August 17, 1957 – At Ebbets Field, the field was full of future Hall of Famers as Sandy Koufax will start vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates and Roberto Clemente.
Don Drysdale will finish the game Roy Campanella will go 4-4 in today’s game. The Pirates came into the game with 42 wins vs. 73 losses and the Dodgers 61-54. Both teams trailed the Milwaukee Braves, the Dodgers by 8.5, and Pittsburgh by 30. The 21-year-old Koufax, not yet established, will pitch in 34 games, and this start was just his 11th of the season.
Notable Hall of Famers: Gil Hodges and Duke Snider played for Brooklyn, and Bill Mazeroski for the Pirates
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