Mickey Mantle goes 5 for 5 with an intentional walk in an 11 – 4 win against the Tigers. Mantle is hitting .421. He combines with Joe Collins for back-to-back homers‚ off Duke Maas.
The Kansas City Athletics score 2 runs in the 9th to tie the Washington Senators at 5 apiece, then score another 2 runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 6. The tying run scores on a wild pitch by Camilo Pascual and the winner comes on a Jim Finigan homer.
Detroit’s Red Wilson belts a two-run home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Tigers a 3 – 2 win against the Yankees. The loss goes to Whitey Ford, his first following six wins. Ford had given up just five earned runs through 54 innings before today.
On a blustery day in Cleveland, the Yankees top the Indians, 4 – 1. Mickey Mantle hits a homer off Bud Daley, while his pal Billy Martin is benched for the first time. Bobby Richardson takes his place at 2B.
The Dodgers buy P Sal Maglie from the Indians, who are eager to unload the veteran.
Tom Poholsky allows four hits and the Cardinals beat the Phils and Herm Wehmeier, 3 – 0. It is a club-record 14th win in a row for the Cardinals over Wehmeier stretching back to July 3, 1949. It is also a National Leaguerecord for consecutive losses from the start of a career.
Boston Red Sox manager Pinky Higgins accepts the first Red Sox schedule ever printed in braille from the National Braille Press.
New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen hits a grand slam off Frank Sullivan of the Boston Red Sox, as New York wins, 13 – 6, at Yankee Stadium.
1955 – In an obvious power struggle for control, the principal founding father of Little League, Carl Stotz, sues the organization for breach of contract. The suit will be settled out of court.
Fred Hutchinson replaces Harry Walker as the Cardinal manager. With the departure of ‘the Hat,’ the National League for the first time in its history will not have a player-manager in the circuit.
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