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Led by OF Hank Aaron, 3B Eddie Mathews, and a trio of good starters, the Braves beat the Yankees in seven games to win their first World Series title in over 40 years and their only championship in Milwaukee. Series MVP Lew Burdette won three games in the Series including complete-game shutouts in Games 5 and 7. Aaron led the league with 44 home runs and 132 RBI to win the NL MVP award over Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst while teammate Warren Spahn (21-11, 2.69 ERA) won the Cy Young award. New York CF Mickey Mantle (.365, 34 HR, 94 RBI, 121 R, 16 SB) won his second straight American League MVP in a very close ballot, beating out Ted Williams, Roy Sievers, and Nellie Fox. The 39-year-old Williams won a fifth batting title and nearly hit .400 for a second time, finishing the season with a .388 average. Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford won 19 games with a 3.08 ERA and a league-leading 188 strikeouts to earn the NL Rookie of the Year award.

World Series – Milwaukee Braves NL over New York Yankees AL 4 games to 3

World Series MVP – Lew Burdette

Babe Ruth Award – Lew Burdette

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October 3, 1957

1957 World Series Game three Lew Burdette beats the Yankees

October 5, 1957

In the first World Series game ever played in Milwaukee, native son Tony Kubek hits two home runs in the 12-3 rout of the hometown Braves

October 6, 1957

Game 4 of 1957 world series Eddie Mathews’ hits walk off homerun in game 4 of world series

October 7, 1957

Lew Burdette Shines as Braves take a 3-2 lead in World Series Full Radio Broadcast

October 9, 1957

1957 World Series Game 6 Hank Bauer’s Homerun helps Yankees force game 7

October 10, 1957

Game 7 1957 World Series Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship

October 25, 1957

1957 World Series Highlights

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Hank Aaron – The best I ever saw

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Awards –

Major League Cy Young Award: Warren Spahn

MVP Awards – NL Hank Aaron, AL Mickey Mantle

Major League Rookie of The Year –

NL Rookie of The Year – Tony Kubek

AL Rookie of The Year – Jack Sanford

History of the MLB All-Star Game – 1957

July 9th – A.L. 6 over N.L. 5, played at Busch Stadium I

(NL) AL Starter J. Bunning+ NL Starter C. Simmons 

American League 6,
National League 5

Those nutty, fervent Cincinnati voters were up to their old tricks again, this time voting their whole team (except George Crowe and the batboy) onto the National League’s starting lineup. Exasperated Commissioner Ford Frick removed Gus Bell and Wally Post from the starting nine and delivered All-Star voting into the hands of the players, managers and coaches the next year.

For only the second time in eight years, the American League came up a winner in what was a “one-inning” game — the ninth inning. The AL took a 3-2 lead into the ninth. With Clem Labine pitching, Billy Pierce led off for the AL with an infield single, Gil McDougald was safe when Red Schoendienst fumbled his grounder. Nelson Fox sacrificed the runners up one base and Al Kaline delivered them with a single. Minnie Minoso, who had entered the game defensively in the eighth, drove in Kaline with a double for a 6-2 AL lead.

The NL had some kick left. Pierce walked Stan Musial, then Willie Mays tripled to right, scoring Musial. Mays scored a moment later on a wild pitch. Hank Foiles singled and Gus Bell walked. Don Mossi replaced Pierce and struck out Eddie Mathews for the first out. Ernie Banks singled, scoring Foiles and making it 6-5. When Bell tried to go to third on the play, Minoso fielded the ball and fired to Frank Malzone, getting Bell for the second out. Banks went to second on the throw. Gil Hodges pinch hit for Labine and Bob Grim came in to pitch. Hodges sent a shot to left-center, but Minoso, who in a brief appearance already had contributed an RBI double and a crucial outfield assist, made a fine running catch to end the game.

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The stories that shapped 1957 year:

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January 4, 1957

Los Angeles Dodgers become first team with their own plane

January 5, 1957

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers officially announces his retirement, voiding a recent trade to the rival New York Giants

January 10, 1957

commissioner Ford Frick rules that actor/singer Bing Crosby can own stock in both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers

January 15, 1957

The Kratter Corporation grants Walter O’Malley an additional two years on the three-year lease on Ebbets Field

January 22, 1957

Look Magazine reveals the retirement of Jackie Robinson

January 29, 1957

Baseball considers a plan creating a player pool to be used in the event of an air disaster

February 2, 1957

Bob uecker signs minor league contract

February 3, 1957

Walter O’Malley clears the path for the Dodgers to move to the City of Angels

February 4, 1957

Joe McCarthy and outfielder Sam Crawford are elected to the Hall of Fame

February 4, 1957

Milwaukee Braves have best season ticket sales in team history

February 10, 1957

Spring training Bradenton. Fl 1957

February 14, 1957

Segregation Strikes Back: The Battle Against Integration in Baseball

February 15, 1957

A Boston newspaper claims that Ted Williams never paid his $5,000 fine for spitting at the crowd. It refers to him mockingly as the “Splendid Spitter.”

February 15, 1957

Bob Buhl announcement on a 20 win season

February 19, 1957

The Kansas City Athletics and Yankees trade 13 players including Clete Boyer

February 21, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley trades minor league franchises with Phil Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs

February 22, 1957

Walter O’Malley says the Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958.

February 25, 1957

The United States Supreme Court decides 6-3 that baseball is the only professional sport exempt from antitrust laws. The issue arises when pro football seeks similar protection from the laws.

February 26, 1957

The Giants trade right-hander Hoyt Wilhelm to the Cardinals for their former All-Star first baseman/outfielder Whitey Lockman

March 11, 1957

1957 – New York Representative Emanuel Celler, whose committee investigated baseball, calls Ford Frick a “czar” who wishes to “gag” officials; Frick had cautioned Major League Baseball owners about commenting on the recent Supreme Court decision on professional American football coming under antitrust rules.

March 19, 1957

Cleveland Indians reject the Boston Red Sox’ offer of $1 million for star pitcher Herb Score

March 20, 1957

Branch Rickey raves about Roberto Clemente In today’s issue of The Sporting News

March 21, 1957

1957 – Television Age reports that Major League Baseball will get $9.3 million for TV-Radio rights this year.

March 23, 1957

Willie Mays belts two home runs to lead the Giants to a 9 – 3 Cactus League win over the Cleveland Indians

April 1, 1957

Kansas City and Pittsburgh battle through 18 innings to a scoreless tie in spring training

April 3, 1957

Roger Maris at spring training in Tucson, Arizona – 1957.

April 5, 1957

The Phillies trade five players, Ron Negray, Tim Harkness, Elmer Valo, Mel Geho, and Ben Flowers (the player to be named later), and send $75,000 to the Dodgers to obtain much-touted Cuban infielder Chico Fernandez. Philadelphia’s new shortstop plays three seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, batting just .242, before being traded to the Tigers.

April 15, 1957

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower officially opens the season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. The ball is the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major league play.

April 16, 1957

Andre Rodgers becomes the first Bahamian to play in the major leagues when he grounds into a 6-4 force play facing Bob Friend in the top of the second inning of the Giants’ 9-2 loss in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. The 22 year-old shortstop’s roommate and fellow Caribbean, Valmy Thomas, entering the game in the sixth to replace catcher Wes Westrum, also becomes the first native of the Virgin Islands to play in big league game.

April 16, 1957

Before the Phillies’ home opener, the team dedicates a statue of Connie Mack as part of the Opening Day ceremonies

April 18, 1957

Luis Arroyo hits 8th and Bill Mazeroski 9th for the Pirates. It will be 51 years before another Pirate pitcher hits 8th when Paul Maholm does so in 2008. Manager Bobby Bragan had batted the pitcher 7th 20 games in a row in August-September of 1956.

April 18, 1957

Roger Maris hits a game-winning, grand-slam home run in the top of the 11th inning against Detroit

April 20, 1957

Cincinnati Reds secondbaseman Johnny Temple in a game against the Braves allows a groundball by Gus Bell hit him to prevent a double play.

April 21, 1957

Hoak sparks new rules about interferance

April 21, 1957

Power failure stops a major league game for the first time in history.

April 22, 1957

John Kennedy becomes the first black to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, making them the last National League team to integrate.

April 24, 1957

Cubs walk the line nine times

April 25, 1957

major leagues adopt a new rule that prohibits baserunners from interfering with batted balls in the field of play

April 26, 1957

4/26/1957: Cal Neeman homered in the second inning off the Cardinals’ Sam Jones in Wrigley Field. There 2 were out and 1 man on base at the time. The game was rained out.

April 26, 1957

Don Bessent’s quick pitch vs. Roberto Clemente’s ends in a 7th-inning double, which drives the final nail in the coffin

May 1, 1957

Spahn shuts out the Giants over 10

May 7, 1957

Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score is struck in the right eye by a line drive hit by the New York Yankees’ Gil McDougald

May 7, 1957

Vic Power hits leadoff and walkoff homerun in same game

May 7, 1957

Cookie Lavagetto replaces Chuck Dressen as Manage

May 7, 1957

Full Radio Broadcast – Reds beat the Dodgers 9-2 at Ebbets Field Vin Scully broadcasts the game

May 8, 1957

The Indians clout three homers to back Early Wynn’s 10 – 4 win over the Yankees. Mickey Mantle has a homer and three RBIs for New York.

May 8, 1957

At Comiskey Park, Boston slugger Ted Williams hits three home runs, all off Bob Keegan, and drives in all the runs as the Red Sox stop Chicago, 4 – 1.

May 10, 1957

1957 – Mayor George Christopher of San Francisco confers with Horace Stoneham on a possible shift of the Giants franchise to the West Coast.

