1958 – Duke Snider, Johnny Podres, and Don Zimmer suffer minor injuries in an auto accident in Vero Beach, Florida, as they try to beat a 12:30 A.M. curfew. This is the third accident involving Dodgers players in the last two months; Jim Gilliam and his family had an accident shortly after Roy Campanella’s.
Duke Snider, with his second round-tripper in the Dodgers’ 7-3 victory over Philadelphia, hits his 40th home run, tying Ralph Kiner’s National League record of five consecutive seasons with forty or more homers. The Duke of Flatbush’s seventh-inning homer off future Hall of Famer Robin Roberts will prove to be the last one ever hit at Ebbets Field.
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…
Dodger slugger Gil Hodges hits his 12th career grand slam to tie the National League record of Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner, as the Dodgers edge the Cards, 10 – 9. St. Louis remains a game behind the Phils. The slam comes against the Cardinals’ Wilmer Mizell.
Full Radio Broadcast of the July 14 1957 – Milwaukee Braves at Brooklyn Dodgers . . .The stars are out in this game Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Lew Burdette, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Sal Maglie, and so many more for this Ebbets Field Classic. Lew Burdette pinch runs for Frank Torre, and scores…
June 4, 1957 At Ebbets Field Sandy Koufax strikes out 12 during a 7-5 Dodger Victory improving his record to 4-2. Homers from = Duke Snider (10, off Dick Drott, 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF); Gil Hodges (7, off Jim Brosnan, 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to CF) and Ernie Banks…
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Friday, October 5, 1956, Duke Snider barrels into Billy Martin during the first inning of game 2 of the World Series at Ebbets Field. Martin turns the double play on the Jackie Robinson grounder.
Sandy Amoros and Duke Snider each hit 2 home runs, as the Brooklyn Dodgers win 8 – 6 to cop the pennant on the last day of the season.
Brooklyn’s right fielder Carl Furillo is the first Dodger player to homer in Jersey City, as the Dodgers lose to the Redlegs, 2 – 1.
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