Tommy Lasorda (Trading Card DB)

May 5, 1955: Dodgers overcome Lasorda’s wildness, injury to extend red-hot start

Tom Lasorda is lucky Dodgers fans were willing to give him…
Don Newcombe (Trading Card DB)

May 10, 1955: Don Newcombe faces the minimum and one-hits the Cubs

“He looms over the batter, brings his hands up over his head…
(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…
Norm Zauchin (Trading Card Database)

May 27, 1955: Norm Zauchin drives in 10 runs as Red Sox beat Nationals, 16-0

When Boston Red Sox first baseman Norm Zauchin enjoyed a 4-for-5…

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,…
Ted Williams (Trading Card DB)

June 19, 1955: Ted Williams homers off both Herb Score and Bob Feller in the same game

On June 19, 1955, Ted Williams homered off both Herb Score and…
Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

June 21, 1955: ‘Never take a chance on Ted Williams, regardless of the count’

The Cleveland Indians had left Boston, and the Detroit Tigers…

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…