1956 – The Brooklyn Dodgers bounce back after Don Larsen’s perfect game to tie the World Series in Game 6. Clem Labine comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1 – 0 victory over the Yankees in 10 innings.
On October 8, 1956, at Yankee Stadium With the world series tied at two games apiece, between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees Don Larsen started Game 5 for the Yankees. Larsen’s opponent in the game was Sal Maglie. The Yankees scored two runs off Maglie, as Mickey Mantle hit a home run and…
On October 3, 1956 – Game 1 1956 World Series – Sal Maglie and the Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the Yankees, 6 – 3. Three batters into the game, the Yankees led 2–0 on a Mickey Mantle home run. Brooklyn struck back with a Jackie Robinson homer in the second inning and a three-run Gil Hodges…
Yogi Berra ties the major league career record for home runs by a catcher in the Yankees’ 9 – 5 victory over Kansas City. His 236th – and the Yankees’ 177th of the season – ties him with Cub great Gabby Hartnett.
Mickey Mantle’s opposite-field homer‚ off Camilo Pascual in the 1st inning, jump starts the Yankees to a 12 – 2 win over the Senators. Mantle is now 9 games ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 pace.
On May 30, 1956, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees blasts one of the longest home runs in history. The slugger crushes a pitch by Washington’s Pedro Ramos off the upper deck facade, 396 feet from home plate and 117 feet in the air. Mantle comes within inches of becoming the first major leaguer to…
On May 18, 1956, Mickey Mantle hits home runs from both sides of the plate for the third time in his career, setting a major league record. Mantle’s day includes four hits in four at-bats, helping the New York Yankees to an 8-7 win over the Chicago White Sox.
New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen hits a grand slam off Frank Sullivan of the Boston Red Sox, as New York wins, 13 – 6, at Yankee Stadium.
On April 17, 1956, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits a pair of tape measure home runs against Camilo Pascual at Griffith Stadium. Both long balls are estimated at over 500 feet. The Yankees and Washington Senators combine for six home runs in a 10-4 Opening Day victory for the Bombers. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@
1956 – At Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg there are no maybes about it as Mickey Mantle hits a Grapefruit League pitch from Larry Jackson over the left field wall into the bay. The Yankees top the Cardinals, 4 – 3. Stan Musial contends, “no home run has ever cleared my head by as much as long as I can remember.” Mantle will hit another at Al Lang Field on March 20th off Bob Mabe that also lands in the water, and will clock a 500-foot shot in Miami four days later against the Dodgers.
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