May 11, 1957

Even though the game is practically over before the Pirates come to bat, having given up 6 runs runs to the Phillies in the top of the 1st inning, the first Pirate at-bat provides the most memorable moment of the game, Roberto Clemente’s 440-plus-foot inside-the-park home run. Les Biederman of The Pittsburgh Press writes: “Clemente greeted Harvey Haddix with a line drive that gathered momentum as it approached Richie Ashburn and took off over his head and ricocheted off the wall toward the batting cage. By the time Ashburn picked up the ball, Clemente was at third base and he made it to the plate without trouble. The hit provoked an argument between the Phillies and the umpires because the ball rolled under the batting cage but the Phils were told there was no ground rule to cover the situation.”

May 15, 1957

With today’s deadline to cut rosters to 25 players, a number of veterans are handed their walking papers. Among them are: pitchers Ellis Kinder and Jim McDonald, OF Bob Kennedy (White Sox), 1B Preston Ward (Indians), and 1B Eddie Robinson (Tigers).

May 15, 1957

At Baltimore, the Indians rap Mike Fornieles for five hits and three runs in the 16th to defeat the Orioles, 11 – 8. The Tribe score three in the 8th after an error by Billy Gardner and three more in the 14th after an error by Wayne Causey. Gardner steals home in the 14th for one Bird run and the third run scores on Russ Nixon’s wild throw.

May 16, 1957

group of Yankees fight at the Copa

May 16, 1957

Roberto Clemente’s 4th-inning blast aborts Juan Pizarro’s embryonic no-hitter and puts Pittsburgh ahead of Milwaukee, 1 – 0. “Clemente collected the first hit and it went for everything off Pizarro in the 4th,” reports Jack Hernon of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Clemente gave Bob Friend a lead when he sent his third home run of the season sailing into the few bleacherites in right field.” Although the Bucs never relinquish this lead, Dick Groat’s infield single, a walk to Hank Foiles and Gene Baker’s RBI single in the 7th will be much appreciated when, leading off the bottom of the 9th, Eddie Mathews manages to get one just beyond the grasp of centerfielder Bill Virdon and over the right centerfield fence. Immediately thereafter, Friend’s gratitude is tempered somewhat when Baker boots Joe Adcock’s grounder, putting the tying run aboard with no one out. Having barely grasped the goat horns, Baker is bailed out by Milwaukee’s Chuck Tanner, who misses a bunt sign and bounces into a 4-6-3 double play.

May 18, 1957

Dick Williams of the Baltimore Orioles hits a 9th-inning, game-tying solo home run off Paul LaPalme of the Chicago White Sox seconds before 10:20 p.m., the curfew set so Chicago can catch a train out of Baltimore. If Williams had done anything else, the White Sox would have won. The game is later replayed from the beginning and Baltimore wins.

May 21, 1957

Boston baseball writers reaffirm their decision to bar women from the press box and refuse to allow Doris O’Donnell, a Cleveland feature writer traveling with the Indians, to sit in the Fenway Park press area.

May 21, 1957

For his part in the Copacabana incident, Yankee OF Hank Bauer is arraigned. He is eventually cleared and threatens to sue the alleged victim, Edward Jones, who suffered a concussion and a broken jaw. In today’s game, Yogi Berra, Billy Martin and Whitey Ford are benched, while Bauer bats 8th. Mickey Mantle has a single, two walks, and a homer to back Bob Turley’s four-hit, 3 – 0 shutout over the A’s. Turley helps his cause by starting a triple play. The Yanks now trail the White Sox by a half game.

May 22, 1957

Boston Red Sox tie AL record with 4 homeruns in one inning

May 22, 1957

The Red Sox set an American League record by smashing four home runs in the 6th inning in an 11 – 0 win over Cleveland. Gene Mauch, Ted Williams, Dick Gernert and Frank Malzone do the honors. All of these come on the first 16 pitches from Cal McLish. Williams had set the record with Jimmie Foxx, Joe Cronin and Jim Tabor in 1940.

May 23, 1957

At Ebbets Field‚ the Yanks top the Dodgers‚ 10 – 7‚ in the Mayor’s Trophy game. Al Cicotte allows 2 hits in 6 innings‚ and smacks two himself. Mickey Mantle is 4 for 5.

May 24, 1957

Ted Williams finds Range

May 24, 1957

In his first big league at-bat, Frank Ernaga hits a third-inning home run to deep left field off future Hall of Fame southpaw Warren Spahn in Chicago’s 5-1 victory over Milwaukee. The rookie right fielder follows his Wrigley Field round-tripper with a three-bagger in the following frame to become the first Cubs player to have hit a home run and a triple in his major league debut.

May 26, 1957

Cubs rookie Dick Drott establishes a franchise record when he strikes out 15 batters en route to a complete-game victory over Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. The 20 year-old right-hander’s mark, accomplished in his seventh major league start, will be matched by Burt Hooton (1971) and Rick Sutcliffe (1984) and will remain the standard for a nine-inning game until Kerry Wood’s 20-K performance in 1998.

May 28, 1957

With a unanimous vote, National League owners grant permission to both the Dodgers and Giants to relocate their clubs to the West Coast if they so desire.

May 29, 1957

Tough-talking New York Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about their proposed move to California‚ but that the city will not be “blackjacked” into anything. In related news, four Pacific Coast League teams may seek as much as $6.7 million in indemnities if both the Los Angeles Angels and the San Francisco Seals withdraw from the league as a result of the rumored move.

May 29, 1957

At Washington‚ Camilo Pascual gives up two solo homers‚ to Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer‚ but the Senators win, 6 – 2. Pascual will groove 43 gopher balls this year.

May 30, 1957

Sal Maglie & Duke Snider Lead Dodgers over the Pirates

June 2, 1957

Moe Drabowsky sets a National League record for the most hit batsmen in a single game when he plunks four Reds in the Cubs’ 4-3 loss at Crosley Field. Cincinnati’s right fielder Frank Robinson is drilled in consecutive innings by the right-hander, who was born in Ozanna, Poland.

June 3, 1957

Forbes Field’s vast centerfield expanse provides the setting for one of Willie Mays’ greatest catches

June 4, 1957

Billy Pierce of the White Sox wins, 1 – 0, in a 10-inning masterpiece

June 4, 1957

Sandy Koufax strikes out 12 in 7-5 vicotry at Ebbets Field

June 5, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers right-hander Don Drysdale pitches the first shutout of his brilliant career

June 10, 1957

In Jersey City, NJ the Braves’ Bob Buhl beats Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe‚ 3 – 1.

June 10, 1957

Frank Lary gives up a 3rd-inning homer to Mickey Mantle in Detroit‚ but still beats the Yankees‚ 9 – 4. Mantle now leads the American League with 13 homers; Ted Williams is second with 10.

June 11, 1957

Dodger C Roy Campanella hits his 237th career home run to become all time leader in homeruns by a catcher

June 13, 1957

Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale ejected for fighting

June 13, 1957

The Indians, in an effort to get more power from their outfield, send Jim Busby to the Orioles in exchange for 28 year-old Dick Williams, who will play only 67 games with the Tribe before being dealt back to Baltimore. As a result of the trade, Roger Maris will move from left to become Cleveland’s full-time center fielder.

June 13, 1957

Yankees and White Sox Brawl – Full Broadcast June 13 1957 New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox

June 13, 1957

Ted Williams hits three home runs in the Boston Red Sox’ 9-3 win over the Cleveland Indians

June 16, 1957

Dixie Howell, in three and two-thirds scoreless innings in relief, limits Washington to four hits, earning his second victory of the season. The 37 year-old’s hitting proves to be the difference when his home runs in the fifth and sixth innings propel the White Sox to an 8-6 victory at Comiskey Park.

June 21, 1957

In his first major league start, Von McDaniel, who graduated from Oklahoma’s Hollis High School last month, two-hits the Dodgers at Busch Stadium, 2-0. Brooklyn does not get a hit off the 18 year-old bonus baby until the sixth inning.

June 21, 1957

Going the distance in the Senators’ 6-3 victory over Cleveland, Chuck Stobbs wins his first game since throwing a shutout against Baltimore last September. The 27 year-old right-hander snaps a personal 16-game losing streak, which includes dropping his first 11 decisions this year.

June 23, 1957

Oriole Skinny Brown blanks the Tigers, 6 – 0, to start a string of four shutouts for the O’s staff.

June 23, 1957

Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi of Japan, wearing a Yankees cap, is one of 63,787 fans at Yankee Stadium to see New York split with Chicago, winning the first, 9 – 2, and dropping the second game, 4 – 3. Mickey Mantle goes 6 for 9 as the Yankees maintain their 1 1/2 game lead over Chicago. Mantle is leading the American League in hitting and homers and is one behind the Senators’ Roy Sievers in RBIs.

June 25, 1957

Roger Maris awaits BP his first game at Yankee Stadium

June 26, 1957

Young center fielder Willie Mays collects four hits, scores three runs, and drives in four batters in the Giants’ 17-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field. The close game becomes a blowout when the Jints score seven runs in the sixth and five more in the seventh.

June 28, 1957

Ray Moore blanks Cleveland, 6 – 0, as the Orioles pitching staff hurls its fourth consecutive shutout, for a new American League mark.

June 28, 1957

Ponca City and Greenville (Sooner State League) turn triple plays in successive half innings. Greenville turns theirs in the bottom of the 1st, while Ponca City follows with one in the top half of the 2nd.

June 28, 1957

Ford Frick replaces 3 Reds in ballet stuffing scheme

June 29, 1957

In the wake of the Redlegs ballot stuffing brouhaha, National League President Warren Giles proposes that fan All-Star voting be limited to those actually attending a game.

June 30, 1957

The Braves sweep a doubleheader from Pittsburgh, 7 – 4 and 6 – 5, to take a half-game lead over the second-place Redlegs.

July 1, 1957

Cincinnati fans threaten to sue Commissioner Ford Frick unless Gus Bell, George Crowe and Wally Post are restored to the All-Star team. They finished first in the ballotting thanks to vote-stuffing by Cincinnati fans, ahead of more deserving players.

