1955 – Lefty Bill Wight of the Orioles gives up five runs in the 1st and then no-hits his former Indian teammates for eight innings. He loses, 5 – 1.

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1955 – Lefty Bill Wight of the Orioles gives up five runs in the 1st and then no-hits his former Indian teammates for eight innings. He loses, 5 – 1.

Danny O’Connell’s solo home run, his second of the game. It was the first time he hit two homers in a game.

Danny O’Connell’s solo home run, his second of the game. It was the first time he hit two homers in a game.

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August 27, 1955 – In 11 innings at the Polo Grounds, the Braves completed a three-game sweep of the New York Giants on Danny O’Connell’s solo home run, his second of the game. It was the first time he hit two homers in a game.

Sandy Koufax, in his second big league start, two-hits the Reds at Ebbets Field, 7-0. The 19 year-old bonus baby, displaying the dominance that he will feature during the 1960’s, goes the distance, striking out 14 Cincinnati batters.
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Sandy Koufax, in his second big league start, two-hits the Reds at Ebbets Field, 7-0. The 19 year-old bonus baby, displaying the dominance that he will feature during the 1960’s, goes the distance, striking out 14 Cincinnati batters.

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Sandy Koufax, in his second big league start, two-hits the Reds at Ebbets Field, 7-0. The 19 year-old bonus baby, displaying the dominance that he will feature during the 1960’s, goes the distance, striking out 14 Cincinnati batters.

1955 – Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.

1955 – Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.

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1955 – Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.

A telegram sent to Brooklyn president Walter O’Malley by the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce offers the team “thirty acres or more of dry flat land in open country in the heart of Long Island’s densest Dodger fan concentration.” The village’s attempt to attract the fleeing franchise to the south shore of Suffolk County will not materialize, and the club, after exploring many different venues as an alternative to Ebbets Field, will leave the East Coast in 1958 to play in Los Angeles.

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A telegram sent to Brooklyn president Walter O’Malley by the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce offers the team “thirty acres or more of dry flat land in open country in the heart of Long Island’s densest Dodger fan concentration.” The village’s attempt to attract the fleeing franchise to the south shore of Suffolk County will not materialize, and the club, after exploring many different venues as an alternative to Ebbets Field, will leave the East Coast in 1958 to play in Los Angeles.

Robin Roberts of the Phils defeats Don Newcombe of the Dodgers, 3 – 2, to become the first 20-game winner of the year.

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Robin Roberts of the Phils defeats Don Newcombe of the Dodgers, 3 – 2, to become the first 20-game winner of the year.

Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente, tit for tat. Having had his birthday thunder stolen by Clemente earlier this year, Mays returns the favor, or tries to. The game actually comes one day after Clemente’s birthday. the Giants’Mays hits a solo homer in the 3rd to put Pittsburgh in a 2 – 0 hole, but Clemente then contributes a big blow to a decisive three-run rally that puts Pittsburgh ahead to stay. This time, while not a 430-foot triple over Mays’s head, it’s a similarly-sized blast – “a tremendous wallop,” to quote the Pittsburgh Press, “over the left-center wall.”

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Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente, tit for tat. Having had his birthday thunder stolen by Clemente earlier this year, Mays returns the favor, or tries to. The game actually comes one day after Clemente’s birthday. the Giants’Mays hits a solo homer in the 3rd to put Pittsburgh in a 2 – 0 hole, but Clemente then contributes a big blow to a decisive three-run rally that puts Pittsburgh ahead to stay. This time, while not a 430-foot triple over Mays’s head, it’s a similarly-sized blast – “a tremendous wallop,” to quote the Pittsburgh Press, “over the left-center wall.”

Mickey Mantle ties a major league mark by switch-hitting home runs for the second time in his career.

Mickey Mantle ties a major league mark by switch-hitting home runs for the second time in his career.

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On August 15, 1955, At Yankee Stadium Mickey Mantle ties a major league mark by switch-hitting home runs for the second time in his career. Mantle’s pair of homers help lift the Yankees to a 12-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Mantle homers off Art Schallock in the 6th and Ray Moore. Rip Collins gets