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- 1946
| Apr 18 | Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montréal Royals in the International League. | Ref: 5 |
- 1950
| Jan 06 | Charlie Grimm leaves the Cubs as a vice president to manage the Dallas franchise in the TX League for a record salary of $90,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 10 | The Indians dismiss coach George Susce when his son signs with the Red Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 18 | After a sub-par record of 15-14, Bob Feller takes a $20,000 cut. The decrease to $45,000 is Rapid Robert's idea. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 23 | AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Paul Pettit signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He set a record for baseball bonuses when he signed to collect nearly $100,000 in bonuses and guarantees. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 16 | Former Giants Mel Ott and Bill Terry are the top vote getters, but fail to be elected into the Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 01 | Pacific Coast League Hollywood Stars wear shorts and rayon shirts as their Opening Day uniform. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 03 | Considered a well-guarded secret, Mel Parnell reveals he pitched all but three of his 39 games with a sore elbow last season. The 27-year 'Dusty' finished the season 25-7 with a 2.77 ERA for the second-place Red Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 10 | Due to a salary dispute, Al Widmar quits team and threatens to sue baseball. The Browns' pitcher will sign a contract within the week. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 18 | Sam Jethroe is first black to play for Boston Braves. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | In the first opening-night game in St. Louis history, Gerry Staley and the Cardinals beat the Pirates, 4-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 18 | The Yankees win 15-10 after trailing 9-0 in the sixth to the Red Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 18 | Sam Jethroe, former Cleveland Buckeyes star, becomes the first black player for the Braves. The highly-touted prospect, who will lead the majors in stolen bases, will be named the National league's Rookie of the Year. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 20 | Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens Orioles of International League. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | First major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5). | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Yankee pitcher Vic Raschi balks four times in one game (season record is 6) due to his failure to comply to the new one-second stop with men on base. | Ref: 1 |
| May 05 | Although he beats the White Sox, 4-3, Vic Raschi balks four times as the Yankee pitcher is unable to adjust to the new rule which requires a pitcher to come to a rest for a full second. | Ref: 1 |
| May 08 | Ralph Kiner hits his second grand slam in three games. It is his eighth career bases full homer. | Ref: 1 |
| May 11 | After fans boo him for misplaying a ball, Ted Williams makes an inappropriate gesture three times (once to left, once to center, and once to right) to the Red Sox fans sitting in the outfield stands. During his next at bat, as the booing continues, the Splendid Splinter becomes the Splendid Spitter as Williams steps out of the box to spit at fans to show his displeasure. | Ref: 1 |
| May 11 | Connecticut Senator Abe Ribicoff introduces legislation for the observance of a National Baseball Day. | Ref: 1 |
| May 11 | A train strike forces many teams to fly to their next scheduled games. Travelling by air is still a rarity in the major league at this time. | Ref: 1 |
| May 12 | Ted Williams apologizes to the hometown fans for gestures he made after being booed for allowing the eventual winning run to score on his second error of the game. | Ref: 1 |
| May 14 | Pirates' first baseman Johnny Hopp helps his team crush the Cubs, 16-9 as the Nebraska native goes 6-for-6 including a pair homers. The All-star was nicknamed 'Hippity'. | Ref: 1 |
| May 18 | Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | The St. Louis Brown's team psychologist resigns due to the lack of player cooperation. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 07 | Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies, plays the first of 730 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Jun 08 | At Fenway Park, the Red Sox set the major-league record for runs scored by one team as they maul the St. Louis Browns, 29-4. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 18 | The Indians break an AL record scoring first inning 14 runs enroute to a 21-2 rout of the Philadelphia A's. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 20 | Willie Mays graduated from high school and immediately signed with the NY Giants for a $6,000 bonus. The ‘Say Hey Kid’ would play most of his career for the Giants -- in both NY and San Francisco -- becoming a baseball legend. As his career came to a close, Mays was traded to the NY Mets. Mays, an all-star center fielder, is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 20 | Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 23 | The game's 11th home run, a ninth inning game-winning home run by Hoot Evers, gives the Tigers a dramatic a 10-9 victory over the Yankees and sets the major league record for the most homers ever hit in a single game. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 24 | Wes Westrum hits three home runs and a triple helping the Giants defeat the Reds, 12-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 25 | Hank Sauer's two HRs and two doubles helps the Cubs defeat the Phillies, 11-8. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 01 | 'Eddye' Ford's Yankee debut is less than impressive as he gives up five runs on seven hits and walks six in 4 2/3 innings of relief against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The lefty will go on to become he winningest pitcher in franchise history and will be better known as Whitey. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 11 | Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams suffered a broken elbow during the All-Star baseball game in Chicago, in the first televised All-Star game. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 15 | Citing the competition of television and radio, the Colonial League ceases its operation. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 16 | Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Pitcher Curt Simmons of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first major-league baseball player to be called to active military duty during the Korean War. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 07 | Three white players of the Chicago American Giants are barred by police from participating in a Negro American League doubleheader against the Birmington Black Barons. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 11 | Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 7-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit four home runs in a single game. He got homers off of Boston Braves pitchers Warren Spahn, Normie Roy, Bob Hall and Johnny Antonelli. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 06 | New York Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto receives a death threat if he shows up in uniform to play the Red Sox in Boston. Rizzuto turns the letter over to the FBI and tells his manager, Casey Stengel. Stengel has Rizzuto suit up in a different uniform and future Yankee manager Billy Martin is assigned Rizzuto's uniform. (Ref: Gear Magazine, 5/2002, p 128) | |
| Sep 07 | Tiger outfielder Hoot Evers hits for the cycle and has six RBIs in a13-13 tie with the Indians; the game is called after ten innings due to darkness. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 09 | Sal Maglie of the NY Giants pitched a fourth consecutive shutout. Only four other pitchers in the National League had accomplished this feat. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 10 | For the second consecutive year, the Red Sox sweep the home season series with the A's. The winning streak at Fenway now extends to 22 wins without a loss against Philadelphia. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 10 | In an 8-1 victory over the Washington Senators, Yankee clipper Joe DiMaggio becomes the first major leaguer to hit three HRs at Griffith Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 13 | Giant pitcher Sal Maglie's consecutive scoreless inning streak ends at 45 when Pirate Gus Bell hits a 257-foot pop fly which just clears the wall at the Polo Grounds. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 14 | Ted Tappe of the Cincinnati Reds hits a home run in his first major league at bat (first game). | Ref: 12 |
| Sep 15 | Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 15 | Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 homers (6th time he has done that). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 23 | Phila A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 01 | Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 07 | NY Yankees sweep Phila Phillies in 47th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | After 50 years of managing, Connie Mack retires as skipper of the A's; the winnest manager (most losses, also) in major league history will be replaced by Jimmy Dykes. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 19 | Construction begins on the Milwaukee County Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 26 | The BBWAA select Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto (.324, 7, 66) as the American League MVP | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 26 | Walter O'Malley succeeds the resigning Branch Rickey as president of the Dodgers. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 06 | Branch Rickey signs a five-year deal with the Pirates to be the club's executive vice president and general manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 08 | After leading the league with a 144 RBIs, Red Sox slugging first baseman Walt Dropo is selected as the AL's Rookie of the Year. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 10 | Amidst much public protest, the Indians fire their popular player-manager Lou Boudreau. The Harvey, Illinois native compiled a modest .529 winning percentage during his nine year tenure in the dugout. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 27 | Former Cleveland shortstop standout Lou Boudreau signs a two-year contract with the Red Sox for $150,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 28 | Having already relieved general manager Branch Rickey of his duties, Brooklyn owner Walter O'Malley continues his house cleaning as names Pacific Coast League Oakland manager Chuck Dressen to replace the fired Burt Shotton as the Dodger skipper. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 05 | Mel Ott leaves the Giants' organization signing a two-year pact with to manage the Pacific Coast League's Oakland club. 'Marvelous Mel' will be replacing Charlie Dressen. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 11 | In a close vote (9-7), the owners vote not to renew A. B. 'Happy' Chandler's contract for another term as commissioner. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 12 | The owners vote to drop the bonus and high school rule which was designed to prevent the wealthier clubs from buying up all of the available talent. The rule required all 'bonus' players had to stay on the major league roster one season in the minors. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 13 | The owners vote to drop the bonus and high school rule which was designed to prevent the wealthier clubs from buying up all of the available talent. The rule required all 'bonus' players had to stay on the major league roster one season in the minors. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 14 | Owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees) and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select a new commissioner as soon as possible. The owners had chosen not to renew Happy Chandler's contract three days earlier. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 26 | With a large portion going to the players' pension fund, out-going Commissioner Happy Chandler announces the Gillette Razor Company has purchased the television rights to the All Star game for six years for six million dollars. | Ref: 1 |
- 1951
| Jan 22 | Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 05 | California governor Earl Warren denies the rumor he is a candidate for baseball commissioner. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 09 | St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Tiger player representative Fred Hutchinson asks for the players to have input in the selection of the new commissioner. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 23 | The Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the City of Vero Beach for use of their spring training site. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 26 | During a spring exhibition game against the University outfielder Southern California at Bovard Field, Mickey Mantle hits a home run which is estimated to travel 650 feet. The rookie's performance, which includes a single, triple and another homer, is one of the highlights of the Yankees' first ever west coast trip. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 17 | In his major league debut, Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 as the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 5-0 at Yankee Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 17 | Golf great Sam Snead tees off from home plate and hits the centerfield scoreboard at Wrigley before the Cubs home opener. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 21 | At Fenway Park, Senator Gil Coan hits two triples in the same inning. | Ref: 1 |