July 1, 1957

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.

July 2, 1957

1957 – The Women’s Christian Temperance Union charges that baseball has become “beerball,” since so many broadcasts are sponsored by breweries.

July 4, 1957

George Crowe of the Redlegs goes 5 for 5 against his old Braves teammates, but Milwaukee wins, 10 – 7.

July 7, 1957

“Robbing a Pirate: Willie Mays of the Giants, with his back to the diamond, takes Dick Rand’s long drive on cinder path between bleachers in centerfield.” So reads the caption accompanying John Orris’s New York Times photo capturing Mays’ spectacular grab. “Willie was going toward the Eddie Grant monument between the clubhouse stairways,” writes Roscoe McGowen, “when he gloved Rand’s long drive – nearly 470 feet from the plate.” The actual distance is probably closer to 430 feet, but it is still a prodigious poke and a tremendous run, especially given Mays’ shallow positioning against the light-hitting Rand. Frank Thomas hits three home runs on the day for the Pirates, who sweep the doubleheader, 10 – 6 and 8 – 1.

July 8, 1957

The owners decide to re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick to another seven-year term when his present contract is up in 1958.

July 9, 1957

At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the American League nips the National League, 6 – 5, in the 24th All-Star Game. Both teams score 3 in the 9th inning, but Minnie Minoso’s running catch with the bases loaded chokes off the NL’s last-half rally.

July 11, 1957

1957 – In Pittsburgh, Braves IF Felix Mantilla and OF Billy Bruton collide while chasing a pop fly. Mantilla will miss 19 games while Bruton will suffer knee damage and be out almost a year.

July 14, 1957

Bill Skowron of the New York Yankees hits a major league-record second pinch grand slam of the season.

July 14, 1957

Pitcher Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Tigers hits two home runs and a single against the Baltimore Orioles’ Skinny Brown, as Detroit wins, 10 – 2.

July 14, 1957

Gil Hodges hits a Walk Off vs the Braves

July 17, 1957

In front of a House Judiciary subcommittee, team owner Arnold Johnson, contrary to the truth, denies he has favored the Yankees when trading players from the A’s to the Bronx. The Congress is skeptical, due to a number of recent suspicious deals between the New York and Kansas City clubs.

July 18, 1957

Horace Stoneham says that the Giants will quit New York after the season.

July 18, 1957

Dodger slugger Gil Hodges hits his 12th career grand slam to tie the National League record of Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner

July 18, 1957

In what will later be revealed as false testimony, Kansas City A’s owner Arnold Johnson denies before the Celler committee that he had any ties to the Yankee ownership or has favored them in any trades.

July 18, 1957

Ernie Banks and Chuck Tanner of the Cubs both hit inside-the-park homers at spacious Forbes Field. The Cubs nip Pittsburgh, 6 – 5.

July 18, 1957

Gene Woodling of the Indians throws out two Washington runners from LF in the 1st inning, tying a major league record. Washington wins, 4 – 0.

July 19, 1957

1957 – Testifying before the Celler committee, Pacific Coast League President Leslie O’Connor holds that 90 percent of all good ballplayers are monopolized through the farm teams. He adds that the major leagues may control as many as 1,098 players.

July 21, 1957

1957 – Cubs relief pitcher Jim Brosnan falls on the mound while warming up, injuring his Achilles tendon. He leaves the game without throwing a single pitch to a batter.

July 22, 1957

Joe McCarthy is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame

July 22, 1957

Dave Stein is born

July 23, 1957

1957 – Mickey Mantle hits for the cycle, and adds a stolen base, against Chicago’s Bob Keegan. The Yankees win, 10 – 6.

July 26, 1957

Tiger right-hander Jim Bunning two-hits the Yankees in the Bronx, 3-2, but one is Mickey Mantle’s 200th career home run, a ninth-inning line drive that clears the left field wall. Both players will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

July 30, 1957

1957 – Ron Northey hits his ninth pinch-hit home run, off Buster Freeman, enabling the Phillies to beat the Reds, 8 – 5.

July 31, 1957

The Pirates lose to the Braves and Bob Buhl, 4 – 2. Bucs manager Bobby Bragan is ejected in the bottom of the 5th for making obscene gestures. Before he departs, he strolls onto the field sipping an orange drink through a straw and offers the umpires a drink. Two days later Bragan will be fired by the Pirates.

August 1, 1957

Former major-league OF Glen Gorbous of Omaha breaks Don Grate’s record toss with a heave of 445 feet, 10 inches before a home game.

August 1, 1957

Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers sets a new National League record with his 13th career grand slam

August 3, 1957

Bobby Bragan hears on the radio he has been fired as the Pirates’ manager and replaced by Philadelphia third base coach Danny Murtaugh. Pittsburgh general manager Joe L. Brown leaked news of the hiring before informing his disposed skipper.

August 4, 1957

Washington defeats Detroit, 4 – 3, as the Senators’ Roy Sievers hits his 30th home run, his sixth homer in six games, to tie an American League record held by Ken Williams and Lou Gehrig.

August 5, 1957

The Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on a 50,000-seat stadium in the downtown area and Drysdale pitches Dodgers past Giants

August 7, 1957

Hank Bauer of the Yanks hits his second consecutive lead-off home run, against Washington, as the first-place Yankees lose, 3 – 2.

August 8, 1957

Club President Walter O’Malley offically announces that the Brooklyn Dodgers will play in Los Angeles in 1958.

August 10, 1957

Mickey Mantle becomes the first player to clear the center field-hedge at Memorial Stadium with his 460-foot homer in the Yankees’ 6-3 victory over the Orioles. Baltimore’s Boog Powell (1962) and Twins’ slugger Harmon Killebrew (1964) will also accomplish the feat.

August 11, 1957

Don Nichols wins his 20th game of the season for the Peoria Chiefs of the Three-I League. Nichols has a 20-3 record for the year – all in relief.

August 11, 1957

At St. Louis‚ the Braves complete a three-game sweep of the reeling Cards with a 5 – 1 win by Gene Conley. Eddie Mathews completes the Braves’ scoring with a homer to center field in the 5th‚ off reliever Willard Schmidt‚ and Ken Boyer accounts for the Cards’ score with a home run in the 9th.

August 11, 1957

At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Phils trade shutouts. New York takes the opener, 5 – 0, behind Curt Barclay’s three-hitter. Danny O’Connell hits a three-run homer off Harvey Haddix, and Willie Mays bangs two triples. Willie has 15 so far and will top the 20 mark this year in doubles, triples and homers, just the 4th player in history to accomplish that. George Brett will join the list in 1979, the last 20th century player to do so. In the second game, Mays has two of the three hits off Jack Sanford, who stops the Giants, 2 – 0.

August 13, 1957

Mickey Mantle goes 3 for 3 and drives in three runs as the Yankees edge the Red Sox, 3 – 2. Mantle improves his average to .384 while Ted Williams, with 1 for 2, is at .388. A week later, Mantle will injure himself when he angrily swings a golf club at a branch and gouges his shinbone. This will effectively take him out of the running for a second straight Triple Crown.

August 13, 1957

P Lew Burdette of the Braves hits his first two home runs and beats the Redlegs, 12 – 4. Clemente’s 1st and 2nd-inning HRs,

August 17, 1957

Richie Ashburn, known for his ability to foul pitches off, hits spectator Alice Roth twice in the same at bat

August 17, 1957

Full Radio Broadcast – Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers face off against Roberto Clemente and the Pirates

August 18, 1957

8/18/1957: Bob Speake homered in the bottom of the first at Wrigley Field in the second game of a doubleheader. This two run homer was lost to rain.

August 19, 1957

New York Giants votes to move the franchise to San Francisco

August 20, 1957

Yankee Bob Turley pitches a two-hitter against Kansas City, but loses, 1 – 0.

August 20, 1957

Using a new slow delivery, 35-year-old Bob Keegan of the White Sox pitches a 6 – 0 no-hitter over Washington, walking just 2. Chuck Stobbs loses his 16th game en route to a league-leading 20 losses. The Sox lose the first game, 5 – 4, but pick up a half game on New York.

August 22, 1957

Stan Musial tears a muscle and chips a bone swinging at a pitch in the fourth inning against the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. The injury will end ‘Stan the Man’s’ consecutive game streak at 894, but by pinch-running in a game which was suspended on July 21st and completed on August 27th, he establishes a new NL mark, officially playing in 895 consecutive contests.

August 23, 1957

Angel Macia pitches a 12-inning perfect game for Monterrey, Mexico

August 24, 1957

The Dodgers, in a 13-3 loss to Milwaukee at Ebbets Field, use eight pitchers in one game, tying a major league record

August 26, 1957

Yankee-killer Frank Lary stops New York as Detroit wins, 5 – 2. The New York lead is now down to 3 1/2 games, as they start a crucial series in Chicago. They will win all three games with the Sox.

August 27, 1957

Bob Hazle, hitting .526 since being recalled from Wichita, hits two 2-run homers, as the Braves beat the Phillies, 7 – 3, for Warren Spahn’s 219th career win, moving him to a 6th on the career list. Spahn also hits his 18th career home run, also good for sixth (tie with Schoolboy Rowe) on the career list for pitchers.

August 27, 1957

Stan Musial, swinging at a fourth-inning pitch, tears a muscle and chips a bone, ending his consecutive game streak. Four days later he will pinch-run in a game suspended on July 21, officially giving him 895 consecutive games played.

August 31, 1957

Gus Triandos, considered one of the slowest baserunners in baseball history, hits an inside-the-park home run in the Orioles’ 4-1 victory against Boston at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore backstop circles the bases when his vicious line drive off the outfield wall caroms 100 feet past left fielder Ted Williams, allowing the 27 year-old catcher to complete his improbable round-tripper standing up.

