1950s – Page 12 – Society for American Baseball Research

May 12, 1955: Crandall’s walk-off homer in 12th gives Conley complete-game victory

(Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

May 13, 1955: Mantle slams 3 homers against Tigers, including first career switch-hitting pair

May 27, 1955: Rookie Luis Arroyo hospitalized after Cardinals’ fifth straight win

Roberto Clemente (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

May 29, 1955: Roberto Clemente’s five hits lead Pirates to curfew-interrupted win over Phillies

Don Newcombe (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

May 30, 1955: Don Newcombe blasts two homers and fires complete game for eighth straight win

June 1, 1955: Duke Snider smashes three homers in anticipated pitchers’ duel

Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

June 10, 1955: Ted Williams hits one home run to get things started and one to win the game

June 24, 1955: Sandy Koufax makes his major-league debut for Brooklyn Dodgers

Lou Kahn (Trading Card DB)

June 28, 1955: Cardinals coach Lou Kahn earns ‘permanent record’ with ejection

George Shuba (Courtesy of Mike Shuba)

June 30, 1955: George Shuba’s walk-off single wins it for Dodgers

July 4, 1955: Clem Labine’s pitching and home run seal Dodgers’ sweep of Phillies

July 6, 1955: A wild beginning: Sandy Koufax loses in his first start for Dodgers

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

July 17, 1955: Dodgers’ Roger Craig pitches three-hitter to beat Redlegs in major-league debut

July 17, 1955: Don Bessent completes Dodgers’ debut sweep of Redlegs

Vern Law autographed card (COURTESY OF ANDREW HARNER)

July 19, 1955: Vern Law’s emergency start lasts 18 innings before Frank Thomas seals win in 19th

July 23, 1955: Del Ennis belts three homers for Phillies

July 29, 1955: Reds’ Smoky Burgess blasts 3 homers with 9 RBIs in offensive outburst

August 4, 1955: Ernie Banks bashes three home runs to power Cubs in comeback victory

August 19, 1955: Robin Roberts wins 20th game for sixth straight season

Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

August 27, 1955: Ted Williams’s 9th-inning grand slam wrecks a shutout and gives Boston a win

August 27, 1955: Teenage Sandy Koufax strikes out 14 in first big-league win

September 3, 1955: Bonus baby Sandy Koufax pitches 5-hit shutout against Pirates for second win

September 11, 1955: Crandall’s two-out walk-off grand slam wins it for Braves