| May 01 | Minnie Minoso, the first black to play for the White Sox, makes his White Sox debut hitting a home run against Yankee Vic Raschi in his first plate appearance. In the same game, White Sox Randy Gumpert gives up Mickey Mantle's first major league homer in a 8-3 loss to the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| May 01 | White Sox Randy Gumpert gives up Mickey Mantle's first major league homer in a 8-3 loss to the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| May 03 | In a 17-3 rout over the Browns at Sportman's Park, Gil McDougald ties a major league record with six RBIs in one inning. The Yankee rookie hits his first career home run, a grand slam and then adds a two-run triple as the Bronx Bombers break out for 11 runs in the ninth inning. | Ref: 1 |
| May 06 | Pirate hurler Cliff Chambers walks eight but no-hits the Boston Braves, 3-0. | Ref: 1 |
| May 24 | Willie Mays begins playing for the NY Giants. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | In his major league debut, Giant outfielder Willie Mays goes 0-for-5 against the Phillies, but makes three good plays in the outfield. | Ref: 1 |
| May 27 | A large ad appears in the Minnesota Sunday Times asking the local fans for their continued support of the Millers despite the promotion of the team's phenom to the major leagues. Giant owner Horace Stoneham explains Willie Mays' performance, .477 batting average and hitting safely in 33 of 35 games, has warranted the young outfielder's move to the Polo Grounds in New York. | Ref: 1 |
| May 28 | After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his first homerun (also his 1st major league hit). | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Baseball pitcher Billy Joe Davidson of Marion, NC signed with the Cleveland Indians for a record bonus that was said to be $120,000. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 01 | Indian Bob Feller becomes the third pitcher in major league history to pitch three career no-hiiters defeating the Tiger, 2-1. Detroit scores its run on a error, a stolen base, a errant pick-off throw and a sac fly. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 02 | During a game against the Durham Bulls, Mike Romello hits ump Emil Davidzuk after being called out for leaving third base early. A judge at the game arrests the visiting Danville's shortstop on the spot, and he will later be fined $25. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 04 | Pirates' outfielder Gus Bell hits for cycle in Philadelphia as the Bucs beat the Phillies, 12-4. His son, Buddy, and his grandson, David, will also play in the major leagues. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 20 | Bobby Avilla's five hits, including three HRs, helps the Indians beat the Red Sox at Fenway, 14-8. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 01 | Indian Bob Feller becomes the third pitcher in major league history to pitch three career no-hitters defeating the Tiger, 2-1. Detroit scores its run on a error, a stolen base, a errant pick-off throw and a sac fly. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 07 | Tiger outfielder Hoot Evers goes 5-for-5 and scores five times against the Indians. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | Tiger outfielder Hoot Evers goes 5-for-5 and scores five times against the Indians. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 10 | Using four home runs, the National League All-Stars defeat the AL in Detroit | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 12 | NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | Ty Cobb testifies in front of Congress denying the reserve clause makes peons out of baseball players. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 07 | A crowd of 57,000 at the Orange Bowl, the largest ever to attend a minor league game, watches an ageless Satchel Paige, 51, hit a double and get the win as the Miami Marlins beat Columbus Jets in International League action, 6-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 11 | WCBS-TV in New York City televised the first baseball game in color. The Braves beat the Dodgers 8-1. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 11 | NY Giants lose & 13 games behind Bkln Dodgers, later win pennant. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 13 | Every one who shows up with a musical instrument is admitted free to Ebbets Field. Two thousand fans take advantage of the Musical Depreciation Night promotion including a man who brings a piano. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 19 | Forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches in his only ML appearance; Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but later was outlawed. Allegedly, Veeck told Gaedel was told there was a sniper in the stands who was instructed to shoot him if he so much as swung at a pitch. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 21 | Major General Emmett O'Donnell is selected by the owners to be the new commissioner, but President Truman overrules the decision stating the officer is needed in Korea in his post as commander of bombers. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 24 | A thousand fans behind the Browns dugout are given yes and no signs to vote on decisions to be made by the coaching staff. Owner Bill Veeck's idea appears to work as his team beats the Phillies, 5-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 27 | Scoring all the Phillies' runs in the victory over the Reds, Del Wilber hits three solo homers making it the first time in major league history a player has accounted for all the runs in 3-0 game with home runs. The 32-year old catcher will only hit a total of 19 homers during his major league career. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 28 | Pirates end the Giants' 16-game winning streak defeating New York, 2-0. Due to the consecutive victories, the Giants were able to narrow the Dodgers lead from 13.5 to six games. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 07 | In Washington, Johnny Mize pinch-hits a grand slam giving the Yankees a 5-1 victory over the Senators, Mize has now homered in all fifteen major league ballparks presently in use (Sportsman Park is used by both the Cards and Browns). | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 07 | Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, the Cardinals split a three-team doubleheader beating the Giants 6-4 in a rescheduled afternoon game due to rain the day before, and then the Redbirds are blanked by the Braves in the regularly scheduled night game, 2-0. It is the first time since 1883 that three-team twin bill has been played. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 14 | In a 9-6 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, rookie Bob Nieman hits consecutive dingers off Mickey McDermott becoming the first player to hit home runs in his first two career at bats in the majors. In his third trip to the plate, the St. Louis Browns freshman beats out a bunt for a base hit. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 19 | Indian Larry Doby walks five times in a 15-2 drubbing of the Red Sox as Early Wynn picks up his 20th victory. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 20 | Former National League President, Ford Frick, is selected by the owners as the third commissioner of the sport. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 28 | In Game One of doubleheader vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium, Allie Reynolds tosses his second no-hitter of the season (he had previously no-hit the Indians at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland on July 12). | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 01 | The 1st coast-to-coast televised game hits the airwaves and the Dodgers beat the Giants 3-1. | |
| Oct 08 | Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | Gil McDougald's world series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1 (World Series #48). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | Hank Bauer’s bases-loaded triple in Game 6 propelled the NY Yankees to a 4-3 win and their third straight world championship, 4 games to 2. It was Joe DiMaggio’s final game (his 51st World Series game). | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 23 | The Associated Press selects Giant skipper Leo Durocher as the manager of the year. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 24 | Larry MacPhail suggests there should be four new major leagues including one located on the west coast. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 01 | Dodger backstop Roy Campanella (.325, 33, 108) wins the first of his three NL MVP Awards. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 13 | The Japanese Pacific League All-Star team beats Lefty O'Doul's All-Stars, 3-1. It is the first time an American professional team has lost to to professional players of another country. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 18 | Wanting to stay in California, PCL LA Angels first baseman Chuck Connors becomes the first player to refuse to participate in the ML draft; the former Cub first baseman and future star of the TV series The Rifleman refusal allows the minor league to ask for more money for ML talent. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 19 | Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | American League alters its restrictions on night games, adopting National League's suspended game rule & lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | Joe DiMaggio officially retires from baseball. The Yankee Clipper ends his thirteen year career with a life time .325 BA and 361 HRs. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 21 | Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement. | Ref: 5 |
- 1952
| Jan 03 | Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 09 | Jackie Robinson becomes the highest paid player in Brooklyn Dodger history. | Ref: 2 |
| Jan 09 | Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Stan Musial gets a salary raise to $85,000 despite a Korean War wage freeze; the U.S. Standardization Board gives its okay for teams to give individual players pay increases using a complex formula. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 18 | The White Sox accepts the resignation of Charlie A. Comiskey, Jr. after his request for more money is refused. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 31 | Harry Heilmann & Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | After 40 years in the major leagues as a player and coach, Honus Wagner, 77, retires; he will receive a pension from the Pirates. The Pirates retire his #33. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 20 | One of the game’s most popular figures, Emmett L. Ashford, became the first black umpire in organized baseball. Ashford was authorized to be a substitute in the Southwestern International League. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 26 | Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe is sworn into the Army. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 02 | In Denver, Giant's Monte Irvin breaks his ankle sliding into third during an exhibition game against the Indians. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 15 | Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals plays the first of 895 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Apr 20 | The NL office orders centerfield hitter's background at Wrigley Field off-limits to fans, and it remains so with exception of 1962 All-Star Game. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 23 | After homering in his first major league at-bat, Giant hurler Hoyt Wilhelm hits a three-bagger in his second big league appearance at the plate. During the next 21 years, covering a span 1070 games, the knuckle-balling hurler will never triple or homer again. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 23 | Hoyt Wilhelm, a pitcher for the New York Giants, wins his 1st game & hits his 1st home run which will be the only home run he hits in 1,070 games. | Ref: 12 |
| Apr 23 | Bob Cain of St Louis Browns & Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | After homering in his major league debut up two days ago, Giant hurler Hoyt Wilhelm hits a three-bagger in his second major league at bat. During the next 21 years, covering a span 1070 games and 432 official at-bats, the Giant hurler will never triple or homer again. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 28 | St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Cleveland outfielder Jim Fridley is 6-for-6 as the Indians soundly beat the Philadelphia A's, 21-9. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 30 | In his final at-bat before leaving to fight in the Korean War, Ted Williams hits a game winning two-run HR to beat the Dizzy Trout and the Tigers. Fittingly, the Fenway faithful was there to celebrate Ted Williams' Day. | Ref: 1 |
| May 05 | Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits the Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | In a Class D Appalachian League game, Bristol (Virginia) pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out twenty-seven batters as he no-hits Welch (West Virginia) . The catcher missed a third strike allowing one batter reach base to ruin the perfect-perfect bid. | Ref: 1 |
| May 15 | Tiger Virgil Trucks throws the first of his two hitters this season blanking the Senators, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| May 21 | Dodgers score a major league record fifteen first inning runs enroute to a 19-1 victory over the Reds at Ebbets Field. After retiring the first batter, the next 19 Brooklyn batters reached base (10 hits, 7 BB & 2 HBP); Captain Pee Wee Reese reaches first base three times in the inning. | Ref: 1 |