August 31, 1957

Oriole minor league fireballer Steve Dalkowski strikes out 24 Bluefield players, but issues 18 walks, hits four batters, and uncorks six wild pitches. The New Britain, Connecticut native’s wildness costs him the game when Kingsport loses in an Appalachian League contest, 9-8.

August 31, 1957

Dodgers beat the Giants 7 – 5 At Ebbets Full Radio Broadcast

September 1, 1957

1957 – The Yankees purchase Sal “the Barber” Maglie from the Dodgers‚ but he is ineligible for World Series play. Maglie is the last man to play for all three New York teams.

September 2, 1957

At Wrigley Field, the Braves sweep the Cubs, 23-10 and 4-0. In the opener, Frank Torre crosses the plate in the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, and ninth innings, tying a major league record by scoring six times in one game.

September 3, 1957

The Dodgers play their last game in Jersey City, NJ, as Don Drysdale loses to Philadelphia, 3 – 2, in 12 innings. Brooklyn ends with an 11-4 mark in New Jersey.

September 3, 1957

Braves left-hander Warren Spahn sets a National League mark for shutouts thrown by a southpaw

September 4, 1957

Orioles’ rookie right-hander Jerry Walker throws a four-hitter, blanking Washington in 10 innings, 1-0. The shutout is the 18 year-old bonus baby’s first major league victory.

September 6, 1957

In Milwaukee‚ the Cubs edge the Braves‚ 5 – 4‚ handing the league leaders their 3rd straight defeat. The Braves still lead by 6 1/2 games.

September 6, 1957

In St. Louis‚ Pirate pinch hitter Jerry Lynch swats a 6th-inning 2-run homer off Cards reliever Willard Schmidt to give Pittsburgh a 5 – 3 win. The loss ends Schmidt’s 10-game winning streak.

September 8, 1957

Before their departure to play on the West Coast for next season, the Dodgers and Giants face one another for the final time in New York. The Jints beat the Bums at the Polo Grounds, 3-2, to finish the intense 68 year-old storied rivalry with a 656-606 advantage over Brooklyn in the battle between the boroughs.

September 16, 1957

1957 – The Los Angeles City Council approves a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for a ballpark for the Dodgers if the club will finance a public recreation area.

September 17, 1957

Ted Williams, in his first at-bat in 17 days, homers off KC’s Tom Morgan, pinch-hitting in the eighth inning of the Red Sox’ 9-8 victory at Fenway Park. Boston’s ‘Splendid Splinter’ had been sidelined since the start of September with pneumonia.

September 21, 1957

Gail Harris is the last player to hit a home run as a New York Giant, as they beat the Pirates, 9 – 5, in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. Ruben Gomez gains the last New York Giants victory.

September 21, 1957

The Cardinals tie a record by using 8 pitchers in one game, but lose, 9 – 8, in 10 innings to the Redlegs and slip 5 games off the pace. Jerry Lynch’s 8th-inning homer ties the game; the Redlegs set the National League mark with their 11th pinch-hit home run of the year.

September 22, 1957

Duke Snider seventh-inning homer off future Hall of Famer Robin Roberts will prove to be the last one ever hit at Ebbets Field

September 23, 1957

Hank Aaron hits a game-winning home run to clinch the pennant for the Milwaukee Braves

September 23, 1957

Ted Williams extends his consecutive on-base streak to a major league record 16 when he reaches base five straight times in the Red Sox’ 9-4 victory over Washington at Griffith Stadium. During the streak, the ‘Splendid Splinter’ has collected two singles, four home runs (in consecutive at-bats), and nine walks, and has been hit by a pitch.

September 23, 1957

Washington Senators held “Roy Sievers Night” at Griffith Stadium

September 24, 1957

The Yankees clinch their 23rd pennant and 8th under Casey Stengel, as Kansas City tips the White Sox, 6 – 5.

September 24, 1957

In front of a meager crowd of 2,598 at Griffith Stadium, Senator right-hander Hal Griggs ends Ted Williams’ streak of reaching base in 16 straight times when he induces the Red Sox outfielder to ground out to second base in the top of the first inning. In his next at bat, the ‘Splendid Splinter’ homers off the Washington starter to begin the fourth inning, which will prove to be the difference in Boston’s 2-1 victory over Washington.

September 24, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play the final game in the history of Ebbets Field

September 27, 1957

In a desperate move, New York City Council President Abe “Hit Sign, Win” Stark says the Dodgers should be urged to enlarge and modernize Ebbets Field. In the meantime, Walter O’Malley says he will waive the oil rights to Chavez Ravine.

September 27, 1957

Johnny Klippstein of the Redlegs one-hits the Braves, 6 – 0, with Bob Hazle getting the only safety.

September 27, 1957

Owner Paul I. Fagan agrees to rent Seals Stadium to the Giants until Candlestick Park is ready. Fagan will pay $125,000 in annual taxes, in exchange for the parking concession, against 5 percent of the gross revenue.

September 29, 1957

Ted Williams becomes the oldest batting champ when the 39-year old finishes the season with a .388 average.

September 29, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers play their last game as New York team the Dodgers lose to the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park, 2 – 1

September 29, 1957

New York Giants played their final game at the Polo Grounds

October 3, 1957

1957 World Series Game three Lew Burdette beats the Yankees

October 5, 1957

In the first World Series game ever played in Milwaukee, native son Tony Kubek hits two home runs in the 12-3 rout of the hometown Braves

October 6, 1957

Game 4 of 1957 world series Eddie Mathews’ hits walk off homerun in game 4 of world series

October 7, 1957

Lew Burdette Shines as Braves take a 3-2 lead in World Series Full Radio Broadcast

October 8, 1957

Club President Walter O’Malley makes it official, announcing the Dodgers will play in Los Angeles next season. The club’s departure from Brooklyn corresponds with the massive social shift taking place in the borough that finds many of its former residents leaving for the suburbs of Long Island.

October 9, 1957

1957 World Series Game 6 Hank Bauer’s Homerun helps Yankees force game 7

October 10, 1957

Game 7 1957 World Series Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship

October 16, 1957

Bill Rigney, the Giants’ current skipper and an Alameda native, is named to be the club’s first manager in San Francisco when the team extends his contract for two more seasons. The former franchise infielder replaced Leo Durocher in 1956 while the team still played in New York.

October 21, 1957

The New York Giants, who are moving to San Francisco in 1958, purchase the Class-A San Francisco Seals team and will convince the Pacific Coast League to accept Phoenix as a location for the Seals.

October 21, 1957

The Washington Senators reject the initial overtures of Minneapolis, MN-St. Paul, MN cities to move the team there.

October 31, 1957

Yogi Berra says the team returned fine money to players involved in the Copacabana fight

November 1, 1957

Lew Burdette receives hero’s welcome

November 4, 1957

With a new balk rule, an option now includes keeping the ball in play after the call is made

November 7, 1957

 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford is named National League Rookie of the Year

November 12, 1957

1957 – Frank Lane resigns as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and is replaced by Bing Devine.

November 14, 1957

The BBWAA selects Hank Aaron as the National League’s Most Valuable Player. The Milwaukee Braves outfielder, with 239 points from the writers, narrowly edges out Stan Musial and his Cardinal former teammate, Giants infielder Red Schoendienst, who collect 230 and 221, respectively.

November 20, 1957

The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics execute a 13-player trade. Among the players involved are second baseman Billy Martin, outfielder Gus Zernial and pitcher Mickey McDermott, who are headed to Detroit. The Athletics acquire pitcher Duke Maas, catcher Frank House, and outfielders Bill Tuttle and Jim Small

November 20, 1957

Braves southpaw Juan Pizarro set a Puerto Rican League record with 19 strikeouts

November 22, 1957

After 22 seasons, Larry Goetz is unwillingly “retired” as a National League umpire by Warren Giles

November 22, 1957

Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams in the 1957 AL MVP

November 25, 1957

Henry Aaron received a silver champagne bucket from Norman Klug, president of Miller Brewery

November 26, 1957

1957 – Yoshio (Kaiser) Tanaka, an American citizen of Japanese descent, is named manager of the Hanshin Tigers. He is the first American to manage a Japanese major league team.

November 28, 1957

Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves wins the Cy Young Award 

November 29, 1957

Mayor Robert Wagner forms a four-member committee to find a replacement for the Dodgers and Giants in New York City.

December 2, 1957

1957 – In the Pacific Coast League, some franchises are forced to relocate when the Dodgers and Giants confirm their long-rumored move to California for the 1958 season. The Hollywood Stars move from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City; the Los Angeles Angels move to Spokane, and the San Francisco Seals transfer to Phoenix.

December 3, 1957

Al Lopez, who traded OF Larry Doby when he was managing the Cleveland Indians, does it again with the Chicago White Sox

December 4, 1957

Cleveland Indians trade pitcher Early Wynn for Minnie Minoso

December 4, 1957

The major league owners raise the minimum salary to $7,000 and eliminate the bonus rule.

December 5, 1957

St. Louis Cardinals make one of their best trades ever, acquiring Curt Flood

December 5, 1957

The minor leagues threaten to sue Major League Baseball if it televises Sunday games in their territory.

December 5, 1957

The Cards turn down the Phillies’ offer of Richie Ashburn and Harvey Haddix for Ken Boyer,

December 5, 1957

The American League purchases a $1.8 million group accident policy to help clubs buy new players in case of a major disaster.

December 5, 1957

Braves trade for Bob Rush

December 7, 1957

Tony Kubek is selected by the BBWAA as the American League Rookie of the Year

December 11, 1957

U.S. Congressman Emanuel Celler and Senator Kenneth Keating, both of New York, hint that there might be antitrust action against Major League Baseball if it televizes games as planned, because it jeopardizes the minor leagues.

