1950s – Page 10 – Society for American Baseball Research

May 17, 1954: Cardinals’ Joe Presko and Tom Alston defy expectations as nine justices deal Jim Crow a mortal blow

May 24, 1954: Willie Mays’ 2 homers, 3 hits, and 4 RBIs sink Phillies

May 28, 1954: Milwaukee’s Lew Burdette pitches complete game in 12-inning walk-off win

June 2, 1954: Jackie Robinson ejected in Brooklyn’s rain-shortened win

June 2, 1954: Yankees score seven runs in first inning, but lose to Indians in extras

June 3, 1954: Thompson, Mays power Giants over Cardinals with five-homer barrage

June 12, 1954: An unlikely candidate: Jim Wilson hurls first no-hitter at Milwaukee’s County Stadium

June 17, 1954: Roberts being Roberts: Robin goes the distance in 15-inning win

Dick Kryhoski (TRADING CARD DB)

June 23, 1954: Orioles beat Red Sox in 17 innings, set AL records for time and players

July 5, 1954: Bill Glynn’s big day for Indians

July 6, 1954: The Barber trims the Bums again

1954 AAGPBL all-star game (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 9, 1954: Fort Wayne Daisies win AAGPBL’s final All-Star Game

July 11, 1954: Giants’ Don Mueller hits for the cycle, while Willie Mays just misses

July 13, 1954: Senators rookie Dean Stone doesn’t retire a batter, but wins All-Star Game for American League

July 15, 1954: Down by five runs in ninth, Braves rally to win

July 17, 1954: Dodgers field first majority-Black lineup in National League history

July 19, 1954: Hobie Landrith, an overnight success eight years in the making

July 25, 1954: Montreal Royals defeat Havana on Roberto Clemente’s walk-off home run

Bob Kennedy (TRADING CARD DB)

July 30, 1954: Orioles’ Bob Kennedy hits first grand slam at Memorial Stadium

Joe Adcock

July 31, 1954: Braves’ Joe Adcock smashes four home runs in historic performance at Ebbets Field

August 6, 1954: Did heckling Ted Williams cost the Orioles a game in the 10th inning?

Roy Campanella with a mighty swing during spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950s (SABR-Rucker Archive)

August 8, 1954: Dodgers enjoy a 13-run inning in rout of Redlegs

August 11, 1954: Ted Williams’s two-homer game ties Johnny Mize for sixth place all-time

August 13, 1954: 16 is magic number again for Jack Harshman in shutout duel