
June 14, 1957: Jim Gilliam’s steal of home stops pitchers’ duel, gifts Don Newcombe birthday win
Amid the stalemate over a new ballpark between Mayor Robert Wagner…

June 16, 1957: Billy Martin switches uniforms and homers in Kansas City Athletics debut
New York Yankees infielder Billy Martin celebrated his 29th birthday…

June 21, 1957: Johnny Temple’s big hit occurred after the game
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Redlegs…

June 25, 1957: George ‘Babe’ Ruth wins minor-league game with homer
Of course they called him Babe.
George Ernest Ruth had the fortune,…

June 30, 1957: Eddie Mathews’ walk-off blast leads Braves to sweep
When the gates opened at County Stadium on June 30, 1957, Milwaukee’s…

July 2, 1957: Cubs waste Lee Walls’ cycle
Only two months had passed since outfielder Lee Walls was traded…

July 9, 1957: Stengel’s ‘replacements’ do well to give AL a win in All-Star Game
In 1957, the fans, with some help from Commissioner Ford Frick,…

July 18, 1957: Luis Arroyo’s final victory for Pittsburgh
Anyone old enough to recall the spectacular 1961 major-league…

July 18, 1957: Dodgers survive wild ninth inning to win in 11
In reviewing the previous day’s game at Ebbets Field against…

July 23, 1957: Mantle hits for cycle; homer nearly leaves Yankee Stadium
Switch-hitter Mickey Mantle banged out a single, double, triple,…

July 30, 1957: In first game with Cleveland, Johnny Gray tosses 3-hit shutout against Baltimore
Johnny Gray, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound right-hander, pitched without…

August 1, 1957: Sandy Koufax mows down Cubs while Gil Hodges belts NL-record 13th grand slam
Veteran New York sportswriters were impressed with 21-year-old…

August 3, 1957: Roy Sievers blasts Senators to win at end of long, hot afternoon
Roy Sievers was the slugging star as the Washington Senators…

August 5, 1957: A harbinger of things to come: Metropolitan Stadium hosts Reds-Tigers exhibition
Before the Minneapolis Millers’ inaugural game in Metropolitan…

August 7, 1957: Giants beat Dodgers in Jersey City on Hank Sauer’s pinch-hit homer
As the New York Giants made the trek across the Hudson River…

August 14, 1957: Ted Williams’ rare opposite-field homer
When Boston and New York met at Fenway Park on August 14, 1957,…

August 20, 1957: Bob Keegan uses new motion to toss no-hitter at Comiskey Park
“It was a new pitching motion that did it for me,” explained…

August 27, 1957: Dick Drott’s meteoric rise and Don Newcombe’s sharp decline
On August 27, 1957, in a game of little interest and with no…

September 1, 1957: Willie Mays homers in New York Giants’ last game at Ebbets Field
Franchise moves were the talk of New York City in 1957 with both…

September 2, 1957: Braves’ Aaron, Cubs’ Banks shine in Labor Day shootout at Wrigley
The Braves’ move from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953, the major-leagues’…

September 8, 1957: The Last Game: Brooklyn Dodgers versus New York Giants
“I don’t know how you feel about it at the other end of…

September 14, 1957: Ernie Banks blasts three home runs in win over Pirates
The Chicago Cubs were going nowhere fast heading into a mostly…

September 14, 1957: ‘Startling performance’ earns lone victory for Pirates’ Eddie O’Brien
Pittsburgh manager Danny Murtaugh raised a few eyebrows when…

September 23, 1957: Hank Aaron’s walk-off home run gives Milwaukee Braves the flag
The woman took her seat in the fourth row of the grandstand in…