December 11, 1957

The Phillies purchase veteran OF Dave Philley from Detroit.

December 16, 1957

The reds land their 5th pitcher of the month when they acquire Harvey Haddix from the Phillies for OF Wally Post

December 17, 1957

1957 – The Pasadena City Board confers with the Dodgers on the possible temporary use of the Rose Bowl.

December 19, 1957

In a continuing family squabble, Charles Comiskey, Jr. denies his sister, Mrs. Dorothy Comiskey Rigney’s, allegation that he used the “rule or ruin” tactic to gain control of the club.

December 25, 1957

1957 – With the backing of United States Representatives Kenneth Keating and Emanuel Celler, the minor league executives urge that Major League Baseball compensate them for infringement on their territorial rights.

December 28, 1957

Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Ted Kluszewski

December 28, 1957

After Representative Kenneth B. Keating, a member of the House’s Antitrust Subcommittee, indicates Congress should reopen its sports hearing, CBS announces it will not broadcast major league games into any area at the time a minor league game is scheduled. The television network has entered an agreement with six teams – Indians, Orioles, Phillies, Reds, White Sox, and Yankees – to telecast major league games nationally on Sundays next season.

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Major League Baseball Season Recap 1957 World Series – Milwuakee Braves NL over New York Yankees AL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Lew Burdette Babe Ruth Award – Lew Burdette Awards – Major League Cy Young Award Warren Spahn MVP Awards – NL Hank Aaron AL Mickey Mantle Major League Rookie of The Year – NL Rookie of The Year – Tony Kubek AL Rookie of The Year – Jack Sanford All-Star Game – July 9th – A.L. 6 over N.L. 5, played at Busch Stadium I (NL) AL Starter J. Bunning+ NL Starter C. Simmons MVP   Led by OF Hank Aaron, 3B Eddie Mathews, and a trio of good starters, the Braves beat the Yankees in seven games to win their first World Series title in over 40 years and their only championship in Milwaukee. Series MVP Lew Burdette won three games in the Series including complete-game shutouts in Games 5 and 7. Aaron led the league with 44 home runs and 132 RBI to win the NL MVP award over Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst while teammate Warren Spahn (21-11, 2.69 ERA) won the Cy Young award. New York CF Mickey Mantle (.365, 34 HR, 94 RBI, 121 R, 16 SB) won his second straight American League MVP in a very close ballot, beating out Ted Williams, Roy Sievers, and Nellie Fox. The 39-year-old Williams won a fifth batting title and nearly hit .400 for a second time, finishing the season with a .388 average. Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford won 19 games with a 3.08 ERA and a league-leading 188 strikeouts to earn the NL Rookie of the Year award.

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January 4, 1957

Los Angeles Dodgers become first team with their own plane

January 5, 1957

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers officially announces his retirement, voiding a recent trade to the rival New York Giants

January 10, 1957

commissioner Ford Frick rules that actor/singer Bing Crosby can own stock in both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers

January 15, 1957

The Kratter Corporation grants Walter O’Malley an additional two years on the three-year lease on Ebbets Field

January 22, 1957

Look Magazine reveals the retirement of Jackie Robinson

January 29, 1957

Baseball considers a plan creating a player pool to be used in the event of an air disaster

February 2, 1957

Bob uecker signs minor league contract

February 3, 1957

Walter O’Malley clears the path for the Dodgers to move to the City of Angels

February 4, 1957

Joe McCarthy and outfielder Sam Crawford are elected to the Hall of Fame

February 4, 1957

Milwaukee Braves have best season ticket sales in team history

February 10, 1957

Spring training Bradenton. Fl 1957

February 14, 1957

Segregation Strikes Back: The Battle Against Integration in Baseball

February 15, 1957

A Boston newspaper claims that Ted Williams never paid his $5,000 fine for spitting at the crowd. It refers to him mockingly as the “Splendid Spitter.”

February 15, 1957

Bob Buhl announcement on a 20 win season

February 19, 1957

The Kansas City Athletics and Yankees trade 13 players including Clete Boyer

February 21, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley trades minor league franchises with Phil Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs

February 22, 1957

Walter O’Malley says the Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958.

February 25, 1957

The United States Supreme Court decides 6-3 that baseball is the only professional sport exempt from antitrust laws. The issue arises when pro football seeks similar protection from the laws.

February 26, 1957

The Giants trade right-hander Hoyt Wilhelm to the Cardinals for their former All-Star first baseman/outfielder Whitey Lockman

March 11, 1957

1957 – New York Representative Emanuel Celler, whose committee investigated baseball, calls Ford Frick a “czar” who wishes to “gag” officials; Frick had cautioned Major League Baseball owners about commenting on the recent Supreme Court decision on professional American football coming under antitrust rules.

March 19, 1957

Cleveland Indians reject the Boston Red Sox’ offer of $1 million for star pitcher Herb Score

March 20, 1957

Branch Rickey raves about Roberto Clemente In today’s issue of The Sporting News

March 21, 1957

1957 – Television Age reports that Major League Baseball will get $9.3 million for TV-Radio rights this year.

March 23, 1957

Willie Mays belts two home runs to lead the Giants to a 9 – 3 Cactus League win over the Cleveland Indians

April 1, 1957

Kansas City and Pittsburgh battle through 18 innings to a scoreless tie in spring training

April 3, 1957

Roger Maris at spring training in Tucson, Arizona – 1957.

April 5, 1957

The Phillies trade five players, Ron Negray, Tim Harkness, Elmer Valo, Mel Geho, and Ben Flowers (the player to be named later), and send $75,000 to the Dodgers to obtain much-touted Cuban infielder Chico Fernandez. Philadelphia’s new shortstop plays three seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, batting just .242, before being traded to the Tigers.

April 15, 1957

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower officially opens the season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. The ball is the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major league play.

April 16, 1957

Andre Rodgers becomes the first Bahamian to play in the major leagues when he grounds into a 6-4 force play facing Bob Friend in the top of the second inning of the Giants’ 9-2 loss in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. The 22 year-old shortstop’s roommate and fellow Caribbean, Valmy Thomas, entering the game in the sixth to replace catcher Wes Westrum, also becomes the first native of the Virgin Islands to play in big league game.

April 16, 1957

Before the Phillies’ home opener, the team dedicates a statue of Connie Mack as part of the Opening Day ceremonies

April 18, 1957

Luis Arroyo hits 8th and Bill Mazeroski 9th for the Pirates. It will be 51 years before another Pirate pitcher hits 8th when Paul Maholm does so in 2008. Manager Bobby Bragan had batted the pitcher 7th 20 games in a row in August-September of 1956.

April 18, 1957

Roger Maris hits a game-winning, grand-slam home run in the top of the 11th inning against Detroit

April 20, 1957

Cincinnati Reds secondbaseman Johnny Temple in a game against the Braves allows a groundball by Gus Bell hit him to prevent a double play.

April 21, 1957

Hoak sparks new rules about interferance

April 21, 1957

Power failure stops a major league game for the first time in history.

April 22, 1957

John Kennedy becomes the first black to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, making them the last National League team to integrate.

April 24, 1957

Cubs walk the line nine times

April 25, 1957

major leagues adopt a new rule that prohibits baserunners from interfering with batted balls in the field of play

April 26, 1957

4/26/1957: Cal Neeman homered in the second inning off the Cardinals’ Sam Jones in Wrigley Field. There 2 were out and 1 man on base at the time. The game was rained out.

April 26, 1957

Don Bessent’s quick pitch vs. Roberto Clemente’s ends in a 7th-inning double, which drives the final nail in the coffin

May 1, 1957

Spahn shuts out the Giants over 10

May 7, 1957

Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score is struck in the right eye by a line drive hit by the New York Yankees’ Gil McDougald

May 7, 1957

Vic Power hits leadoff and walkoff homerun in same game

May 7, 1957

Cookie Lavagetto replaces Chuck Dressen as Manage

May 7, 1957

Full Radio Broadcast – Reds beat the Dodgers 9-2 at Ebbets Field Vin Scully broadcasts the game

May 8, 1957

The Indians clout three homers to back Early Wynn’s 10 – 4 win over the Yankees. Mickey Mantle has a homer and three RBIs for New York.

May 8, 1957

At Comiskey Park, Boston slugger Ted Williams hits three home runs, all off Bob Keegan, and drives in all the runs as the Red Sox stop Chicago, 4 – 1.

May 10, 1957

1957 – Mayor George Christopher of San Francisco confers with Horace Stoneham on a possible shift of the Giants franchise to the West Coast.

May 11, 1957

Even though the game is practically over before the Pirates come to bat, having given up 6 runs runs to the Phillies in the top of the 1st inning, the first Pirate at-bat provides the most memorable moment of the game, Roberto Clemente’s 440-plus-foot inside-the-park home run. Les Biederman of The Pittsburgh Press writes: “Clemente greeted Harvey Haddix with a line drive that gathered momentum as it approached Richie Ashburn and took off over his head and ricocheted off the wall toward the batting cage. By the time Ashburn picked up the ball, Clemente was at third base and he made it to the plate without trouble. The hit provoked an argument between the Phillies and the umpires because the ball rolled under the batting cage but the Phils were told there was no ground rule to cover the situation.”

May 15, 1957

With today’s deadline to cut rosters to 25 players, a number of veterans are handed their walking papers. Among them are: pitchers Ellis Kinder and Jim McDonald, OF Bob Kennedy (White Sox), 1B Preston Ward (Indians), and 1B Eddie Robinson (Tigers).

May 15, 1957

At Baltimore, the Indians rap Mike Fornieles for five hits and three runs in the 16th to defeat the Orioles, 11 – 8. The Tribe score three in the 8th after an error by Billy Gardner and three more in the 14th after an error by Wayne Causey. Gardner steals home in the 14th for one Bird run and the third run scores on Russ Nixon’s wild throw.