| May 30 | Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | Chic White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th). | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 14 | In a 3-1 loss, Boston Braves lefty Warren Spahn whiffs 18 Cubs in 15 innings tying Jim Whitney's NL record of 18 strikeouts. On the same day, Braves scout Dewey Griggs signs a Mobile, AL youth named Henry Aaron. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 19 | Dodger Carl Erskine no-hits the Cubs, 5-0 at Ebbets Field. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | In five innings, the National League squeaks by the AL in a rain shorten All-Star contest in Philadelphia's Shibe Park, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 18 | Trailing 11-0 after three innings against Sal Maglie at the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals pull off a major comeback defeating the Giants, 14-12. The rally equals largest come-from-behind win in NL history. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 26 | Mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | At the age of 47, Satchel Paige becomes the oldest pitcher ML history to hurl a complete-game shutout when he beats the Tigers in 12 innings, 1-0 . | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 23 | Giant batter Bob Elliot is tossed from the Cardinal game for protesting a strike two call and his replacement, Bobby Hoffman, is also thrown out for arguing the third strike of the same at-bat. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 25 | Tiger Virgil Trucks (5-14) throws the second of his two hitters this season blanking the Yankees,1-0. Phil Rizzuto's third inning at-bat is quickly scored as an error but is changed to a hit only to be reverse again in the sixth inning making the no hitter a bit controversial. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 07 | Whitey Ford becomes the 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | In Washington, Johnny Mize pinch-hits a grand slam giving the Yankees a 5-1 victory over the Senators, Mize has now homered in all fifteen major league ballparks presently in use (Sportsman Park is used by both the Cards and Browns). | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 15 | The Pirates become the first team to wear helmets in which the temples are protected. The headgear is worn both at the plate and in the field. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | Pacific Coast League's Sacramento manager, former major league all-star second baseman Joe Gordon, pinch hits homers in both ends of a doubleheader. The first one, a grand slam, wins the game, 4-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 21 | Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella hits the last home run ever in Boston's Braves Field. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 23 | The Dodgers clinched the National League title making it the first time since 1948 that the pennant wasn't decided on the last day of the season. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 26 | Yanks clinch pennant #19. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Ralph Kiner finishes the season with a league-leading 37 homers to clinch his seventh consecutive N.L. home run crown. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 27 | During the Braves' final win in Boston, Eddie Mathews becomes the first rookie in major league history to hit three HRs in a game. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 29 | Stan Musial makes his 1st & last pitching appearance in relief. | |
| Oct 02 | Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in Game 3 to establish a new World Series mark. The Dodger hurler's performance bests the record of A's Howard Ehmke who struck out 13 Cubs in the Game 1 of 1929 Fall Classic. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 07 | NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 23 | The Pacific Coast League announces its teams will play 176-game schedule next season. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 12 | Philadephia A's hurler Bobby Shantz (24-7) is named as the American League MVP by the baseball writers. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 20 | Commissioner Ford Frick states his belief that the Pacific Coast League (PCL) will eventually reach major league status. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 21 | Dodger hurler Joe Black (15-4, 2.15, 85) is selected as the NL's Rookie of the Year. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 22 | Philadelphia A's pitcher Harry Byrd (15-15, 3.31) is selected as the American League's Rookie of the Year. The Darlington, South Carolina native will be the last A to win the award until Jose Canseco cops the award in 1986. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 30 | On a local New York television show, Jackie Robinson accuses the Yankee organization of being racist due to its failure to have a black player on the club. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 02 | Commissioner Ford Frick plans to take action against Jackie Robinson; two days earlier Robinson had called the Yankees a racist organization for its failure to promote a black to the parent club. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 04 | The Browns trade second baseman Owen Friend, outfielder Bob Nieman and J.W. Porter to the Tigers for pitchers Virgil Trucks and Hal White and outfielder Johnny Groth. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 05 | Figures reveal an eleven percent drop in attendance at major league games during the previous season. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 06 | In an effort to curb inter-league trading after June 15th, the AL approves a two-league waiver rule. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 11 | Fred Haney is named as the Pirate manager for the upcoming season. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 13 | Peter J. McGovern becomes the president of the Little League replacing Charles Durban who resigned due to ill health. The league which started in 1939 with two leagues has now grown to 1,800 leagues in 48 states and international sites. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 18 | Indian president Ellis W. Ryan resigns after losing a showdown with general manager Hank Greenberg. | Ref: 1 |
- 1953
| Jan 08 | Due to Bill Veeck's refusal to share telecast receipts, the Indians ban night games with the Browns. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 21 | Pitcher Dizzy Dean and Outfielder Al Simmons are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA and the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, is not. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 22 | Immigration Commissioner Mackey warns alien players they will face deportation if found jumping U.S. pro contracts. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 28 | Cardinal owner, Fred Saigh, is found guilty of income tax evasion and is sentenced to a fifteen-month jail term. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 30 | Peter J. McGovern becomes the Little League's first full time president and the league's office is moved to Williamsport, PA. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 31 | New York, Cleveland & Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | In honor of their longtime owner and manager. The A's rename their ballpark from Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 13 | Major-league baseball owners were warned by Senator Edwin Johnson against televising their games nationwide. The Senator said that broadcasting these games to a national audience would be a threat to the survival of minor league baseball. Major league owners did not ‘go to bat’ for the Senator. Games, particularly on NBC, received a large and loyal following. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 17 | Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | After being hit by enemy fire during a Korean combat mission, Ted Williams safely crash lands his Pather jet. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 20 | During the Korean War, pilot Ted Williams safely crash lands a crippled jet after completing a combat mission. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA, but the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, is not. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 03 | Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Braves' owner Lou Perini proposes a ban on any major league franchise shift to an existing minor league city until October first. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 13 | Braves' owner Lou Perini announces he will seek permission from the National League to move his franchise from Boston to Milwaukee. The day will become known as 'Black Friday' in Beantown. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 14 | Joseph Darst, mayor of St. Louis, vows to fight losing the hometown Browns to Baltimore. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 16 | In an effort to oust him from the league, the AL owners reject Bill Veeck's request to move the St. Louis Browns to Baltimore. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 17 | Milwaukee County Stadium will be available to the Boston Braves at a very reasonable rental rate. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 17 | Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Major-league baseball announced the first team relocation since 1903. The Boston Braves told of their plans to move west to Milwaukee, WI. The Red Sox stayed in Beantown. After almost two more decades, the Braves moved again, this time they went south to Atlanta. The Brewers then took over Milwaukee County Stadium. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 19 | Major-league baseball announced the first team relocation since 1903. The Boston Braves told of their plans to move west to Milwaukee, WI. The Red Sox stayed in Beantown. After almost two more decades, the Braves moved again, this time they went south to Atlanta. The Brewers then took over Milwaukee County Stadium. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 20 | Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give baseball clubs the sole right to ban radio-TV broadcasts of major league games in their own territory. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Cincinnati baseball officials said that the National League team wanted to be known as the Redlegs and not the Reds. This was understandable, with the McCarthy Hearings bringing to light the alleged infiltration of Communist reds in the United States in government, politics and entertainment. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 09 | Bill Veeck, owner of the St. Lousis Browns knew negotiates the sale of Sportsman's Park to Anheuser-Busch. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 13 | In Cincinnatti, the Braves, behind the pitching of Max Surkont, win their first game representing the city of Milwaukee beating the Reds, 2-0 ; it is the first time in fifty years a franchise has moved to a different city. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 14 | Billy Bruton hits the 1st home run at Milwaukee's County Stadium. | |
| Apr 16 | Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Exactly two years after his Yankee debut, Mickey Mantle hits what is recognized as the game's first "tape-measure" home run, a 565-foot clout off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Washington's Griffith Stadium. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 29 | Braves' first baseman Joe Adcock is the first player to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 29 | Little-Bigger League changes its name to the Babe Ruth League. | Ref: 1 |
| May 06 | In his first major league start, Bobo Holloman no-hits the A's, 6-0; the Browns' rookie will never pitch another complete game and will win only three games in his one-year career in the majors. | Ref: 1 |
| May 12 | The Boston Red Sox dropped Dom DiMaggio, Joe’s brother. As a result, Dom announced that he was retiring from baseball. | Ref: 4 |
| May 13 | NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 homeruns & a triple. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | After loading the bases against the Yankees in the ninth inning, the White Sox pinch hit for right-handed Vern Stephens, who has 10 grand slams in his career, with Tommy Byrne. The lefty pinch-hitter, a pitcher, homers off Ewell Blackwell to give Chicago a 5-3 victory. | Ref: 1 |
| May 17 | Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yankees beat Washington 12-4. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | First major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | General manager Branch Rickey traded future Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner, the only man to lead his league in home runs for seven consecutive seasons. | Ref: 86 |
