IN THE NEWS: The Cardinals' Vinegar Bend Mizell beats the Reds, 1–0, while walking a record (for a shutout) nine batters. The Reds also swipe five bases. The Reds come back to win the 2nd game of the doubleheader, 9–3.
In San Francisco, the Giants sweep a doubleheader from the Dodgers (and five of six in the Labor Day series) by taking the 1st in an A.M.-P.M. doubleheader, 3–2. Mays is 5-for-5 with two doubles and a home run. The nitecap is a memorable four hour: 35 minute marathon. The Giants tie it in the 9th on Schmidt's homer, and the Dodgers go ahead, 5–4, in the 16th on Carl Furillo's RBI. Whitey Lockman's home run in to bottom of the 16th ties it, then a bunt single by Ray Jablonski is followed by another bunt by P Ruben Gomez. Errors by John Roseboro and Furillo follow allowing Jabo to score the winning run. Mays is 11-for-20 for the series, with four homers.
IN THE NEWS: At Yankee Stadium, New York snaps a scoreless tie with Boston when Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle crash back-to-back 6th inning homers off Dave Sisler. Mantle has hit three this year of Sisler. New York wins, 6–1. Mantle, with 38 homers, leads the American League. Mantle and Berra will hit back-to-back homers 12 times together, and homer in the same game 50 times before they are through.
Minneapolis approves a $9 million bond issue to expand Metropolitan Stadium to 41,000 seats. City alderman Byron Nelson predicts it is a "dead cinch" that Washington will move there.
IN THE NEWS: The Yankees spot Boston a 5–3 lead before Mickey Mantle homers in the 8th and Yogi Berra cracks a 3-run homer in the 9th to win it 8–5. Mantle and Berra each have 85 RBIs for the year.
IN THE NEWS: At the Coliseum, the Giants score eight in the 1st inning off Johnny Podres and Stu Miller then coasts to a 13–3 win. The Giants take the season series from the Dodgers, 16–6.
IN THE NEWS: At St. Louis, the Dodgers manage only three hits but bunch the safeties in the 2nd inning off Vinegar Bend Mizell to win, 2–1. In the 8th with two outs, Junior Gilliam tries steal to steal home on a 3–1 pitch to Gil Hodges, but he is tagged out on what is called a ball: Hodges, though he is credited with a walk, never goes to 1B.
At Pittsburgh, Bill Virdon hits a 10th inning home run to break up a brilliant pitching duel between the Braves' Carlton Willey and George Witt. The Pirates win, 1–0.
IN THE NEWS: In a special meeting of American League owners in Chicago, Washington owner Calvin Griffith succumbs to pressure from other AL owners and that night advises Minneapolis officials that he is staying in Washington.
The Pirates RF Roberto Clemente hits three triples in a 4–1 win over Cincinnati. Rookie pitcher Curt Raydon (8-4) collects his only ML hit in the 5th to ignite a 3-run rally. This is also his last ML decision.
IN THE NEWS: Athletics 1B Preston Ward hits three home runs in a row in an 8–6 win against Baltimore.
The Cardinals beat the Cubs, 8–7, with Jim Brosnan earning the win over his old team. Don Elston takes the loss. Ernie Banks hits his 1st home run in St. Louis in two years while Eddie Kasko cracks a grand slam.
IN THE NEWS: In Cleveland, 50,021 fans turn out for "Back the Indians" night. It is Cleveland's largest crowd since 1955, but the Yankees dampen the enthusiasm with an 8–3 win.
Dick Stuart clouts a 10th inning homer to give Bob Friend his 20th win of the year as the Pirates beat the Giants, 6–4.
IN THE NEWS: Orioles manager Paul Richards lists three pitchers in his starting line-up, hoping for a scoring chance in the first inning, at which point he can remove the extra pitchers for a batter of his choice. Billy O'Dell, batting 9th at P; Jack Harshman in CF, batting 5th; Milt Pappas at 2B, batting 7th. Only O'Dell bats as he goes to 14–11, losing to KC's Ned Garver, 7–1. The A's plate five in the 8th, paced by Bob Cerv's 33rd home run.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants sweep the Phillies 5–2 and 19–2 as Willie Mays has six hits to raise his average to .333. Jim Davenport tops him with seven hits, including a 3-run inside-the-park home run in the first inning of game 2, and scores seven runs.
IN THE NEWS: The Braves Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to win 20 or more games nine times, as he beats St. Louis 8–2. Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove each won 20 games eight times.
IN THE NEWS: The Yankees win their 24th pennant, and 9th under Casey Stengel, winning Game One against the A's, 5–3. This ties Casey for first with Connie Mack for the most American League pennants won. New York completes the sweep with a 12–7, 14-inning win in game 2. Virgil Trucks allows two hits over the last six innings for the win.
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates keep their slim pennant hopes alive as they win a suspended game from the Cards, 2-1, then take the regular game, 3–1, behind Ron Kline. In the opener, young George Witt (9-2) picks up where he left off when the game was suspended six weeks ago, winning his 8th straight game. For Witt, plagued with arm troubles all year, it is his last appearance of the year, as he leaves on the 24th to finish his senior year at Long Beach State. Witt's 1.61 ERA in 106 innings is the National League's best. Alas, he'll go 0-7 next season with a 6.96.
Yankee killer Frank Lary is the 3rd pitcher to beat them seven times in the same season, as the Tiger star defeats them, 4–2. Ed Walsh (9-1 in 1908) and Ed Cicotte (7-1 in 1916) were the others.