May 16, 1957

group of Yankees fight at the Copa

May 16, 1957

Roberto Clemente’s 4th-inning blast aborts Juan Pizarro’s embryonic no-hitter and puts Pittsburgh ahead of Milwaukee, 1 – 0. “Clemente collected the first hit and it went for everything off Pizarro in the 4th,” reports Jack Hernon of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Clemente gave Bob Friend a lead when he sent his third home run of the season sailing into the few bleacherites in right field.” Although the Bucs never relinquish this lead, Dick Groat’s infield single, a walk to Hank Foiles and Gene Baker’s RBI single in the 7th will be much appreciated when, leading off the bottom of the 9th, Eddie Mathews manages to get one just beyond the grasp of centerfielder Bill Virdon and over the right centerfield fence. Immediately thereafter, Friend’s gratitude is tempered somewhat when Baker boots Joe Adcock’s grounder, putting the tying run aboard with no one out. Having barely grasped the goat horns, Baker is bailed out by Milwaukee’s Chuck Tanner, who misses a bunt sign and bounces into a 4-6-3 double play.

May 18, 1957

Dick Williams of the Baltimore Orioles hits a 9th-inning, game-tying solo home run off Paul LaPalme of the Chicago White Sox seconds before 10:20 p.m., the curfew set so Chicago can catch a train out of Baltimore. If Williams had done anything else, the White Sox would have won. The game is later replayed from the beginning and Baltimore wins.

May 21, 1957

Boston baseball writers reaffirm their decision to bar women from the press box and refuse to allow Doris O’Donnell, a Cleveland feature writer traveling with the Indians, to sit in the Fenway Park press area.

May 21, 1957

For his part in the Copacabana incident, Yankee OF Hank Bauer is arraigned. He is eventually cleared and threatens to sue the alleged victim, Edward Jones, who suffered a concussion and a broken jaw. In today’s game, Yogi Berra, Billy Martin and Whitey Ford are benched, while Bauer bats 8th. Mickey Mantle has a single, two walks, and a homer to back Bob Turley’s four-hit, 3 – 0 shutout over the A’s. Turley helps his cause by starting a triple play. The Yanks now trail the White Sox by a half game.

May 22, 1957

Boston Red Sox tie AL record with 4 homeruns in one inning

May 22, 1957

The Red Sox set an American League record by smashing four home runs in the 6th inning in an 11 – 0 win over Cleveland. Gene Mauch, Ted Williams, Dick Gernert and Frank Malzone do the honors. All of these come on the first 16 pitches from Cal McLish. Williams had set the record with Jimmie Foxx, Joe Cronin and Jim Tabor in 1940.

May 23, 1957

At Ebbets Field‚ the Yanks top the Dodgers‚ 10 – 7‚ in the Mayor’s Trophy game. Al Cicotte allows 2 hits in 6 innings‚ and smacks two himself. Mickey Mantle is 4 for 5.

May 24, 1957

Ted Williams finds Range

May 24, 1957

In his first big league at-bat, Frank Ernaga hits a third-inning home run to deep left field off future Hall of Fame southpaw Warren Spahn in Chicago’s 5-1 victory over Milwaukee. The rookie right fielder follows his Wrigley Field round-tripper with a three-bagger in the following frame to become the first Cubs player to have hit a home run and a triple in his major league debut.

May 26, 1957

Cubs rookie Dick Drott establishes a franchise record when he strikes out 15 batters en route to a complete-game victory over Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. The 20 year-old right-hander’s mark, accomplished in his seventh major league start, will be matched by Burt Hooton (1971) and Rick Sutcliffe (1984) and will remain the standard for a nine-inning game until Kerry Wood’s 20-K performance in 1998.

May 28, 1957

With a unanimous vote, National League owners grant permission to both the Dodgers and Giants to relocate their clubs to the West Coast if they so desire.

May 29, 1957

Tough-talking New York Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about their proposed move to California‚ but that the city will not be “blackjacked” into anything. In related news, four Pacific Coast League teams may seek as much as $6.7 million in indemnities if both the Los Angeles Angels and the San Francisco Seals withdraw from the league as a result of the rumored move.

May 29, 1957

At Washington‚ Camilo Pascual gives up two solo homers‚ to Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer‚ but the Senators win, 6 – 2. Pascual will groove 43 gopher balls this year.

May 30, 1957

Sal Maglie & Duke Snider Lead Dodgers over the Pirates

June 2, 1957

Moe Drabowsky sets a National League record for the most hit batsmen in a single game when he plunks four Reds in the Cubs’ 4-3 loss at Crosley Field. Cincinnati’s right fielder Frank Robinson is drilled in consecutive innings by the right-hander, who was born in Ozanna, Poland.

June 3, 1957

Forbes Field’s vast centerfield expanse provides the setting for one of Willie Mays’ greatest catches

June 4, 1957

Billy Pierce of the White Sox wins, 1 – 0, in a 10-inning masterpiece

June 4, 1957

Sandy Koufax strikes out 12 in 7-5 vicotry at Ebbets Field

June 5, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers right-hander Don Drysdale pitches the first shutout of his brilliant career

June 10, 1957

In Jersey City, NJ the Braves’ Bob Buhl beats Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe‚ 3 – 1.

June 10, 1957

Frank Lary gives up a 3rd-inning homer to Mickey Mantle in Detroit‚ but still beats the Yankees‚ 9 – 4. Mantle now leads the American League with 13 homers; Ted Williams is second with 10.

June 11, 1957

Dodger C Roy Campanella hits his 237th career home run to become all time leader in homeruns by a catcher

June 13, 1957

Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale ejected for fighting

June 13, 1957

The Indians, in an effort to get more power from their outfield, send Jim Busby to the Orioles in exchange for 28 year-old Dick Williams, who will play only 67 games with the Tribe before being dealt back to Baltimore. As a result of the trade, Roger Maris will move from left to become Cleveland’s full-time center fielder.

June 13, 1957

Yankees and White Sox Brawl – Full Broadcast June 13 1957 New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox

June 13, 1957

Ted Williams hits three home runs in the Boston Red Sox’ 9-3 win over the Cleveland Indians

June 16, 1957

Dixie Howell, in three and two-thirds scoreless innings in relief, limits Washington to four hits, earning his second victory of the season. The 37 year-old’s hitting proves to be the difference when his home runs in the fifth and sixth innings propel the White Sox to an 8-6 victory at Comiskey Park.

June 21, 1957

In his first major league start, Von McDaniel, who graduated from Oklahoma’s Hollis High School last month, two-hits the Dodgers at Busch Stadium, 2-0. Brooklyn does not get a hit off the 18 year-old bonus baby until the sixth inning.

June 21, 1957

Going the distance in the Senators’ 6-3 victory over Cleveland, Chuck Stobbs wins his first game since throwing a shutout against Baltimore last September. The 27 year-old right-hander snaps a personal 16-game losing streak, which includes dropping his first 11 decisions this year.

June 23, 1957

Oriole Skinny Brown blanks the Tigers, 6 – 0, to start a string of four shutouts for the O’s staff.

June 23, 1957

Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi of Japan, wearing a Yankees cap, is one of 63,787 fans at Yankee Stadium to see New York split with Chicago, winning the first, 9 – 2, and dropping the second game, 4 – 3. Mickey Mantle goes 6 for 9 as the Yankees maintain their 1 1/2 game lead over Chicago. Mantle is leading the American League in hitting and homers and is one behind the Senators’ Roy Sievers in RBIs.

June 25, 1957

Roger Maris awaits BP his first game at Yankee Stadium

June 26, 1957

Young center fielder Willie Mays collects four hits, scores three runs, and drives in four batters in the Giants’ 17-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field. The close game becomes a blowout when the Jints score seven runs in the sixth and five more in the seventh.

June 28, 1957

Ray Moore blanks Cleveland, 6 – 0, as the Orioles pitching staff hurls its fourth consecutive shutout, for a new American League mark.

June 28, 1957

Ponca City and Greenville (Sooner State League) turn triple plays in successive half innings. Greenville turns theirs in the bottom of the 1st, while Ponca City follows with one in the top half of the 2nd.

June 28, 1957

Ford Frick replaces 3 Reds in ballet stuffing scheme

June 29, 1957

In the wake of the Redlegs ballot stuffing brouhaha, National League President Warren Giles proposes that fan All-Star voting be limited to those actually attending a game.

June 30, 1957

The Braves sweep a doubleheader from Pittsburgh, 7 – 4 and 6 – 5, to take a half-game lead over the second-place Redlegs.

July 1, 1957

Cincinnati fans threaten to sue Commissioner Ford Frick unless Gus Bell, George Crowe and Wally Post are restored to the All-Star team. They finished first in the ballotting thanks to vote-stuffing by Cincinnati fans, ahead of more deserving players.

July 1, 1957

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.

July 2, 1957

1957 – The Women’s Christian Temperance Union charges that baseball has become “beerball,” since so many broadcasts are sponsored by breweries.

July 4, 1957

George Crowe of the Redlegs goes 5 for 5 against his old Braves teammates, but Milwaukee wins, 10 – 7.

July 7, 1957

“Robbing a Pirate: Willie Mays of the Giants, with his back to the diamond, takes Dick Rand’s long drive on cinder path between bleachers in centerfield.” So reads the caption accompanying John Orris’s New York Times photo capturing Mays’ spectacular grab. “Willie was going toward the Eddie Grant monument between the clubhouse stairways,” writes Roscoe McGowen, “when he gloved Rand’s long drive – nearly 470 feet from the plate.” The actual distance is probably closer to 430 feet, but it is still a prodigious poke and a tremendous run, especially given Mays’ shallow positioning against the light-hitting Rand. Frank Thomas hits three home runs on the day for the Pirates, who sweep the doubleheader, 10 – 6 and 8 – 1.