| Jun 14 | Before 74,708 fans, the Yankees sweep the Indians (6-2 and 3-0) to extend the team's winning streak to eighteen consecutive games. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 16 | Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Sending 23 batters to the plate at Fenway, the Red Sox enjoy a 17-run and 14-hit seventh inning as they pound the Tigers, 21-2. Sammy White sets a modern major league record scoring three times in the frame. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 24 | Al Kaline signed with the Detroit Tigers this day (following his graduation from high school). The future all-star of the Tigers was 18 years old. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 24 | The Braves sign 17-year old Joey Jay making him the first Little League player to make it to the major leagues. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 06 | In his first major league start, Giant rookie Al Worthington blanks the Giants, 6-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 07 | The Dodgers set major league mark for most home runs in consecutive games by a team with 24 games with a least one round tripper. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 07 | The Browns set a major league record losing their 20th consecutive home game. The non-winning streak dates back to June 3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | The Browns set a major league record losing their 20th consecutive home game. The non-winning streak dates back to June 3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | The Dodgers set major league mark for most HRs in consecutive games by a team with 24 games with a least one round tripper. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | NL beats AL 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field Cincinnati). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 04 | Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 05 | St. Louis Browns' pitcher Don Larsen goes 3-for-3 and establishes a record for consecutive hits by a pitcher with 7. The rookie hurler will hit .284 in 81 at bats this season. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 08 | Southpaws Whitey Ford and Bob Kuzava both blank the White Sox, 1-0 and 3-0 respectively, for a Yankee doubleheader sweep. Kuzava gives up his only hit in the ninth. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 14 | David N. Mullany and his 13-year-old son, David A. Mullany, while trying to come up with a ball that would curve every time it was thrown, wound up inventing the Wiffle Ball. The ball had oblong holes on the top half, and a solid bottom. The original Wiffle bat was wood, but for many years it has been a skinny yellow fungo-shaped plastic bat. You can still buy the bat-and-ball set for a few dollars. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 23 | Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443' 3"). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 04 | The NY Yankees became the first baseball team, and Casey Stengel the first manager, to win five consecutive American League championships. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 13 | Bob Trice becomes the first black player to appear for the A's. The former Homestead Grays hurler will only pitch in three games for Philadelphia this season and 19 next year and few more in 1956. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 14 | The double-play combination of Gene Baker and Ernie Banks, formerly of the Kansas City Monarchs, debute together to become the first black players to appear in a Cubs' game. In 1961, second baseman Baker, a converted shortstop, will be named manager of the minor league Batavia, N.Y. team becoming the first black manager in organized baseball and Banks will go on to a Hall of Fame career hitting 512 home runs winning two MVP awards. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | The St. Louis Browns of the American League were given the OK to move to Baltimore, MD, where they became the Baltimore Orioles. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 17 | In his first major league game, Ernie Banks (the first black baseball player to wear a Chicago Cubs uniform) makes an error and goes hitless in three at-bats. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 20 | Chicago Cub Ernie Banks slugs first career home run in 11-6 loss to St. Louis. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 27 | In a fitting finale, the St. Louis plays their last game as the Browns and lose their 100th game, 2-1, to the White Sox in 11 innings; next season the team will move to Baltimore and will become the Orioles. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 29 | AL approves Balt group purchase of St Louis Browns for $2,475,000. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in the 50th World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 05 | Yankees win their fifth consecutive World Series dramatically as Billy Martin's twelfth World Series hit in the bottom of the ninth help to beat the Dodgers in Game 6, 4-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 08 | Birmingham bans Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing in the city. The white players are dropped from the team as Robinson gives in to city officials. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 28 | The 'Old Redhead' Red Barber resigns as a Brooklyn Dodger broadcaster and takes the 'catbird' seat with the rival NY Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 31 | After touring Japan with the Giants, Commissioner Ford Frick compares the level of Japanese play to that of Class A of the American minors. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 03 | The Rules Committee of organized baseball restored the sacrifice fly (credited to a batter who flies out to drive in a run). The rule had not been used since 1939. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 09 | Reaffirming its earlier position, the United States Supreme Court rules, 7-2, baseball is a sport and not a business. This decision exempts baseball from anti-trusts laws. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 17 | The Browns change their name and the 1st appearance of the Baltimore Orioles occurs. | |
| Nov 24 | Walter Alston replaces Chuck Dressen as Dodger manager; he will remain for skipper of the team for the next 23 years winning seven pennants and four world series. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 01 | Walter Alston was named manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers on this, his 42nd birthday. He became the dean of baseball managers before retiring in 1976. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 01 | The Senators trade Jackie Jensen to the Red Sox for Maury McDermott and Tom Umphlett. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 14 | Sandy Koufax, age 19, was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. The kid reportedly had played no more than 20 games of baseball in his entire life. In the next 12 seasons, Koufax posted 167 wins, 87 losses and 2,396 strikeouts, becoming a baseball legend! | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 22 | Jack Dunn III officially turns over the name Orioles to the major league franchise. His family had successfully operated the International League Orioles franchise for years in Baltimore. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 23 | Jim 'Junior' Gilliam (.278, 6, 63) wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award. The Dodger second baseman easily beats Harvey Haddix and Ray Jablonski. | Ref: 1 |
- 1954
| Jan 14 | Baseball great Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 30 | The Giants trade playoff hero Bobby Thomson and Sam Calderone to the Braves for Johnny Antonelli, Don Liddle and Ebba St. Claire. Antonelli will go 21-7 and will lead the league in ERA. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 01 | Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | During an exhibition game against the Yankees, recently acquired Brave Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle. The '51 National League playoff hero is replaced by a promising prospect named Hank Aaron. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 14 | In an exhibition game aginst the Red Sox, Hank Aaron gets three hits in his first start as a Brave. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 13 | Wally Moon of the St. Louis Cardinals hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| Apr 13 | Making his major league debut during the first season opener at Forbes Field in 61 years, second baseman Curt Roberts becomes the first black to play for the Pirates. The former Kansas City Monarch, signed by 72-year-old general manager, Branch Rickey, triples off Robin Roberts in the first inning as the Bucs beat the Phillies, 4-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 13 | In a 9-8 victory over the Braves, Reds Jim Greengrass hits four doubles in his major league debut while Hank Aaron goe hitless in five attempts in his first major league game. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 13 | Seven years after Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in the major leagues, first baseman Tom Alston becomes the first black to appear in a Cardinal uniform. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 13 | The Baltimore Orioles lose their 1st game to the Tigers in Detroit 3-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Hank Aaron debuted for the Milwaukee Braves. In his first ever major-league baseball game, Hammerin’ Hank went 0-for-5 against Cincinnati. Aaron’s first major-league homer came 10 days later. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 15 | Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens as a crowd of 46,354 watch the Orioles beat White Sox, 3-1. Clint Courtney hits the 1st home run there. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 15 | Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Chuck Harmon becomes the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds. | Ref: 86 |
| Apr 17 | At Milwaukee's County Stadium, utility man Nino Escalera becomes the first black player to appear in a Reds' game. The Puerto Rican native, who will bat .159 and collect 11 hits in his only major league season, will eventually become a scout for the Oakland A's. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 23 | Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his record 755 major-league home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 23 | In his seventh major league game, Braves' outfielder Hank Aaron hits the first of his 755 career HRs off Cardinal hurler Vic Raschi at Sportman's Park. | Ref: 1 |
| May 02 | Eight-year old Nate Colbert watches Stan Musial hit five HRs in a doubleheader against the Giants; years later he will become the only other major leaguer to repeat this feat. | Ref: 1 |
| May 04 | The Phillies and Cardinals set a major league record using 42 players in one game. Philadelphia wins game in eleven innings, 14-10. | Ref: 1 |
| May 13 | Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Ted Williams gets 8 hits in first game (DH) since breaking collarbone. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | The Orioles draw a record 46,796 fans at Memorial Stadium for a doubleheader with the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| May 19 | Phillies' owner Bob Carpenter apologizes to second baseman Granny Hamner for having him followed by a detective. He suspected his players were not ready to play mentally or physically (the team is one game-behind from first place). | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 07 | Dodger catcher Roy Campanella steals home in the 12th in a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 12 | The Indians (35-17) move into first place as Bob Feller gets his 2,500th career strikeout and beats the Red Sox. Cleveland will eventually set the single season AL record for the most victories with 111. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 12 | Braves' hurler Jim Wilson pitches the season's only no-hitter as he blanks the Phillies, 2-0 | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 30 | Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning. This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | The Major League Baseball Players Association was organized in Cleveland, OH. Its purpose was to represent ball players in policy decisions with baseball club owners. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 13 | At Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, Dean Stone does not retire a batter, but gets the win in the AL's 11-9 All-Star victory as he throws out Red Schoendienst trying to steal home in the eighth inning for the third out. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 17 | The Brooklyn Dodgers took to the field, making history as the first team with a majority of black players. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 18 | Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forefeit game. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 22 | In an attempt to put more pop in the lineup, Casey Stengel inserts Mickey Mantle in the infield as the shortstop. The experiment works as the 'Commerce Comet' homers in the tenth inning giving the Yankees a 3-2 victory over the White Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 30 | Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | At Ebbets Field, using a borrowed bat, Brave Joe Adcock hits four HRs in one game as well as a double to set a ML mark with 18 total bases in a 15-7 victory over the Dodgers. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 08 | Gil Hodges gets to bat three times in one inning as the Dodgers score 13 runs in the eighth and defeat the Reds, 20-7. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 06 | Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Carlos Paula of Cuba integrates the Washington Senators. Next year, in his only full season in the majors, the Havana-born outfielder will be given consideration for the Rookie of the Year honors as he leads all freshman by hitting .299. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 08 | With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | A standing-room-only crowd of 84,587 arrived at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, OH to watch the Indians play the NY Yankees. The Indians won both ends of the doubleheader: 4-1 and 3-2. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 18 | With 3-2 victory over the Tigers, the Indians clinch the American League pennant. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 21 | Rookie pitcher Bob Grim wins his 20th game as the Yankees defeat the Senators, 3-1. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | In his major league debut, Dodger Karl Spooner blanks the Giants, 3-0 while striking out 15, including six straight. The 23-year old lefty strikeout total is the most ever recorded in a rookie's first appearance. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | In a game which features the first triple play in Yankee Stadium history, the Bronx Bombers beat the Senators, 3-0, behind the pitching of Tommy Byrne. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 24 | Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 25 | A crowd 14,175 Fenway faithful fans pay tribute to retiring Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams who is playing his last game at home. The 'Splendid Splinter's retirement will only last until May when his divorce is finalized with his contract being excluded from the settlement. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 29 | Centerfielder Willie Mays makes 'The Catch', a spectacular over-the-shoulder grab, robbing Vic Wertz of an extra hit. The Giants, thanks to pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes home run, beat the Indians 5-2 in Game 1 of the World Series. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 02 | Giants complete the World Series sweep of the Indians as Don Liddle beats Bob Lemon, 7-4. Cleveland's season record of 111-43 set an American League mark for regular season wins. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 28 | Major league owners vote down the sale of the Philadelphia A's to a hometown syndicate; a week later the Mack family sells a controlling interest to Arnold Johnson who will move the team to KS city. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 04 | Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 08 | The American League approved the transfer of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team to KS City, MO. Charles O. Finley of Chicago would later tire of KS City and move the A’s to Oakland, CA. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 18 | The A's hire Lou Boudreau as manager replacing Eddie Joost who is given his unconditional release. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 18 | Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 22 | The Pirates purchase the contract of Roberto Clemente from Montreal, the Dodger's AAA farm club. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 01 | Yankees send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal). | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | The Yankees and Orioles complete the largest trade in major league history as 17 players, including Don Larsen, Gene Woodling, Bob Turley change teams. The first phase of the transaction began November 18th and will conclude today after the major league draft. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 06 | The Tigers trade first baseman Walt Dropo, outfielder Bob Nieman and pitcher Ted Gray to the White Sox in exchange for Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 10 | (or 11th) Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium. | Ref: 5 |
- 1955
| Jan 24 | In an effort to speed up the game, major league baseball announces a new rule which requires pitchers to deliver the ball within 20 seconds after taking a pitching position. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 29 | John William Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962). | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Baseball commissioner Ford Frick indicated that he was in favor of legalizing the spitball. The commissioner said, “It’s a great pitch.” Many, like Gaylord Perry and others would agree, but the rules never changed to allow the dastardly pitch. Catchers often said that when catching a spitball, one needed to wear a raincoat for protection. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 21 | Brooklyn Bulletin asks Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | The Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | On the first pitch of his first major league at-bat, future manager Chuck Tanner hits a HR for the Braves. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 12 | Chuck Tanner of the Milwaukee Braves hits a home run in his first major league at bat on the first pitch. | Ref: 12 |
| Apr 12 | At Municipal Stadium, the recently arrived Athletics beat the Tigers 6-2 in their first game in Kansas City. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 13 | Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies, plays the last of 730 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Apr 14 | Elston Howard, who will be named the American League's MVP in 1963, becomes the first black to play for the Yankees. The former Monarchs' catcher will appear in nine All-Star Games and 54 World Series games, compiling a .274 batting average during his 12-year playing career. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 17 | Pirate rookie Roberto Clemente singles off Dodger pitcher Johnny Podres in his first major league at-bat. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 21 | Brooklyn Dodgers win 10th straight game to begin a season (this was a record at the time). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Kansas City Athletic's first game, beat Tigers 6-2. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | The Chicago White Sox tallied a franchise record 29 runs at Kansas City against the A's in a 29-6 victory. | Ref: 86 |
| May 01 | Indian starters put on a 'pitching clinic' during a doubleheader sweep of the Red Sox. Veteran Bob Feller holds Boston hitless for 6+ innings and hurls his major league record 12th one-hitter in a 2-0 victory and in the night cap, rookie left-hander Herb Score strikes out the first nine batters (he will whiff a total of 16) enroute to a 2-1 four-hitter win. | Ref: 1 |
| May 05 | Dodger rookie hurler Tommy Lasorda, making his major league debut, ties a record by throwing three wild pitches in the first inning of a 4-3 victory over the Cardinals. The future Dodger Hall of Fame skipper doesn't get the decision and will end his playing days after the 1956 season with a lifetime record of 0-4. | Ref: 1 |
| May 11 | With the help of an Ernie Banks' grand slam, the Cubs snap the Dodgers' 11-game winning streak, 10-8. The bases-filled homer will be Mr. Cubs' first of five on the year. | Ref: 1 |
| May 11 | Eddie Yost of the Washington Nationals, plays the last of 829 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| May 12 | After walking the bases full in the bottom of the ninth, Cub Sam Toothpick Jones whiffs Dick Groat, Roberto Clemente and Frank Thomas to perserve his 4-0 no-hitter against the Pirates. Unforunately only 2,918 fans are on hand at Wrigley Field to witness the first no-hitter ever thrown by a black player in major league history . | Ref: 1 |
| May 12 | Chicago Cub Sam Jones is first black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0). | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive homeruns of at least 463'. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | In the first five innings of a 16-0 rout of the Senators, Red Sox first baseman Norm Zauchin drives in ten runs with three home runs and a double. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 19 | Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 24 | In a 18-7 loss to the Tigers, Senator 18-year old rookie third baseman Harmon Killebrew hits his first major league home run of Billy Hoeft. 'Killer' will finish his 22-year Hall of Fame career with 573 homers. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 12 | At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Stan Musial comes to bat in the bottom of 12th inning of a 5-5 All Star deadlock. American League catcher Yogi Berra complains about his feet hurting and Musial tells him "Don't worry, I'll have you home in a minute"......then 'the Man' hits a game-winning home run on the next pitch. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 22 | Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 29 | At Crosley Field, Smoky Burgess hits three home runs and drives in nine runs as the Reds rout the Pirates, 16-5 . | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 05 | White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox's consecutive game streak ends at 274 games. The next day he will begin a new streak which will last for 798 games. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 08 | Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox, plays the first of 798 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Aug 15 | Brave hurler Warren Spahn hits a home run off Cardinal Mel Wright giving the crafty lefty at least one round tripper in every National League stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 02 | Cubs' infielder Ernie Banks sets the record for home runs hit by a shortstop by hitting 40th dinger in a 12-2 rout of the Cardinals. 'Mr. Cub' will extend the record finishing this season with 44 and will hit 48 in 1958. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 05 | In an 11-4 victory over the Phillies, Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe hits his seventh homer establishing a National League record for home runs by a pitcher in a season. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 08 | The Brooklyn Dodgers won the National League pennant this day -- the earliest a team had done so. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 11 | Red Sox Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5-3 loss to the Yankees. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 16 | Bauer & Berra homer in the 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over first. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 19 | Cub infielder Ernie Banks hit his fifth grand slam of the season to establish a major league mark, but Rip Repulski's 12th inning homer off of Jim Davis proves to be the difference as the Cardinals beat Chicago, 6-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 28 | “The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC.” The World Series was seen in all its colorful glory for the first time this day. The NY Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first game, 6-5. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 01 | In Game 4 of the World Series at Ebbets Field, the Dodgers defeat the Yanks, 8-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 04 | After more than half a century of futility, the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers finally win a World Championship thanks to Johnny Podres' 2-0 shutout of the Yankees and an outstanding catch by Sandy Amoros | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 25 | Branch Rickey steps down as the Pirates' general manager and will be replaced by Joe L. Brown. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 25 | The Indians trade Larry Doby, the first black to play in the American League, to the White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 12 | Fred Hutchinson replaces Harry Walker as Cardinal manager. With the departure of 'the Hat' next season will be the first time in National League history without a player-manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 01 | Pitcher Virgil Trucks returns to the Tigers in a trade for White Sox third baseman Bubba Phillips. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 05 | The Red Sox sell pitcher Ellis Kinder to the Cardinals. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 05 | Carl Stotz announces his plans to organize a rival Little League of his own. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 08 | Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award. | Ref: 5 |
- 1956
| Jan 06 | Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | The New York football Giants switches its NFL home games to Yankee Stadium fueling speculation the MLB Giants will also be leaving the Polo Grounds. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 04 | During spring training, the American League plans to test automatic intentional walks. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 15 | Pirates & Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham AL, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | The Giants trade right-hander Hoyt Wilhelm to the Cardinals for first baseman/outfielder Whitey Lockman | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 29 | The Indians are sold for nearly four-million dollars. The team's present general manager and former player, Hank Greenberg, is one of the new owners. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 03 | Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Still seeking workman's compensation coverage, the players accept the owners' position on the World Series television deal and the proposed minimum salary structure. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 14 | Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Two of the greats began their major-league baseball careers this day: Luis Aparicio played for the Chicago White Sox and Don Drysdale began work with the Brooklyn (later, LA) Dodgers. Aparicio became the American League Rookie of the Year. Drysdale won 209 games before he retired. Both were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY on the same day, August 12, 1984. Drysdale later became a broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox and the Dodgers. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 18 | Ed Rommel becomes the first major league umpire to wear glasses during a game as he arbitrates a contest between the Yankees and Senators. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 19 | Major-league baseball came to New Jersey for the first time as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 22 | Yankee hurler Don Larsen hits a grand-slam off Frank Sullivan as the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 13-6. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 24 | American League umpire Frank Umont is first to wear glasses in a regular season game. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Frank Robinson, a 500 Home Runs Club member, hits his 1st Major League home run. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Boston manager Pinky Higgins accepts the first Red Sox schedule ever printed braille from the National Braille Press. | Ref: 1 |
| May 06 | Reds' outfielder Gus Bell homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header. | Ref: 1 |
| May 07 | Bill White of the New York Giants hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Dodger right-hander Carl Erskine tosses a 3-0 no-hitter against the crosstown rival Giants. It is Ersk's second career no-hitter. | Ref: 1 |
| May 18 | Mickey Mantle hits homerun from both sides of plate for record 3rd time. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Pirates' first baseman Dale Long's ninth inning home run against the Cubs is the first of a string of eight consecutive games in which he will homer. | Ref: 1 |
