1950s – Page 13 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

Bob Davis (Trading Card Database)

August 21, 1955: A’s prospect Bob Davis treats Vermont fans to minor-league no-hitter

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

Brooks Robinson (TRADING CARD DB)

September 17, 1955: Brooks Robinson makes his major-league debut with Orioles

Bob Lennon (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

September 17, 1955: Millers’ Bob Lennon breaks up no-hitter – twice in same game

Ernie Banks (Trading Card DB)

September 19, 1955: Ernie Banks hits fifth grand slam to break single-season record

September 21, 1955: Red-hot Gus Bell has four hits, eight RBIs

September 24, 1955: Bob Friend clinches NL ERA title for last-place Pirates

September 25, 1955: Willie Mays ties Johnny Mize’s Giants record with 51st home run

September 28, 1955: Jackie Robinson steals home for Dodgers in Game 1 of World Series

Nicollet Park, circa 1954 (STEW THORNLEY)

September 28, 1955: Minneapolis Millers win first Junior World Series in final game at Nicollet Park

Tommy Byrne (TRADING CARD DB)

September 29, 1955: Tommy Byrne’s pitching gives Yankees 2-0 lead in World Series

Johnny Podres (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

September 30, 1955: Podres, Dodgers narrow Yankees’ lead in Game 3

Duke Snider (Trading Card DB)

October 1, 1955: Snider’s bat, glove propel Dodgers to tie World Series in Game 4