July 8, 1957

The owners decide to re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick to another seven-year term when his present contract is up in 1958.

July 9, 1957

At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the American League nips the National League, 6 – 5, in the 24th All-Star Game. Both teams score 3 in the 9th inning, but Minnie Minoso’s running catch with the bases loaded chokes off the NL’s last-half rally.

July 11, 1957

1957 – In Pittsburgh, Braves IF Felix Mantilla and OF Billy Bruton collide while chasing a pop fly. Mantilla will miss 19 games while Bruton will suffer knee damage and be out almost a year.

July 14, 1957

Bill Skowron of the New York Yankees hits a major league-record second pinch grand slam of the season.

July 14, 1957

Pitcher Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Tigers hits two home runs and a single against the Baltimore Orioles’ Skinny Brown, as Detroit wins, 10 – 2.

July 14, 1957

Gil Hodges hits a Walk Off vs the Braves

July 17, 1957

In front of a House Judiciary subcommittee, team owner Arnold Johnson, contrary to the truth, denies he has favored the Yankees when trading players from the A’s to the Bronx. The Congress is skeptical, due to a number of recent suspicious deals between the New York and Kansas City clubs.

July 18, 1957

Horace Stoneham says that the Giants will quit New York after the season.

July 18, 1957

Dodger slugger Gil Hodges hits his 12th career grand slam to tie the National League record of Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner

July 18, 1957

In what will later be revealed as false testimony, Kansas City A’s owner Arnold Johnson denies before the Celler committee that he had any ties to the Yankee ownership or has favored them in any trades.

July 18, 1957

Ernie Banks and Chuck Tanner of the Cubs both hit inside-the-park homers at spacious Forbes Field. The Cubs nip Pittsburgh, 6 – 5.

July 18, 1957

Gene Woodling of the Indians throws out two Washington runners from LF in the 1st inning, tying a major league record. Washington wins, 4 – 0.

July 19, 1957

1957 – Testifying before the Celler committee, Pacific Coast League President Leslie O’Connor holds that 90 percent of all good ballplayers are monopolized through the farm teams. He adds that the major leagues may control as many as 1,098 players.

July 21, 1957

1957 – Cubs relief pitcher Jim Brosnan falls on the mound while warming up, injuring his Achilles tendon. He leaves the game without throwing a single pitch to a batter.

July 22, 1957

Joe McCarthy is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame

July 22, 1957

Dave Stein is born

July 23, 1957

1957 – Mickey Mantle hits for the cycle, and adds a stolen base, against Chicago’s Bob Keegan. The Yankees win, 10 – 6.

July 26, 1957

Tiger right-hander Jim Bunning two-hits the Yankees in the Bronx, 3-2, but one is Mickey Mantle’s 200th career home run, a ninth-inning line drive that clears the left field wall. Both players will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

July 30, 1957

1957 – Ron Northey hits his ninth pinch-hit home run, off Buster Freeman, enabling the Phillies to beat the Reds, 8 – 5.

July 31, 1957

The Pirates lose to the Braves and Bob Buhl, 4 – 2. Bucs manager Bobby Bragan is ejected in the bottom of the 5th for making obscene gestures. Before he departs, he strolls onto the field sipping an orange drink through a straw and offers the umpires a drink. Two days later Bragan will be fired by the Pirates.

August 1, 1957

Former major-league OF Glen Gorbous of Omaha breaks Don Grate’s record toss with a heave of 445 feet, 10 inches before a home game.

August 1, 1957

Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers sets a new National League record with his 13th career grand slam

August 3, 1957

Bobby Bragan hears on the radio he has been fired as the Pirates’ manager and replaced by Philadelphia third base coach Danny Murtaugh. Pittsburgh general manager Joe L. Brown leaked news of the hiring before informing his disposed skipper.

August 4, 1957

Washington defeats Detroit, 4 – 3, as the Senators’ Roy Sievers hits his 30th home run, his sixth homer in six games, to tie an American League record held by Ken Williams and Lou Gehrig.

August 5, 1957

The Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on a 50,000-seat stadium in the downtown area and Drysdale pitches Dodgers past Giants

August 7, 1957

Hank Bauer of the Yanks hits his second consecutive lead-off home run, against Washington, as the first-place Yankees lose, 3 – 2.

August 8, 1957

Club President Walter O’Malley offically announces that the Brooklyn Dodgers will play in Los Angeles in 1958.

August 10, 1957

Mickey Mantle becomes the first player to clear the center field-hedge at Memorial Stadium with his 460-foot homer in the Yankees’ 6-3 victory over the Orioles. Baltimore’s Boog Powell (1962) and Twins’ slugger Harmon Killebrew (1964) will also accomplish the feat.

August 11, 1957

Don Nichols wins his 20th game of the season for the Peoria Chiefs of the Three-I League. Nichols has a 20-3 record for the year – all in relief.

August 11, 1957

At St. Louis‚ the Braves complete a three-game sweep of the reeling Cards with a 5 – 1 win by Gene Conley. Eddie Mathews completes the Braves’ scoring with a homer to center field in the 5th‚ off reliever Willard Schmidt‚ and Ken Boyer accounts for the Cards’ score with a home run in the 9th.

August 11, 1957

At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Phils trade shutouts. New York takes the opener, 5 – 0, behind Curt Barclay’s three-hitter. Danny O’Connell hits a three-run homer off Harvey Haddix, and Willie Mays bangs two triples. Willie has 15 so far and will top the 20 mark this year in doubles, triples and homers, just the 4th player in history to accomplish that. George Brett will join the list in 1979, the last 20th century player to do so. In the second game, Mays has two of the three hits off Jack Sanford, who stops the Giants, 2 – 0.

August 13, 1957

Mickey Mantle goes 3 for 3 and drives in three runs as the Yankees edge the Red Sox, 3 – 2. Mantle improves his average to .384 while Ted Williams, with 1 for 2, is at .388. A week later, Mantle will injure himself when he angrily swings a golf club at a branch and gouges his shinbone. This will effectively take him out of the running for a second straight Triple Crown.

August 13, 1957

P Lew Burdette of the Braves hits his first two home runs and beats the Redlegs, 12 – 4. Clemente’s 1st and 2nd-inning HRs,

August 17, 1957

Richie Ashburn, known for his ability to foul pitches off, hits spectator Alice Roth twice in the same at bat

August 17, 1957

Full Radio Broadcast – Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers face off against Roberto Clemente and the Pirates

August 18, 1957

8/18/1957: Bob Speake homered in the bottom of the first at Wrigley Field in the second game of a doubleheader. This two run homer was lost to rain.

August 19, 1957

New York Giants votes to move the franchise to San Francisco

August 20, 1957

Yankee Bob Turley pitches a two-hitter against Kansas City, but loses, 1 – 0.

August 20, 1957

Using a new slow delivery, 35-year-old Bob Keegan of the White Sox pitches a 6 – 0 no-hitter over Washington, walking just 2. Chuck Stobbs loses his 16th game en route to a league-leading 20 losses. The Sox lose the first game, 5 – 4, but pick up a half game on New York.

August 22, 1957

Stan Musial tears a muscle and chips a bone swinging at a pitch in the fourth inning against the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. The injury will end ‘Stan the Man’s’ consecutive game streak at 894, but by pinch-running in a game which was suspended on July 21st and completed on August 27th, he establishes a new NL mark, officially playing in 895 consecutive contests.

August 23, 1957

Angel Macia pitches a 12-inning perfect game for Monterrey, Mexico

August 24, 1957

The Dodgers, in a 13-3 loss to Milwaukee at Ebbets Field, use eight pitchers in one game, tying a major league record

August 26, 1957

Yankee-killer Frank Lary stops New York as Detroit wins, 5 – 2. The New York lead is now down to 3 1/2 games, as they start a crucial series in Chicago. They will win all three games with the Sox.

August 27, 1957

Bob Hazle, hitting .526 since being recalled from Wichita, hits two 2-run homers, as the Braves beat the Phillies, 7 – 3, for Warren Spahn’s 219th career win, moving him to a 6th on the career list. Spahn also hits his 18th career home run, also good for sixth (tie with Schoolboy Rowe) on the career list for pitchers.

August 27, 1957

Stan Musial, swinging at a fourth-inning pitch, tears a muscle and chips a bone, ending his consecutive game streak. Four days later he will pinch-run in a game suspended on July 21, officially giving him 895 consecutive games played.

August 31, 1957

Gus Triandos, considered one of the slowest baserunners in baseball history, hits an inside-the-park home run in the Orioles’ 4-1 victory against Boston at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore backstop circles the bases when his vicious line drive off the outfield wall caroms 100 feet past left fielder Ted Williams, allowing the 27 year-old catcher to complete his improbable round-tripper standing up.

August 31, 1957

Oriole minor league fireballer Steve Dalkowski strikes out 24 Bluefield players, but issues 18 walks, hits four batters, and uncorks six wild pitches. The New Britain, Connecticut native’s wildness costs him the game when Kingsport loses in an Appalachian League contest, 9-8.

August 31, 1957

Dodgers beat the Giants 7 – 5 At Ebbets Full Radio Broadcast

September 1, 1957

1957 – The Yankees purchase Sal “the Barber” Maglie from the Dodgers‚ but he is ineligible for World Series play. Maglie is the last man to play for all three New York teams.

September 2, 1957

At Wrigley Field, the Braves sweep the Cubs, 23-10 and 4-0. In the opener, Frank Torre crosses the plate in the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, and ninth innings, tying a major league record by scoring six times in one game.

September 3, 1957

The Dodgers play their last game in Jersey City, NJ, as Don Drysdale loses to Philadelphia, 3 – 2, in 12 innings. Brooklyn ends with an 11-4 mark in New Jersey.

