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Don Drysdale (Trading Card Database)

September 22, 1957: Don Drysdale defeats Robin Roberts in Dodgers’ next-to-last game at Ebbets Field; Jim Gentile belts first home run

September 23, 1957: Hank Aaron’s walk-off home run gives Milwaukee Braves the flag

September 24, 1957: Dodgers win final game at Ebbets Field

September 29, 1957: End of an era as Giants play final home game in New York

October 5, 1957: Yankees’ Tony Kubek comes home, hits two World Series home runs in Milwaukee

October 6, 1957: Spahn goes the distance; Mathews belts two-run homer in 10th to tie Series

October 7, 1957: Fidgety Lew Burdette befuddles Yankees in World Series shutout

Paul Tootleman (Courtesy of the Tootleman family)

April 10, 1958: Rutgers edges St. John’s on Paul Tootleman’s three-hitter at empty Ebbets Field

April 15, 1958: Indians’ Herb Score returns for Opening Day start but falls to A’s, Ned Garver

April 15, 1958: Giants, Dodgers meet on the West Coast for the first time

April 18, 1958: Dodgers make Los Angeles debut in win over rival Giants

Pumpsie Green (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 22, 1958: Pumpsie Green survives parade to lead Millers to Opening Day win

Willie Mays (SABR-Rucker Archive)

April 26, 1958: Willie Mays ‘seals’ Giants’ win with first homer in San Francisco

May 1, 1958: Frank Thomas has a big day for Pirates

May 8, 1958: Smoky Burgess homer caps 8-run ninth for Cincinnati Redlegs

May 13, 1958: Willie Mays completes torrid stretch against rival Dodgers

May 13, 1958: Stan Musial delivers in the pinch for his 3,000th hit

Ted Williams (Trading Card DB)

May 22, 1958: Ted Williams’s 16th career grand slam helps him bust out of a slump in Kansas City

May 25, 1958: Diarist Jim Brosnan begins Cardinals career with a bang

May 27, 1958: Braves win on Adcock’s walk-off pinch homer

Sandy Koufax (Trading Card DB)

May 28, 1958: Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax tosses 6-hitter to beat Pirates

May 30, 1958: Walt Moryn’s third home run caps Cubs’ comeback in style

June 6, 1958: Ozzie Virgil breaks Detroit Tigers’ color line as first Dominican player in AL

June 15, 1958: Indianapolis goes on homer binge to split doubleheader with Millers

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