| May 24 | Mickey Mantle goes 5-for-5 with an intentional walk in an 11-5 victory over the Tigers. | Ref: 1 |
| May 26 | Despite 9 1/3 hitless innings pitched by John Klippstein, Hershel Freeman, and Joe Black, the Phillies still beat the Reds, 2-1. | Ref: 1 |
| May 27 | Jim Davis, Chicago Cubs, strikes out 4 batters in the 6th inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
| May 28 | First baseman Dale Long sets a major league record by hitting a home run in his eighth consecutive game, a 3-2 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Forbes Field. | Ref: 86 |
| May 28 | Pirate Dale Long hits his eighth home run in eight games. This major league record will be later tied by Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly and Mariner outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. | Ref: 1 |
| May 30 | Mickey Mantle barely misses (18 inches) becoming the first player to hit a HR out of Yankee Stadium. The monster shot was still climbing as hit the facade in the upper stands. | Ref: 1 |
| May 31 | Mickey Mantle homerun just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 21 | Chicago and Baltimore one-hit one another as White Sox pitcher Jack Harshman beats Oriole hurlers Connie Johnson and George Zuverink, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 27 | Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 06 | Indian Jim Busby hits his second grand slam in consecutive days to beat the A's, 4-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | The BBWAA, by a narrow margin of 14-12, vote to establish the Cy Young Award to honor the major leagues' most outstanding pitcher. Commissioner Ford Frick initiated the idea because he felt hurlers were not recognized in the MVP voting, but ironically the first recipient of the Cy Young Award, Dodger Don Newcombe, also won the Most Valuable Player Award. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 10 | NL beats AL 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | At Fenway Park, Red Sox hurler Mel Parnell no-hits the White Sox, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 16 | The Detriot Tigers and Briggs Stadium are sold to a group headed by Fred Knorr and John Fetzer for a record $5.5 million. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 20 | Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 21 | In a 13-6 defeat to the Cubs, Dodger shortstop Pee Wee Reese becomes one of five active players to collect his 2000th hit and Junior Gilliam sets a major league record by handling 12 assists at second base. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 21 | Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 07 | A crowd of 57,000 at the Orange Bowl, the largest ever to attend a minor league game, watches an ageless Satchel Paige, 50, hit a double and get the win in the Miami Marlins' 6-2 victory over the Columbus Jets in International League action. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 18 | In their 13-4 victory at Crosley Field, the Reds hit eight home runs (Bob Thurman [3] Ted Kluszewski [2] Frank Robinson [2] and Wally Post [1] ) to tie a major league mark. The Braves add two more to set a National League mark for total homers for a nine inning game. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 25 | Prior to the Old Timer's Game at Yankee Stadium, shortstop Phil Rizzuto is asked to consult with general manager George Weiss and manager Casey Stengel concerning a player move necessitated by reacquiring Enos Slaughter from the A's. After making several suggestions about who should be cut from the squad, the veteran infielder is told by Weiss he is the player about to be let go. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 28 | Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, plays the first of 717 consecutive games. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Sep 02 | Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 11 | Redleg Frank Robinson ties the National League rookie record for home runs with his 38th in an 11-5 victory over the Giants. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 17 | Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of the year. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 23 | With the Dodgers leading the Pirates 8-3, the largest crowd in Forbes Field's history watches the game be postponed with two outs in the ninth inning as the curfew is enforced. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 25 | Dodger Sal Maglie, 39, no-hits the Phillies, 5-0, at Ebbets Field. The 'Barber's' gem helps Brooklyn to keep pace in the pennant race with the Braves and Reds. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 30 | At the age of 16, Jim Derrington becomes the youngest pitcher to start a major league game this century. The teenager loses to the A's 7-6, but singles becoming the youngest player to get a hit in the American League. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 30 | Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 05 | Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | The Yankee's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in World Series history as he defeats the Dodgers, 2-0 in Game 5 of the Fall Classic. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 25 | White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and will be replaced by Al Lopez. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 27 | Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe (27-7) becomes baseball's first Cy Young winner. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 28 | The Indians name Major Kerby Farrell to replace Al Lopez as manager. Farrell won the Junior World Series as the pilot of the AA Indpls Indians. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 01 | In an unanimous vote, Red outfielder Frank Robinson is selected as the National League Rookie of the Year. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 01 | White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio is selected as the American League Rookie of the Year beating out Indian Rocky Colavito and Oriole Tito Francona. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 03 | The Tigers once again trade pitcher Virgil Trucks along with Ned Garver, Gene Host, Wayne Belardi and $20,000 to the A's for Bill Harrington, Jack Crimian, Eddie Robinson and Jim Finigan. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 10 | Similar to the National League, the AL opts for a three-game playoff in case of a tie at the end of the regular season. Previously the tie had been broken with one-game winner-take-all format. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 11 | A major league player association is formed, and Indian Bob Feller is named as the president. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 13 | The Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to the cross-town rivals, the Giants, for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000. Robinson retires. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 18 | Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer. | Ref: 5 |
- 1957
| Jan 04 | The Dodgers become the first team to own their own aircraft when the team buys a 44-passenger two-engine airplane for $775,000. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 05 | Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | In an article appearing in Look magazine, Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from baseball. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 10 | Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Dodgers add three addtional years to their five year lease on Ebbets Field with real estate developer Marvin Kratter. The field was bought by Kratter in 1953. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 26 | Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as president of Milwaukee Braves. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | The Brooklyn Dodgers (‘da Bums’) announced this day that circus clown Emmett Kelly had been hired to entertain fans at baseball games. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles the following year. Today, the only clowns in baseball are many of the highly paid ones out on the field. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 29 | Due to the start of coast to coast travel, major league baseball considers a plan creating a player pool to be used in the event of a plane crash. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 14 | The Georgia Senate unanimously approves a bill which prohibits blacks from playing baseball with whites; the only exception being religious gathering. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 21 | Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Representative Emanuel Celler, whose congressional committee has investigated baseball, calls Commissioner Ford Frick a czar. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 18 | Indian general manager Hank Greenberg turns down the Red Sox million-dollar offer for pitcher Herb Score. The former slugger says the Tribe is building for the future and not into selling its premier players. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 19 | Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | It is reported the owners will get 9.3 million dollars for the 1957 TV-Radio rights. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 26 | Yankee manager Casey Stengel is arrested and is released on $50 bail after he allegedly curses at and kicks a newspaper photographer during an exhibition game in St. Petersburg. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 20 | Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Philadelphia send in John I. Kennedy to pinch run against the Dodgers making it the first time a black player has appeared in a Phillies game. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 22 | All National League teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is first black on Phillies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Brooklyn Dodgers’ owner, Walter O’Malley, agreed to move the team from Flatbush to sunny Los Angeles. Initially, only exhibition games were held at the L.A. Coliseum. O’Malley said that a new stadium would have to be constructed before the Dodgers would even consider a move to Southern CA. He was right, so Dodger Stadium (in Chavez Ravine) was constructed with private investor money. | Ref: 4 |
| May 07 | Indian pitcher Herb Score suffers a season-ending injury when he's struck in the face by Yankee Gil McDougald's line drive. | Ref: 1 |
| May 11 | Monte Irvin retired from baseball at the age of 39, due to a back injury. | Ref: 4 |
| May 16 | Yankees involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Reaffirming their decision to bar females from the Fenway Park's male-only press box, Boston baseball writers deny a seat to Doris O'Donnell, a feature writer following the Indians. | Ref: 1 |
| May 22 | Red Sox set American League record by smashing 4 homeruns in 6th inning in 11-0 win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Frank Ernaga of the Chicago Cubs hits a home run in his first major league at bat. | Ref: 12 |
| May 26 | Chicago Cub Rookie Dick Drott strikes out 15 Braves-including famed slugger Hank Aaron three times-in 7-5 win. | Ref: 86 |
| May 29 | NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | After an 86-minute delay, the first fog out in major league history occurs at Ebbets Field when the umps call off the Dodgers' game against the Cubs due to poor visability. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 12 | Stan ‘The Man’ Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, set a major-league baseball record by appearing in his 823rd consecutive ball game. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 13 | Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams becomes the first American Leaguer to have two three-homer games in one season. The 'Splendid Splinter' drives in five runs helping Boston to defeat the Indians, 9-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 15 | Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | In a three and two-third innings relief appearance, Dixie Howell hits two home runs helping the White Sox beat the Senators, 8-6. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 28 | After Cincinnati fans stuff the ballot box and vote eight starters onto the All-Star Team, the National League intervenes, pulling three Reds' players out of the starting lineup. George Crowe, Wally Post and Gus Bell are replaced as starters by Willie Mays, Henry Aaron and Stan Musial. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 01 | Orioles pitcher George Zuverink and catcher Frank Zupo form the first 'Z' battery in major league history as the Yankees beat the Birds, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 09 | AL beats NL 6-5 in 24th All Star Game (Busch Stadium, St Louis). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | Future Hall of Famer Tiger Jim Bunning two-hits Yanks 3-2, but one of the hits is Mickey Mantle's 200th career HR. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 28 | White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges hits his 13th career grand slam and the last grand slam in Brooklyn Dodger history; the bases-loaded shot establishes a new NL record. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 03 | Listening to the radio, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan hears he has been fired and replaced by Danny Murtaugh. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 04 | Former Pirates' second baseman Danny Murtaugh makes his managerial debut after being hired by General Manager Joe L. Brown to replace Bobby Bragan at the helm. | Ref: 86 |
| Aug 08 | Club President Walter O'Malley makes it official announcing the Dodgers will play in Los Angeles next season. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 10 | Mickey Mantle blasts a 460-foot homer to become the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 6-3. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 15 | Richie Ashburn is the 1st batter to hit the same fan twice in the same at-bat with foul balls. | |