September 3, 1957

Braves left-hander Warren Spahn sets a National League mark for shutouts thrown by a southpaw

September 4, 1957

Orioles’ rookie right-hander Jerry Walker throws a four-hitter, blanking Washington in 10 innings, 1-0. The shutout is the 18 year-old bonus baby’s first major league victory.

September 6, 1957

In Milwaukee‚ the Cubs edge the Braves‚ 5 – 4‚ handing the league leaders their 3rd straight defeat. The Braves still lead by 6 1/2 games.

September 6, 1957

In St. Louis‚ Pirate pinch hitter Jerry Lynch swats a 6th-inning 2-run homer off Cards reliever Willard Schmidt to give Pittsburgh a 5 – 3 win. The loss ends Schmidt’s 10-game winning streak.

September 8, 1957

Before their departure to play on the West Coast for next season, the Dodgers and Giants face one another for the final time in New York. The Jints beat the Bums at the Polo Grounds, 3-2, to finish the intense 68 year-old storied rivalry with a 656-606 advantage over Brooklyn in the battle between the boroughs.

September 16, 1957

1957 – The Los Angeles City Council approves a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for a ballpark for the Dodgers if the club will finance a public recreation area.

September 17, 1957

Ted Williams, in his first at-bat in 17 days, homers off KC’s Tom Morgan, pinch-hitting in the eighth inning of the Red Sox’ 9-8 victory at Fenway Park. Boston’s ‘Splendid Splinter’ had been sidelined since the start of September with pneumonia.

September 21, 1957

Gail Harris is the last player to hit a home run as a New York Giant, as they beat the Pirates, 9 – 5, in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. Ruben Gomez gains the last New York Giants victory.

September 21, 1957

The Cardinals tie a record by using 8 pitchers in one game, but lose, 9 – 8, in 10 innings to the Redlegs and slip 5 games off the pace. Jerry Lynch’s 8th-inning homer ties the game; the Redlegs set the National League mark with their 11th pinch-hit home run of the year.

September 22, 1957

Duke Snider seventh-inning homer off future Hall of Famer Robin Roberts will prove to be the last one ever hit at Ebbets Field

September 23, 1957

Hank Aaron hits a game-winning home run to clinch the pennant for the Milwaukee Braves

September 23, 1957

Ted Williams extends his consecutive on-base streak to a major league record 16 when he reaches base five straight times in the Red Sox’ 9-4 victory over Washington at Griffith Stadium. During the streak, the ‘Splendid Splinter’ has collected two singles, four home runs (in consecutive at-bats), and nine walks, and has been hit by a pitch.

September 23, 1957

Washington Senators held “Roy Sievers Night” at Griffith Stadium

September 24, 1957

The Yankees clinch their 23rd pennant and 8th under Casey Stengel, as Kansas City tips the White Sox, 6 – 5.

September 24, 1957

In front of a meager crowd of 2,598 at Griffith Stadium, Senator right-hander Hal Griggs ends Ted Williams’ streak of reaching base in 16 straight times when he induces the Red Sox outfielder to ground out to second base in the top of the first inning. In his next at bat, the ‘Splendid Splinter’ homers off the Washington starter to begin the fourth inning, which will prove to be the difference in Boston’s 2-1 victory over Washington.

September 24, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play the final game in the history of Ebbets Field

September 27, 1957

In a desperate move, New York City Council President Abe “Hit Sign, Win” Stark says the Dodgers should be urged to enlarge and modernize Ebbets Field. In the meantime, Walter O’Malley says he will waive the oil rights to Chavez Ravine.

September 27, 1957

Johnny Klippstein of the Redlegs one-hits the Braves, 6 – 0, with Bob Hazle getting the only safety.

September 27, 1957

Owner Paul I. Fagan agrees to rent Seals Stadium to the Giants until Candlestick Park is ready. Fagan will pay $125,000 in annual taxes, in exchange for the parking concession, against 5 percent of the gross revenue.

September 29, 1957

Ted Williams becomes the oldest batting champ when the 39-year old finishes the season with a .388 average.

September 29, 1957

Brooklyn Dodgers play their last game as New York team the Dodgers lose to the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park, 2 – 1

September 29, 1957

New York Giants played their final game at the Polo Grounds

October 3, 1957

1957 World Series Game three Lew Burdette beats the Yankees

October 5, 1957

In the first World Series game ever played in Milwaukee, native son Tony Kubek hits two home runs in the 12-3 rout of the hometown Braves

October 6, 1957

Game 4 of 1957 world series Eddie Mathews’ hits walk off homerun in game 4 of world series

October 7, 1957

Lew Burdette Shines as Braves take a 3-2 lead in World Series Full Radio Broadcast

October 8, 1957

Club President Walter O’Malley makes it official, announcing the Dodgers will play in Los Angeles next season. The club’s departure from Brooklyn corresponds with the massive social shift taking place in the borough that finds many of its former residents leaving for the suburbs of Long Island.

October 9, 1957

1957 World Series Game 6 Hank Bauer’s Homerun helps Yankees force game 7

October 10, 1957

Game 7 1957 World Series Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship

October 16, 1957

Bill Rigney, the Giants’ current skipper and an Alameda native, is named to be the club’s first manager in San Francisco when the team extends his contract for two more seasons. The former franchise infielder replaced Leo Durocher in 1956 while the team still played in New York.

October 21, 1957

The New York Giants, who are moving to San Francisco in 1958, purchase the Class-A San Francisco Seals team and will convince the Pacific Coast League to accept Phoenix as a location for the Seals.

October 21, 1957

The Washington Senators reject the initial overtures of Minneapolis, MN-St. Paul, MN cities to move the team there.

October 31, 1957

Yogi Berra says the team returned fine money to players involved in the Copacabana fight

November 1, 1957

Lew Burdette receives hero’s welcome

November 4, 1957

With a new balk rule, an option now includes keeping the ball in play after the call is made

November 7, 1957

 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford is named National League Rookie of the Year

November 12, 1957

1957 – Frank Lane resigns as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and is replaced by Bing Devine.

November 14, 1957

The BBWAA selects Hank Aaron as the National League’s Most Valuable Player. The Milwaukee Braves outfielder, with 239 points from the writers, narrowly edges out Stan Musial and his Cardinal former teammate, Giants infielder Red Schoendienst, who collect 230 and 221, respectively.

November 20, 1957

The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics execute a 13-player trade. Among the players involved are second baseman Billy Martin, outfielder Gus Zernial and pitcher Mickey McDermott, who are headed to Detroit. The Athletics acquire pitcher Duke Maas, catcher Frank House, and outfielders Bill Tuttle and Jim Small

November 20, 1957

Braves southpaw Juan Pizarro set a Puerto Rican League record with 19 strikeouts

November 22, 1957

After 22 seasons, Larry Goetz is unwillingly “retired” as a National League umpire by Warren Giles

November 22, 1957

Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams in the 1957 AL MVP

November 25, 1957

Henry Aaron received a silver champagne bucket from Norman Klug, president of Miller Brewery

November 26, 1957

1957 – Yoshio (Kaiser) Tanaka, an American citizen of Japanese descent, is named manager of the Hanshin Tigers. He is the first American to manage a Japanese major league team.

November 28, 1957

Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves wins the Cy Young Award 

November 29, 1957

Mayor Robert Wagner forms a four-member committee to find a replacement for the Dodgers and Giants in New York City.

December 2, 1957

1957 – In the Pacific Coast League, some franchises are forced to relocate when the Dodgers and Giants confirm their long-rumored move to California for the 1958 season. The Hollywood Stars move from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City; the Los Angeles Angels move to Spokane, and the San Francisco Seals transfer to Phoenix.

December 3, 1957

Al Lopez, who traded OF Larry Doby when he was managing the Cleveland Indians, does it again with the Chicago White Sox

December 4, 1957

Cleveland Indians trade pitcher Early Wynn for Minnie Minoso

December 4, 1957

The major league owners raise the minimum salary to $7,000 and eliminate the bonus rule.

December 5, 1957

St. Louis Cardinals make one of their best trades ever, acquiring Curt Flood

December 5, 1957

The minor leagues threaten to sue Major League Baseball if it televises Sunday games in their territory.

December 5, 1957

The Cards turn down the Phillies’ offer of Richie Ashburn and Harvey Haddix for Ken Boyer,

December 5, 1957

The American League purchases a $1.8 million group accident policy to help clubs buy new players in case of a major disaster.

December 5, 1957

Braves trade for Bob Rush

December 7, 1957

Tony Kubek is selected by the BBWAA as the American League Rookie of the Year

December 11, 1957

U.S. Congressman Emanuel Celler and Senator Kenneth Keating, both of New York, hint that there might be antitrust action against Major League Baseball if it televizes games as planned, because it jeopardizes the minor leagues.

December 11, 1957

The Phillies purchase veteran OF Dave Philley from Detroit.

December 16, 1957

The reds land their 5th pitcher of the month when they acquire Harvey Haddix from the Phillies for OF Wally Post

December 17, 1957

1957 – The Pasadena City Board confers with the Dodgers on the possible temporary use of the Rose Bowl.

December 19, 1957

In a continuing family squabble, Charles Comiskey, Jr. denies his sister, Mrs. Dorothy Comiskey Rigney’s, allegation that he used the “rule or ruin” tactic to gain control of the club.

December 25, 1957

1957 – With the backing of United States Representatives Kenneth Keating and Emanuel Celler, the minor league executives urge that Major League Baseball compensate them for infringement on their territorial rights.

December 28, 1957

Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Ted Kluszewski

December 28, 1957

After Representative Kenneth B. Keating, a member of the House’s Antitrust Subcommittee, indicates Congress should reopen its sports hearing, CBS announces it will not broadcast major league games into any area at the time a minor league game is scheduled. The television network has entered an agreement with six teams – Indians, Orioles, Phillies, Reds, White Sox, and Yankees – to telecast major league games nationally on Sundays next season.