1950s – Page 12 – Society for American Baseball Research

April 24, 1955: Roberto Clemente notches first career game-winning RBI

1955 Dallas Eagles program (Courtesy of Tim Castelli)

April 29, 1955: Fort Worth edges Dallas after 17 innings of drama

Sibby Sisti (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

April 30, 1955: Burlington, Vermont, welcomes pro ball with a bang

May 1, 1955: Feller and Score pitch brilliantly in doubleheader sweep

Tommy Lasorda (Trading Card DB)

May 5, 1955: Dodgers overcome Lasorda’s wildness, injury to extend red-hot start

Don Newcombe (Trading Card DB)

May 10, 1955: Don Newcombe faces the minimum and one-hits the Cubs

May 11, 1955: Ernie Banks homer sets the stage to stop Dodgers’ road winning streak

May 12, 1955: ‘Toothpick’ Sam Jones becomes first African American pitcher to toss MLB no-hitter

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

Ted Williams (Trading Card DB)

June 19, 1955: Ted Williams homers off both Herb Score and Bob Feller in the same 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