| Aug 18 | Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4"). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | The New York Giants Board of Directors vote nine to one in favor of moving the team to San Francisco. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 20 | Chic White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 22 | St. Louis Cardinal, Stan Musial tears a muscle and chips a bone in his shoulder blade as he swung at and missed a high, outside pitch. The injury ends Musial's National League endurance record of 895 consecutive games played. | Ref: 86 |
| Aug 23 | Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals plays the last of 895 consecutive games due to a shoulder injury. ("The 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac") | |
| Aug 24 | The Dodgers use eight pitchers in one game tying a ML record; Johnny Podres gives up three HRs in the third including Hank Aaron's first grand slam. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 31 | Minor league fireballer Steve Dalkowski strikes out 24 batters, but wildness (18 walks, four hit batters and six wild pitches) costs the New Britain, Connecticut native the game as Kingsport loses in Appalachian League action, 9-8. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 02 | Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 15 | San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 22 | Duke Snider hits his 40th home run tying him with Ralph Kiner for having five consecutive 40+ homer seasons in the National League. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 23 | The Braves clinch National League pennant defeating the Cards 4-2 thanks to Hank Aaron's 11th inning HR. It is the first time since 1950 that a NY team hasn't finished first. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 24 | Grounding out, Pirate Dee Fondy becomes last player ever to bat in Ebbets Field as the Dodgers blank the Bucs, 2-0 in the last major league game ever played in Brooklyn. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 29 | The New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds, losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1. The Giants moved to San Francisco for the next season. (Go to article.) | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 02 | NY Yankees appear in their 26th World Series (World Series #54). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | Walter O'Malley announces that after 68 seasons in Brooklyn, the Dodgers would be moving to Los Angeles. | Ref: 86 |
| Oct 10 | Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 world series (World Series #54). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 53rd World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | Yogi Berra says the Yankees returned fine money to players involved in the Copacabana fight. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 04 | With a new balk rule, the hitter has a option after the call is made; if he gets a hit, the batter can accept the result of the pitch, instead of being only limited to the advance of the base runner(s). | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 22 | After 36 major league seasons, Larry Goetz is unwillingly 'retired' as a NL umpire. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 22 | In a controversial vote, Yankee Mickey Mantle edges out Red Sox superstar Ted Williams to win the American League MVP. In spite of the 'Splendid Splinter' leading the league with a .388 average and 38 HRs, as well as a stunning .731 slugging average, two Chicago writers still list him in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 04 | The major league owners raise the minimum salary to $7,000 and eliminate the bonus rule. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 07 | Tony Kubek of the Yankees selected as American League Rookie of the Year. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | CBS announces it will not broadcast major league games into any area at the time a minor league game is scheduled. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 28 | In a trade of first basemen, the Reds swap Ted Kluszewski to the Pirates for Dee Fondy. | Ref: 1 |
- 1958
| Jan 13 | New York Senator Keating proposes a ban on major league telecasts within 100-mile radius of minor league territories. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 15 | The Yankees announced 140 games will be televised this season. The deal is worth over one million dollars. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 21 | In an effort to fill the void of Dodger and Giant baseball in the Big Apple, the Phillies agree to televise 78 games in the New York City area which is without NL baseball for the first time since the league's inception in 1876. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 28 | The Tigers trade Jim Finigan and $25,000 to the Giants for Gail Harris and Ozzie Virgil. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 29 | Driving home from his liquor store in Harlem, Roy Campanella breaks his neck when his car hit a telephone pole in an early morning auto accident on Long Island. The 36- year old Dodger catcher, who has won three MVPs awards (1951, '53, '55) will be paralyzed for the remainder of his life. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 29 | Stan Musial breaks a National League mark signing with the Cardinals for six figures ($100,000). | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 30 | Commissioner Ford Frick announces fans will no longer vote for the all stars. The teams will now be selected by major league players and coaches. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 04 | Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for first time since 1950. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | The Red Sox sign Ted Williams for $135,000 making him the highest paid player in major league history. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 07 | Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Los Angeles Coliseum Committee approves 2-year pact allows Dodgers to use facility. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | In an effort to fill the void of Dodger and Giant baseball in the Big Apple, the Phillies agree to televise 78 games in the New York City area which is without NL baseball for the first time since the league's inception in 1876. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 05 | Trying to beat a 12:30 am curfew, Duke Snider, Johnny Podres and Don Zimmer suffer minor injuries in an auto mishap in Vero Beach. This is the third auto accident involving the Dodgers in the last two months. (Roy Campanella & Jim Gilliam) | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 11 | Starting this season, American League batters are required to wear batting helmets. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | In an effort to change their image, the Dodgers announce their resident clown, Emmett Kelley, will not entertain the fans this season. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | The Phillies obtain Yankee first baseman Joe Collins, but he decides to retire rather than report to the City of Brotherly Love. | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 31 | Indians Gene Woodling, Dick Williams and Bud Daley are traded to the Orioles for Larry Doby and Don Ferrarese. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 07 | Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at Los Angeles Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | In their first west coast meeting, San Francisco Giants blank the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0 at Seals Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 18 | At the Los Angeles Coliseum in front of a crowd of 78,672, the Dodgers play their first game in the City of Angels defeating the San Francisco Giants, 6-5. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 19 | The San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers met for the first time as major-league baseball came to the West Coast. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 23 | At the Los Angles Coliseum, Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges hits his 300th career HR and Captain Pee Wee Reese plays in his 2000th game in a 7-6 loss to the Cubs. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 24 | At the Los Angeles Coliseum, Gene Fodge picks up his only major as the Cubs beat the Dodgers, 15-2. Outfielder Lee Walls carries the day with three homers and eight RBIs. 1962 Dodger Sandy Koufax ties a major league record striking out18 batters in a nine inning game as the Dodgers rout the Cubs, 10-2 at Wrigley Field. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 29 | Ted Williams becomes the tenth major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits. | Ref: 1 |
| May 02 | The Yankees threaten to broadcast their games nationwide if the NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast Los Angeles Dodger and San Francisco Giant games into NY City. | Ref: 1 |
| May 13 | As a pinch-hitter, Stan Musial collects his 3000th hit off Moe Drabowsky as the Cardinals beat the Cubs, 5-3. He is the 8th member of the 3000 hit club. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 02 | Brooks Robinson hits into his 1st triple play and will eventually set the Major League record with 4 in a single season. | |
| Jun 06 | Osvaldo 'Ossie' Virgil becomes the first black player to appear in a Tigers' uniform. The versatile Dominican will eventually play every position but pitcher during his nine major league career. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 15 | Identical twins are split up by the Pirates as Eddie O¹Brien stays with Pittsburgh, but his brother Johnny along with third baseman Gene Freese are traded to the Cardinals for infielder Dick Schofield. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 18 | White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce retired 26 consecutive batters before pinch-hitter Ed Fitzgerald doubles weakly inside the right field line for the Senators' only hit. He then strikes out Albie Pearson on three pitches to one-hit Washington, 3-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 22 | Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Fooled by the Cubs relief staff, Giant rookie outfielder Leon Wagner is tricked to look under the bullpen bench instead of the rain gutter 45 feet away. In the meantime, Tony Taylor makes it around the bases. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | In the Silver Anniversary of the All-Star game, in a contest which features no extra base hits (13 singles), the American League edges the Senior Circuit, 4-3, in the first All-Star game played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore . | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 20 | Pitcher Jim Bunning threw a no-hitter and led the Detroit Tigers to a baseball 3-0 win over the Boston Red Sox. The no-hitter was the last by a Tiger pitcher until Jack Morris did the same 26 years later. This turned out to be a major-league record for time between no-hitters. The future Hall of famer will become the first modern pitcher to toss a no-hitter in both leagues when throws a perfect against the Mets in 1964. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 14 | Indian Vic Power steals home twice in the same game; he will only have a total of three for the entire season. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 20 | Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 20 | The Chicago Cubs run out of catchers in eventual 4-2 loss to Pirates, and first baseman Dale Long becomes major's first left-handed receiver since 1905. | Ref: 86 |
| Aug 20 | Dale Long becomes first major league lefty catcher in 52 years. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 23 | In a 10-1 win over Milwaukee, Gil Hodges hits his 14th career grand slam . | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 01 | Cardinal moundsman Vinegar Bend Mizell beats the Reds,1-0 despite setting a National League record of walking nine batters without giving up a run. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 08 | Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates tied a major-league baseball record by hitting three triples. Clemente led the Bucs to a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 09 | Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | Recently acquired Oriole knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits Yankees,1-0, thanks to a Gus Triandos home run. It will be the last this century the Yankees will fail to get a hit in a game. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 28 | With 7 hits in his last 11 at-bats, Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams wins his sixth and final batting becoming the first 40-year old to lead the league in hitting. The 'Splendid Splinter's' .328 batting average beats out his teammate Pete Runnels, who goes 0-for-4 today and ends up with .322. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 09 | NY Yankees beat Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series NY Yankees appear in 9 & win 7 of last 10 World Series. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 28 | In San Francisco, construction begins on the Giants' new ballpark in an area where the rocks look like candlesticks. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 05 | Lee McPhail replaces Paul Richards as general manager of the Orioles. Richards, however, will remain team's manager. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 11 | The American League announces the KS City A's will play a league record 52 night games in the upcoming season. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 13 | NY's mayor Robert Wagner announces the preliminary plans for the Continental League. Chairman William Shea implies that the new third major league might raid National and American League rosters. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 28 | The AL announces that its Opening Day will be April 9th making it earliest date ever to open the junior circuit's regular season. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 02 | The Indians trade first baseman Vic Wertz and flycatcher Gary Geiger to the Red Sox in exchange for outfielder Jimmy Piersall. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 05 | The Phillies, hoping to fill the National League void in the Big Apple caused by departure of the Giants and Dodgers to the west coast, drop any plans for 1959 broadcasts into NY City after the Yankees threaten to broadcast into Philadelphia. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 10 | University of Pittsburgh agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates. | Ref: 5 |
