Hank Bauer of the Yanks hits his second consecutive lead-off home run, against Washington, as the first-place Yankees lose, 3 – 2.
The Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on a 50,000-seat stadium in the downtown area. It will cost an estimated $20.7 million, including the land site. Indications are that there will be trouble finding a market for the bond issue.
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.
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.
On August 1, 1957, at Wrigley Field slugging first baseman Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers sets a new National League record with his 13th career grand slam off Dick Littlefield in a 12-3 win over the Cubs. The slam is also the last in the history of the Brooklyn franchise, which will relocate to…
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.
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.
1957 – Ron Northey hits his ninth pinch-hit home run, off Buster Freeman, enabling the Phillies to beat the Reds, 8 – 5.
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.
1957 – Mickey Mantle hits for the cycle, and adds a stolen base, against Chicago’s Bob Keegan. The Yankees win, 10 – 6.
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