April 22, 1959: Whitey Ford pitches 14 shutout innings in 1-0 win

I guess it was the best game I ever pitched — Whitey Ford1 During…
Carl Yastrzemski (TRADING CARD DB)

April 22, 1959: Carl Yastrzemski contributes to win in first pro game for Raleigh

On his first day as a pro, he was listed in the box score as…

April 26, 1959: Redlegs win seesaw contest with walk-off over Braves’ Spahn

On a late-April Sunday afternoon at Crosley Field, the Cincinnati…

April 29, 1959: Art Schult hits for the cycle in Minneapolis Millers’ win over Houston

“This could be Art’s best year. I expect it to be. He does…

May 2, 1959: Frank Robinson’s cycle leads Reds’ bombardment

Before a Saturday Ladies Day crowd of 5,247 at Crosley Field,…

May 7, 1959: Roy Campanella Night

They numbered more than 90,000. To be precise, 93,103 people…

May 12, 1959: Harmon Killebrew’s 2 homers, 5 RBIs crush Tigers

The surprising Senators, riding a three-game losing streak, entered…
Johnny Podres (TRADING CARD DB)

May 25, 1959: Dodgers’ Johnny Podres blanks Giants 8-0 with two-hitter

Nothing gives a Dodgers fan more joy than defeating the Giants.…

May 26, 1959: Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th

Marcia Haddix was at home — on a Clark County, Ohio, farm —…
Early Wynn (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

May 1, 1959: Early Wynn homers late, throws one-hitter for White Sox

In December 1957 the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians…

June 10, 1959: Rocky Colavito hits four consecutive home runs for Indians

“He was everything a ballplayer should be: dark, handsome eyes,…
Johnny Podres (TRADING CARD DB)

June 11, 1959: Dodgers dominate Phillies 11-0 as Johnny Podres throws 2-hitter

19 hits, 11 runs. That’s the firepower provided by the Dodgers…

June 14, 1959: Carl Erskine hangs ’em up with Dodgers

By 1959, after the Dodgers had been spirited off to Los Angeles,…
Henry Aaron (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 21, 1959: Braves’ Henry Aaron crushes three home runs at Seals Stadium

Facing the Milwaukee Braves in the late 1950s was a proposition…

June 22, 1959: Sandy Koufax sets a night-game strikeout record and meets Saint Benny

Sandy Koufax was a 23-year-old hurler in his fifth season…