
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…

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 21, 1955: A’s prospect Bob Davis treats Vermont fans to minor-league no-hitter
Most fans dream of seeing a no-hitter in person, but decades…

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…

August 27, 1955: Teenage Sandy Koufax strikes out 14 in first big-league win
Brooklyn Dodgers skipper Walter “Smoky” Alston was on…

September 3, 1955: Bonus baby Sandy Koufax pitches 5-hit shutout against Pirates for second win
“Only twice in my life has my spine actually tingled. Once…

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…

September 17, 1955: Brooks Robinson makes his major-league debut with Orioles
It was an inauspicious game. Both the Orioles and the Washington…

September 17, 1955: Millers’ Bob Lennon breaks up no-hitter – twice in same game
The Minneapolis Millers produced a rich history in the American…

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…

September 21, 1955: Red-hot Gus Bell has four hits, eight RBIs
The 1955 National League pennant race had already been decided…

September 24, 1955: Bob Friend clinches NL ERA title for last-place Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered through a miserable 1955 season,…

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,…

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…

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…

September 29, 1955: Tommy Byrne’s pitching gives Yankees 2-0 lead in World Series
Their 6-5 loss in Game One was disappointing for the Brooklyn…

September 30, 1955: Podres, Dodgers narrow Yankees’ lead in Game 3
After “two days of aimless wandering,”1 the Dodgers returned…

October 1, 1955: Snider’s bat, glove propel Dodgers to tie World Series in Game 4
“It was not a tidy game, but an exciting one,” declared…

October 2, 1955: Duke Snider’s blasts move Dodgers to precipice of first title
Duke Snider, Clem Labine, Roy Campanella, and Gil Hodges…

October 3, 1955: Yankees’ Whitey Ford shuts down Dodgers to send World Series to deciding game
The Brooklyn Dodgers were all smiles after they swept the Yankees…

October 4, 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers win first World Series as ‘Next Year’ finally arrives
Wait ’til Next Year! The phrase became a euphemism for a…

April 17, 1956: Phillies, Robin Roberts beat World Series champion Dodgers on Opening Day
“Figure to repeat on youth and depth of pitching and long ball…

April 19, 1956: Dodgers defeat Phillies in Jersey City opener
Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, shown with Jersey City…

April 20, 1956: Banks, Irvin, Jones lead Cubs to home opener win
Two and a half years after Ernie Banks integrated the Chicago…