Post War Baseball League (PWBL) - 1955
Actual 1955 Events
| April 12 | In their first game at Kansas City, the transplanted Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2 at Municipal Stadium. |
| April 14 | Elston Howard becomes the first black to wear a Yankees uniform. He singles in his first at-bat, against the Red Sox, as the Yanks win 8-4. |
| April 21 | Brooklyn wins its 10th in a row, trouncing Robin Roberts of the Phils 14-2. This sets a new major league record for consecutive wins to start a season (since broken). |
| June 3 | Stan Musial hits the 300th home run of his career, a fifth-inning, three-run shot against Brooklyn's Johnny Podres. The Cards use an N.L.-record eight pitchers but still lose 12-5. |
| June 8 | The Dodgers option pitcher Tommy Lasorda to Montreal to make room on the roster for bonus baby Sandy Koufax, who has been on the injured list. |
| June 24 | Washington rookie infielder Harmon Killebrew hits his first home run in an 18-7 loss to the Detroit Tigers. |
| July 12 | Stan Musial hit Frank Sullivan's first pitch of the 12th inning for a home run to give the National League a 6-5 victory in the All-Star game at County Stadium in Milwaukee. |
| July 29 | Smoky Burgess of the Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs and drove in nine runs in a 16-5 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field. |
| August 5 | After playing 274 straight games at second base, Nellie Fox is given a day off by White Sox manager Marty Marion. Fox will come back the next day and start a streak of 798 consecutive games. |
| August 15 | Pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals to give Spahn a home run in every National League park. |
| August 27 | Dodgers bonus baby Sandy Koufax fans 14 Redlegs in a 7-0 win, as the two teams total 23 strikeouts. |
| September 5 | Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit his seventh homer of the season for a National League record for home runs by a pitcher. The Dodgers beat the Phillies 11-4. |
| September 7 | Whitey Ford continues his mastery with his second consecutive one-hitter, beating the A's 2-1. Jim Finigan hits a two-out single in the seventh for the Nats' only hit. The Yankees southpaw is the fifth Major League pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters. |
| September 8 | The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Braves, 10-2, to clinch the National League pennant with a seventeen-game lead. |
| September 14 | Herb Score of the Indians breaks Grover Alexander's rookie record of 235 strikeouts. He finishes the season with 245. |
| September 17 | Future Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson gets two hits in his first game as the Orioles top the Senators 3-1. |
| September 19 | Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs set a Major League record with his fifth grand slam of the season in a 12-inning, 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| September 20 | Giants slugger Willie Mays poles two home runs against the Pirates, giving him 50 for the year, making him the seventh player in history to accomplish this. |
| September 25 | Detroit outfielder Al Kaline becomes the youngest batting champ in history, as he takes the American League crown at age twenty. |
| September 26 | Ted Williams finishes the season at .356, well ahead of Al Kaline's .340, but does not have enough at-bats to win the batting title. The same thing happened in 1954. Williams was walked 136 times in 1954 and 71 times (an American League leading 17 were intentional) this year. A rule change will be made to recognize plate appearances, not times at bat. |
| September 28 | The Yanks win the first game of the World Series as Whitey Ford beats Don Newcombe, 6-5. In a controversial play with Frank Kellert at bat, Jackie Robinson steals home in the eighth to bring the Dodgers to within a run of a tie. |
| September 30 | Johnny Podres defeats Bob Turley, who fails to last two innings as the Dodgers win Game three of the World Series over the Yankees 8-3. |
| October 2 | Surprise Brooklyn starter rookie Roger Craig pitches six innings for the 5-3 win to even the World Series. Two home runs by Duke Snider and one by Sandy Amoros prove too much for the Yankees. |
| October 4 | The Brooklyn Dodgers won their only World Series with Johnny Podres beating the New York Yankees 2-0. |
| October 25 | Baseball great Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates and moves into an advisory role. Joe L. Brown, son of the actor, replaces him. |
Regular Season Statistics | Transactions | 1955 MLB History
|
|
Statistics
Transactions
All PWBL Trades | All Free Agent Transactions
Recent Birthdays:
 | Sam Dente Born: 1922 Apr 26 Died: 2002 Apr 21 Age: 79 Debut: 1947 Jul 10 Last G: 1955 Sep 13 |
 | Granny Hamner Born: 1927 Apr 26 Died: 1993 Sep 12 Age: 66 Debut: 1944 Sep 14 Last G: 1962 Aug 01 |
 | Dixie Howell Born: 1920 Apr 24 Died: 1990 Oct 05 Age: 70 Debut: 1947 May 06 Last G: 1956 Sep 08 |
 | Sal Maglie Born: 1917 Apr 26 Died: 1992 Dec 28 Age: 75 Debut: 1945 Aug 09 Last G: 1958 Aug 31 |
 | Mickey McDermott Born: 1929 Apr 29 Died: 2003 Aug 07 Age: 74 Debut: 1948 Apr 24 Last G: 1961 Aug 10 |
 | Ron Northey Born: 1920 Apr 26 Died: 1971 Apr 16 Age: 50 Debut: 1942 Apr 14 Last G: 1957 Sep 28 |
 | Pedro Ramos Born: 1935 Apr 28 Died: unknown Age: unknown Debut: 1955 Apr 11 Last G: 1970 Apr 25 |
 | Steve Ridzik Born: 1929 Apr 29 Died: 2008 Jan 08 Age: 78 Debut: 1950 Sep 04 Last G: 1966 May 10 |
 | Art Schallock Born: 1924 Apr 25 Died: unknown Age: unknown Debut: 1951 Jul 16 Last G: 1955 Sep 23 |
 | Enos Slaughter Born: 1916 Apr 27 Died: 2002 Aug 12 Age: 86 Debut: 1938 Apr 19 Last G: 1959 Sep 29 |
 | Tom Sturdivant Born: 1930 Apr 28 Died: 2009 Feb 28 Age: 78 Debut: 1955 Apr 14 Last G: 1964 Jun 21 |
 | Virgil Trucks Born: 1917 Apr 26 Died: 2013 Mar 23 Age: 95 Debut: 1941 Sep 27 Last G: 1958 Sep 26 |