- 1959
| Jan 13 | Hoping to lure the Phillies to New Jersey, State Senator Joe Cowgill introduces a bill to build a stadium in Camden. This action is motivated by Phillies owner Bob Carpenter's threat of leaving Philadelphia unless a new stadium is built. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 30 | The Reds trade catcher Smoky Burgess, pitcher Harvey Haddix and third baseman Don Hoak to the Pirates for third baseman Frank Thomas, pitchers Jim Pendleton and Whammy Douglas, outfielder Johnny Powers and cash. | Ref: 1 |
| Jan 31 | Former Red Sox Joe Cronin signs a seven-year deal to become the American League president. | Ref: 1 |
| Feb 01 | Zack Wheat is unanimously elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 07 | Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 10 | Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | The Cardinals trade Sam Jones to the Giants for first baseman/outfielder Bill White and third baseman Ray Jablonski | Ref: 1 |
| Mar 25 | Bill White traded to St Louis for pitchers Sam Jones & Don Choate. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | The Pacific Coast League proposal to use a designated hitter is voted down by the Professional Baseball Rules Committee. Prompted by the Cubs' college of coaches, the committee also rules each team must name a manager 30 minutes prior to the game. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 09 | Little League mounds are moved back two feet (46 feet) in an effort to protect the batter. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 09 | The Baltimore Orioles turn their 1st triple play (3-6-3) on Opening Day vs the Washington Senators and Richard Nixon is at game becoming the 1st President to see a triple play. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | Nellie Fox, who goes 5-for-7, hits a 14th-inning Opening Day an unlikely home run off Don Mossi to beat the Tigers, 9-7. The White Sox second baseman did not homer in 623 at-bats the last season. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 11 | Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day homerun. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Cardinal Stan Musial breaks up Chicago's pitcher Glen Hobbie no-hitter with a seventh inning double but Cubs still win, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Apr 22 | The Chicago White Sox take ‘batting practice’ against the Kansas City Athletics, 20-6. Chicago scored 11 runs in the seventh inning with only one hit, a single by Johnny Callison. The Sox got 10 walks and one hit batted. Not to be outdone in the effort, the Athletics contributed three errors. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 22 | New York Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Washington Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Yomiuri Giant Sadaharu Oh hits the first of his homers in Japan. | Ref: 1 |
| May 01 | At the age of 39, White Sox hurler Early Wynn pitches a one-hitter striking out 14 and hits a double and home run to beat the Red Sox, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
| May 03 | At Briggs Stadium, Charlie Maxwell hits four consecutive HRs in a doubleheader helping the 2-15 Tigers, under new manager Jimmy Dykes, sweep the Yankees 4-2 and 8-2. It was Dykes first day as skipper and he put Charlie back in the line-up even though 'Ole Paw Paw' was hitting only .136 at the time. | Ref: 1 |
| May 07 | It was one of the most touching and memorable nights in all of baseball on this night. 93,103 fans packed the LA Coliseum for an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New Y ork Yankees. Sandy Koufax pitched for the Dodgers and lost to the Yankees, 6-2. It was Roy Campanella Night. The star catcher for the Dodgers, paralyzed in an automobile accident, was honored for his contributions to the team for many years. ‘Campie’ continued to serve in various capacities with the Dodger organization for many years. | Ref: 4 |
| May 09 | Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released & charged with loss 2 months after his retirement. | Ref: 2 |
| May 11 | Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | The 100th anniversary of the first ever intercollegiate baseball game played is celebrated as the original contest between Amherst & Williams is reenacted. | Ref: 1 |
| May 20 | Yankees sink to last place, first time since May 25, 1940. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Commissioner Ford Frick predicts the formation of a new league within five years. | Ref: 1 |
| May 21 | Despite growing pressure to expand, major league owners, at a meeting at John Galbreath's farm in Ohio, decline the option to add new teams to the existing American and National Leagues. Given there are no plans for expansion, Commissioner Ford Frick will announce at a later date that MLB will "favorably consider an application for major league status within the present baseball structure by an acceptable group of eight clubs which would qualify under ten specifications." | Ref: 1 |
| May 26 | In another of Bill Veeck's stunts, 3-feet 7 inch Eddie Gaedel returns to a major league field along with three other midgets. Arriving by helicopter and dressed as Martians, the quartet shake hands with Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio near second base on Comiskey Park's infield and give them toy ray guns as the PA announcer informs fans the crowd the ETs have arrived to help the somewhat short keystone combo in their struggle with giant earthlings. | Ref: 1 |
| May 26 | Harvey Haddix, Pittsburgh, pitches 12 innings before losing the game in the 13th, 1-0. Felix Mantilla reached 1st on a throwing error by 3b Don Hoak, Eddie Matthews sacrifices Mantilla to 2nd. Hank Aaron is walked intentionally, Joe Adock his a 3-run HR. Adock passes Aaron on the bases and is only credited with a 1-run double. | Ref: 1 |
| May 27 | National League president Warren Giles rules the final score of Haddix's perfect game is 1-0. Henry Aaron (for leaving base path) and Joe Adcock (for passing Aaron) are declared out with Adcock's round-tripper scored as a double instead of a home run. | Ref: 1 |
| May 29 | Gus Bell goes 5-for-5, including three consecutive HRs, helping the Reds beat the Cubs, 10-4. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 02 | Using a smoke bomb attached to a postgame fireworks display, the White Sox ground crew rids the playing field of gnats which had delayed the game against the Orioles for half an hour. After the bugs depart, Baltimore beats Chicago, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 10 | Cleveland Indian fan favorite Rocky Colavito ties the MLB record for home runs in a game with four (in consecutive at bats) at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. He goes on to lead the league in homers with 42. | Ref: 86 |
| Jun 12 | In spite off giving up a hit in the sixth, Giant Mike McCormick was credited with a no-hitter when the game is rained out later in that same inning. | Ref: 1 |
| Jun 22 | Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax). | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 28 | Phillies' Wally Post becomes the first major leaguer to throw out two runners from the outfield in one inning as the team lose to the Giants, 6-0. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 07 | At Forbes Field, Hank Aaron's eighth inning single ties the score and a triple hit by Willie Mays plates Aaron with the winning run in the 5-4 All-Star victory in the first of the two Mid-Summer Classics to be played during the season. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 08 | At Forbes Field, Hank Aaron's eighth inning single ties the score and a triple hit by Willie Mays plates Aaron with the winning run in the 5-4 All-Star victory in the first of the two Mid-Summer Classics to be played during the season. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 21 | Pumpsie Green is the 1st black player on Red Sox. | |
| Jul 27 | New York attorney William Shea announces the formation of a third major league, the Continental League, to begin play in 1961. One of the charter teams for the league would be placed in New York. | Ref: 86 |
| Jul 30 | Willie McCovey stepped to the plate for the first time in his major-league baseball career. McCovey of the San Francisco Giants batted 4-for-4 in his debut against Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies. He hit two singles and two triples, driving in two runs. It was the start of an all-star career that landed McCovey in baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 31 | In his major league debut, Willie McCovey collects four hits in four at-bats, including two triples. The Giant freshman first baseman, who will be selected the league's Rookie of the Year despite his late call-up, will hit 13 home runs in just 52 games. | Ref: 1 |
| Jul 31 | Red Sox first black pitcher, Earl Wilson, pitches 3.2 innings walking nine and leaves the game with a 4-0 lead. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 01 | New Continental baseball league formed. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | For the first time in major league history a second All-Star game is played in the same season. The Ameican League posts a 5-3 victory at the Los Angeles Coliseum as White Sox Nellie Fox singles in the decisive run. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 11 | Joe Nuxhall, Cincinnat Reds, strikes out 4 batters in the 6th inning. (Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2002, ISBN 0-89204-668-0) | |
| Aug 11 | Gil Carter, a pitcher for the Carlsbad, New Mexico entry in the Sophomore Baseball League, reportedly hits a ball which travels 730 feet from home plate. This left field blast may be the longest home run ever hit. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 18 | Long time baseball executive Branch Rickey is named president of the newly formed Continental League. The 77-year old former Dodger general manager is currently serving as an advisor with the Pittsburgh Pirates. | Ref: 1 |
| Aug 22 | Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Sandy Koufax set a National League record by striking out 18 hitters. Wally Moon connected for a three-run homer as the LA Dodgers downed the San Francisco Giants, 5-2. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 05 | Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 11 | Elroy Face of the Pittsburgh Pirates saw his 22-game winning streak come to an end. Face lost to the LA Dodgers, 5-4. He did, however, finish the 1959 season with an impressive 18-1 record. For those of you with baseballs for heads, who can’t figure out how he ended up with 18 wins for the season instead of 22 … Face won the other four games at the end of the 1958 season. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 11 | Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | Braves' lefty Warren Spahn wins his 20th game of the season for the tenth time in his career. | Ref: 1 |
| Sep 22 | The sound of air-raid sirens rang through Chicago as the White Sox became champions of the American League for the first time in 40 years. | Ref: 86 |
| Sep 26 | SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 01 | First World Series (World Series #56) since 1948 not to feature a NY team (LA vs Chic). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | First world series (World Series #56) game played west of St Louis (in LA). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 06 | The largest crowd ever to attend a major league game, 92,706 fans, watch a nail biter as White Sox hurler Bob Shaw beats Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers, 1-0 in Game 5 of the Fall Classic. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 08 | In Game 6, the Dodgers defeat the Go-Go Sox, 9-3, to win the World Series. Chicago's speed and quickness weren't enough to overcome Los Angeles hitting and pitching. | Ref: 1 |
| Oct 22 | Under intense public pressure and the Massachusetts Committee Against Discrimination investigation, the Red Sox become the last club to integrate. Fourteen years after the club passes on Jackie Robinson despite a successful tryout in 1945, Elijah 'Pumpsie' Green pinch runs and plays shortstop to become the first black to play for the Red Sox. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 04 | Cubs' Ernie Banks wins his second consecutive MVP award. Braves' third baseman Eddie Mathews is the runner-up. | Ref: 1 |
| Nov 11 | Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 18 | The A's announce Bob Elliott will replace Harry Craft as the team's manager. 'Wildfire' compiled a 162-196 (.453) during his three-year tenure in Kansas City. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 11 | The Yankees trade Hank Bauer, Marv Throneberry, Don Larsen and Norm Siebern to the KS City A's for outfielder Roger Maris and two other players. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 22 | The upstart Continental League awards its last franchise to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. | Ref: 1 |
| Dec 24 | The Braves sign 20-year old outfielder Rico Carty. | Ref: 1 |
- 1995
| Mar 10 | Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return the NBA. | Ref: 1 |
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Baseball from 1950 to 1959 Chronology