(Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

May 13, 1955: Mantle slams 3 homers against Tigers, including first career switch-hitting pair

Only 22 years old at the start of his fifth major-league season…

May 27, 1955: Rookie Luis Arroyo hospitalized after Cardinals’ fifth straight win

Despite his status as a budding star for the St. Louis Cardinals,…
Don Newcombe (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

May 30, 1955: Don Newcombe blasts two homers and fires complete game for eighth straight win

The Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates were heading in…

June 1, 1955: Duke Snider smashes three homers in anticipated pitchers’ duel

Duke Snider, the Duke of Flatbush, had a phenomenal stretch,…

June 24, 1955: Sandy Koufax makes his major-league debut for Brooklyn Dodgers

Ten weeks into his rookie season, Sandy Koufax finally…
Lou Kahn (Trading Card DB)

June 28, 1955: Cardinals coach Lou Kahn earns ‘permanent record’ with ejection

A person who coaches in major-league baseball but never plays…
George Shuba (Courtesy of Mike Shuba)

June 30, 1955: George Shuba’s walk-off single wins it for Dodgers

The injury-plagued Dodgers played the Giants at Ebbets Field…

July 6, 1955: A wild beginning: Sandy Koufax loses in his first start for Dodgers

A two-outcome (walk or strikeout) pitcher in his first major-league…
Stan Musial approaches home plate after hitting the game-winning home run in the 1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (SABR-Rucker Archive)

July 12, 1955: Stan Musial seals Milwaukee’s first baseball All-Star celebration

Stan Musial approaches home plate after hitting the game-winning…

July 17, 1955: Don Bessent completes Dodgers’ debut sweep of Redlegs

“Sometimes it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. The Reds found…

July 23, 1955: Del Ennis belts three homers for Phillies

On July 22, 1955, two different scenarios were playing out…

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…

August 27, 1955: Teenage Sandy Koufax strikes out 14 in first big-league win

Brooklyn Dodgers skipper Walter “Smoky” Alston was on…