1950s – Page 10 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

Harmon Killebrew (TRADING CARD DB)

August 23, 1954: Harmon Killebrew goes 3-for-4 in first start for Senators

1950s Exhibit baseball card of Herb Score (COURTESY OF STEPHEN V. RICE)

September 1, 1954: Herb Score hurls one-hitter, surpasses 300 strikeouts for Indianapolis Indians

Trading Card Database

September 2, 1954: Roy Sievers knocks in 7 as Senators rout Tigers

Bud Shaney (COURTESY OF JACK ZERBY)

September 5, 1954: Asheville old-timers Bud Shaney, Ray Hathaway work quickly in Tri-State shutout

Carlos Paula (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

September 6, 1954: Carlos Paula integrates the Washington Senators

September 12, 1954: Cleveland fans set attendance record as 86,563 watch Indians sweep Yankees

September 12, 1954: Ottawa Athletics lose final game as Canada’s capital city loses professional baseball for 40 years

September 19, 1954: Out with a whimper: Athletics play their final game in Philadelphia

Karl Spooner (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

September 22, 1954: Karl Spooner strikes out 15 in Dodgers’ debut

September 25, 1954: Cleveland wins 111th game, sets AL season record for wins