlegs in major-league debut
“Dodgers – Sold Bob Borkowski to St. Paul; optioned Pitcher…
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July 17, 1955: Don Bessent completes Dodgers’ debut sweep of Redlegs
“Sometimes it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. The Reds found…
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July 19, 1955: Vern Law’s emergency start lasts 18 innings before Frank Thomas seals win in 19th
Had Fred Haney not cared about maintaining his job as manager…
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July 23, 1955: Del Ennis belts three homers for Phillies
On July 22, 1955, two different scenarios were playing out…
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July 29, 1955: Reds’ Smoky Burgess blasts 3 homers with 9 RBIs in offensive outburst
The Cincinnati Redlegs were mired in seventh place during late…
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August 4, 1955: Ernie Banks bashes three home runs to power Cubs in comeback victory
“He’s been hotter than the weather, and in the Midwest, that’s…
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August 19, 1955: Robin Roberts wins 20th game for sixth straight season
It was a matchup of the NL’s two best pitchers: the Philadelphia…
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August 27, 1955: Ted Williams’s 9th-inning grand slam wrecks a shutout and gives Boston a win
The Red Sox were still hopeful, even in the final days of August…
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August 27, 1955: Teenage Sandy Koufax strikes out 14 in first big-league win
Brooklyn Dodgers skipper Walter “Smoky” Alston was on…
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September 11, 1955: Crandall’s two-out walk-off grand slam wins it for Braves
“One swing of Del Crandall’s bat,” wrote Bob Wolf of the…
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September 17, 1955: Brooks Robinson makes his major-league debut with Orioles
It was an inauspicious game. Both the Orioles and the Washington…
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September 17, 1955: Millers’ Bob Lennon breaks up no-hitter – twice in same game
The Minneapolis Millers produced a rich history in the American…
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September 19, 1955: Ernie Banks hits fifth grand slam to break single-season record
Twenty-four-year-old Ernie Banks exploded on the national baseball…
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September 21, 1955: Red-hot Gus Bell has four hits, eight RBIs
The 1955 National League pennant race had already been decided…
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September 24, 1955: Bob Friend clinches NL ERA title for last-place Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered through a miserable 1955 season,…
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September 25, 1955: Willie Mays ties Johnny Mize’s Giants record with 51st home run
The New York Giants fell to third place in 1955; even so,…
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September 28, 1955: Jackie Robinson steals home for Dodgers in Game 1 of World Series
“I saw Robinson coming in. I didn’t move because I had to…
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September 28, 1955: Minneapolis Millers win first Junior World Series in final game at Nicollet Park
For 60 seasons, the Minneapolis Millers made their home at a…