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Bill White (Trading Card Database)

May 7, 1956: Giants bullpen implosion spoils Bill White’s stellar major-league debut

Carl Erskine (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 12, 1956: Carl Erskine’s second no-hitter is first to be broadcast on national TV

May 22, 1956: Troy Herriage earns first and only major-league win for Kansas City A’s

May 26, 1956: Braves walk off in 11th to preserve Crone’s complete-game gem

Richie Ashburn (Trading Card DB)

June 3, 1956: Richie Ashburn’s only career 5-hit game lifts Phillies over Cardinals

Willie Mays (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

June 7, 1956: Willie Mays homers twice in Giants’ exhibition win at Metropolitan Stadium

June 17, 1956: White Sox score 20 runs to give a glimmer of hope during a season of great expectations

June 23, 1956: Don Zimmer’s second beaning

June 26, 1956: Sal Maglie pitches, Rube Walker hits Dodgers past Cubs

July 3, 1956: ‘Best batting-practice pitcher’ Johnny O’Brien saves Bucs

Trading Card Database

July 10, 1956: The Kid, The Man, the Say Hey Kid, and the Commerce Comet shine at All-Star Game

Mel Parnell (TRADING CARD DB)

July 14, 1956: Boston’s Mel Parnell makes last stand, tosses no-hitter at Fenway Park

July 19, 1956: Joe Adcock’s forever record of 8 RBIs at County Stadium

July 25, 1956: Dodgers win on Snider walkoff home run in Jersey City

July 25, 1956: Roberto Clemente hits an inside-the-park, walk-off grand slam to lift Pirates

Ted Williams (Trading Card Database)

July 26, 1956: Red Sox beat Athletics, Shantz on Ted Williams’s homer in 10th

August 15, 1956: Giants’ Antonelli outduels Dodgers’ Newcombe in Jersey City

August 18, 1956: Redlegs, Braves combine for record 10 “taters” on a Saturday evening

August 27, 1956: ‘Grate’ throw highlights Millers’ win over Omaha

Trading Card Database

August 31, 1956: Jim Lemon becomes first Senator to hit 3 homers in a game at Griffith Stadium 

September 9, 1956: Don Drysdale’s homer, three-hitter beat Giants for the fourth time

September 18, 1956: Mickey Mantle belts 50th homer as Yankees clinch AL pennant

September 25, 1956: Dodgers’ Sal Maglie no-hits Phillies in dominating performance

Clem Labine (TRADING CARD DB)

September 29, 1956: Dodgers take over NL lead after sweep of Pirates

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