Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page June 25, 1957 Rookie Roger Maris awaits his first career game at Yankee Stadium in 1957. No HRs, but went 1-4 with 2R double as the Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 11-2. His 1st HR at the Stadium…
51-year-old Satchel Paige of the Miami Marlins wins a game before the largest crowd in minor league history
On April 23, 1956 – manager Walt Alston (left) enjoys a victory smile with 19-year-old rookie pitcher Don Drysdale after the young right-hander won his first major league game as starting hurler against the Phillies, The Dodgers dumped the Phillies, 6-1. Drysdale pitched a complete game striking out 9, including the side in the first…
On April 17, 1956, three future Hall of Famers make their major league debuts. Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox, Don Drysdale of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds play the first games of their brilliant careers. The 19 year old Drysdale pitches 1 inning of scoreless relief vs Philadelphia….
In what will be their most important move of the season, the Brooklyn Dodgers bring up rookie pitchers Roger Craig and Don Bessent from the minor leagues. They immediately pay dividends as they beat the Redlegs in both ends of a doubleheader. Craig wins, 6 – 2, and Bessent matches it, 8 – 5.
On May 5, 1955, in Ebbets Field in front of a robust crowd of 7,000 fans, Brooklyn Dodgers lefthander Tom Lasorda makes his first major league start against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lasorda throws three wild pitches in one inning, tying a major league record. During his one inning of work, will be spiked by…
At Wrigley Field, Humberto Robinson makes his major league debut, coming out of the Braves’ bullpen in a 9-5 victory over the Cubs. The 24 year-old from Colon is the first player from Panama to appear in a major league game.
On April 17, 1955, At Forbes Field, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 20-year-old rookie Roberto Clemente makes his major league debut, playing both ends of a doubleheader, ironically but perhaps fittingly, against the Brooklyn Dodgers, the team that first signed him but left him unprotected in the 1954 Rule V draft. In his first at-bat, the future Hall of Famer rifles one back through the originator, Johnny Podres, and…
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 14-year playing career.
August 24, 1954 a young 18 year old by the name of Harmon Killebrew is penciled in to start and play for the first time in front of his home fans at Griffith stadium. The rookie would play the entire game at second base, a position he only played 11 times during his career. In…
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