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Champions

Major League Baseball

Other champions

  • Caribbean World Series: Cienfuegos (Cuba)
  • College World Series: Minnesota
  • Japan Series: Nishitetsu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-2)
  • Little League World Series: Lions Hondo, Roswell, New Mexico

    Awards and honors

  • Most Valuable Player
  • First Cy Young Award: Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Rookie Of The Year

    Major League Baseball final standings

    American League final standings

    American LeagueNew York Yankees
    Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
    97 57 .630 --
    Cleveland Indians 88 66 .571 9
    Chicago White Sox 85 69 .552 12
    Boston Red Sox 84 70 .545 13
    Detroit Tigers 82 72 .532 15
    Baltimore Orioles 69 85 .448 28
    Washington Senators 59 95 .383 38
    Kansas City Athletics 52 102 .338 45

    • National League final standings

    National LeagueBrooklyn Dodgers
    Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
    93 61 .604 --
    Milwaukee Braves 92 62 .597 1
    Cincinnati Reds 91 63 .591 2
    St. Louis Cardinals 76 78 .494 17
    Philadelphia Phillies 71 83 .461 22
    New York Giants 67 87 .435 26
    Pittsburgh Pirates 66 88 .429 27
    Chicago Cubs 60 94 .390 33

    Events

    January-March

    April-June

  • May 30 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees narrowly misses hitting the first home run ever hit completely out of Yankee Stadium. In Game One of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators, Mantle, batting left-handed against Pedro Ramos, hits a towering drive above the level of the stadium roof. However, a stiff wind cuts down the ball, which strikes the right-field facade, 18 inches above the level of the roof.
  • June 21 - Jack Harshman of the Chicago White Sox defeats Connie Johnson of the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 in a game in which both pitchers throw a 1-hitter.

    July-September

  • July 14 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Mel Parnell pitches a no-hitter in the Red Sox's 4-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
  • September 30 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Jim Derrington becomes the youngest pitcher in modern history to start a game. He loses to the Kansas City Athletics 7-6 at the age of 16 years and 10 months.

    October-December

  • October 8 - New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitches a perfect game in game 5 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Yankees won it 2-0.
  • October 9 - The Dodgers bounce back. Brooklyn's Clem Labine comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1-0 victory for the Dodgers in Game 6 of the World Series. Yankee Enos Slaughter misjudges Jackie Robinson's fly ball, and Jim Gilliam scores from second base; it turned out to be Robinson's last major league hit. The series is tied at 3 games apiece.
  • October 10 - The Yankees win their first World Series championship since 1953 as the Yankees' Johnny Kucks sets down the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0. Yogi Berra hits a pair of 2-run home runs and Bill Skowron hits a grand slam. Don Newcombe takes the loss, his fourth in Series competition. It was the last World Series game being played at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.
  • October 25 - Chicago White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. Al Lopez is the new manager.

    Births

  • February 12 - Brian Denman
  • February 24 - Eddie Murray
  • March 12 - Dale Murphy
  • June 15 - Lance Parrish
  • August 20 - Joel Finch
  • August 21 - John Henry Johnson
  • August 22 - Paul Molitor
  • September 12 - Cholly Naranjo

    Deaths

  • January 4 - John Beckwith, 55, star infielder of the Negro Leagues
  • January 23 - Billy Evans, 71, American League umpire from 1906 to 1927, later the general manager of the Indians and Tigers
  • February 8 - Long Tom Hughes, 77, pitcher for the Chicago Orphans at the turn of the XX century and one of the first World Series pitchers ever, in 1903, with the Boston Americans
  • February 8 - Connie Mack, 93, Hall of Fame manager of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950, retiring with a record 3,731 victories
  • February 25 - Jack Lewis, 72, second baseman for the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Rebels between 1911 and 1915
  • April 18 - John Heydler, 86, National League president from 1918 to 1934
  • May 6 - Harry Ostdiek, 75, catcher who played for the Cleveland Naps (1904) and Boston Red Sox (1908)
  • May 26 - Al Simmons, 54, Hall of Fame outfielder who batted a career .334 and was named the AL's MVP in 1929 by The Sporting News
  • June 2 - Denny Sullivan, 73, center fielder for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox/Americans and Cleveland Naps between 1905 and 1909
  • September 22 - Jesse Tannehill, 82, 6-time winner of 20 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox
  • October 13 - George Dumont, 60, pitcher for the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox between 1915 and 1919
  • October 30 - Dick Midkiff, 42, pitcher for the 1938 Boston Red Sox
  • November 22 - Roy Carlyle, 55, outfielder for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in the 1920s
  • November 30 - John Shea, 59, pitcher for the 1928 Boston Red Sox
  • December 27 - Hob Hiller, 63, infielder for the Boston Red Sox in the early 1920s

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