IN THE NEWS: Despite a wind blowing in at Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle poles a Jim Bunning pitch down the right field line over the roof onto Trumbull Avenue, some 500 feet away. The 2-run homer is all the Bunning allows as the Tigers win 5–2.
IN THE NEWS: For the second time in a month, the first two leadoff hitters homer. This time it is KC's Bill Tuttle and Roger Maris connecting off Boston's Ted Bowsfield as the A's win, 4–1. Bob Cerv hits #37 for the A's and Pete Daley homers off winner Bud Daley for Boston's score.
IN THE NEWS: Orioles P Hoyt Wilhelm, in a rare start (he is 0-6 this year when starting), pitches a 1–0 no-hitter, the first in O's history, against Don Larsen of the Yankees, fanning 8. Larsen allows one hit through six innings. The Orioles acquired Wilhelm in August for the $20,000 waiver price. The win, Wilhelm's first ML complete game, and his only this year for the O's, improves his record to 3-10. The winning margin is Gus Triandos' 30th home run, off reliever Bobby Shantz.
The Giants Ruben Gomez gives up three hits, all to Bobby Gene Smith, as the Giants beat St. Louis 5–1. Willie Mays's three hits raises his average to .340, and he steals his 30th base, the first to steal 30 three times since Kiki Cuyler in 1930.
IN THE NEWS: The Braves clinch their 2nd straight pennant, beating the Reds, 6–5. Spahn wins his 21st.
The Cubs 1B Dale Long, a lefty, catches in the 9th inning in a 2–1 loss to the Dodgers. This time he wears a lefty catcher's mitt, not a 1B glove. The Cubs strand 15 runners as Sandy Koufax tops Bob Anderson: each pitch seven innings before relief.
At Fenway Park, the Red Sox complete a three game sweep of the Senators, all by 2–0 shut outs. The Boston winning pitchers were Tom Brewer, Frank Sullivan and Ike Delock. Today's win was marred when Ted Williams, in a fit of anger, flings his bat into the stands striking Joe Cronin's housekeeper, Gladys Heffernan, in the face. She is not badly hurt, and Williams is very apologetic. But American League President Will Harridge will fine Williams for a bat-throwing incident
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates set strikeout records in their twinbill loss, 3–2 and 1–0, to the Phillies. Starting pitcher Ronnie Kline of the Pirates fans five times in a 14-inning game, as three Phillies pitchers strike out ML-record 21 Bucs. In the 2nd game of the doubleheader, the Phillies Jack Sanford fans six Bucs in a row to help his team fan 10 for the game, and a major-league record 31 for the day. Richie Ashburn regains the bat lead going 6-for-10 to move to .343.
IN THE NEWS: The Red Sox close out their home schedule with a 7–5 loss to the Yankees. Mickey Mantle cracks his 42nd homer of the year to put him three ahead of Rocky Colavito, who will finish at 42 home runs.
IN THE NEWS: After today's doubleheader sweep of the Senators, Red Sox teammates Ted Williams and Pete Runnels are exactly tied for the American League batting leadership at .32258. Williams is 130-for-403, while Runnels is 180-for-558. Williams is 2-for-3 in the opener, with a home run, then sits in game 2. Runnels is 2-for-9 on the afternoon. The Nats lose, 6–4 and 3–1, to run their loss streak to 11.
Corpus Christi (Texas League) agrees not to use black players in the Dixie Series with the Southern Association.
IN THE NEWS: The Red Sox drill a 9–5 win over Washington as Pete Runnels and Ted Williams each have three hits, but Ted has two less at bats to move ahead in the bat race. The two sluggers hit back-to-back home runs in the 4th, off John Romonosky.
IN THE NEWS: In a 6–4 Boston win over Washington, Ted Williams wins the American League batting title with a .328 mark, edging out teammate Pete Runnels by six points. Williams goes 2-for-4 against Washington with a home run and 2B against Pedro Ramos while Runnels is hitless. Williams hit .403 in his last 55 games. The Nationals finish the season with 13 straight losses.
Two sons of former stars shine in the White Sox' 11–4 win over Kansas City. Chuck Lindstrom, son of Fred Lindstrom, walks his first time up, then triples in his only ML at bat after being tipped off to the pitch by catcher Frank House. Pitcher Hal Trosky Jr., making his 2nd ML appearance, relieves in the 6th for the win. It is the last appearance for both players.
IN THE NEWS: In a race that goes down to the last game, Richie Ashburn wins the National League batting title with a 3-for-4 day that raises him to .350, three percentage points ahead of Willie Mays, despite Willie's three hits in the Giant's 7–2 win over St. Louis yesterday. In a 10-inning 6–4 Phillies win in Pittsburgh, the Phils Dave Philley sets a major-league record by getting his 8th consecutive pinch hit.
The Cardinals fire manager Fred Hutchinson (69-75 and a 5th-place finish), replacing him with Solly Hemus, who will be a player-manager. Hemus was just acquired today from the Phillies for Gene Freese.
Minneapolis (American Association) wins the Little World Series, defeating the IL champs, the Montreal Royals, in four straight games. This is the 4th time in a row the AA has won the title.
IN THE NEWS: In the Phillies 6–4, 10-inning win at Pittsburgh, Richie Ashburn clinches the batting title going 3-for-4 to finish at .3495. Willie Mays, leading off in SF's win over St. Louis, is 3-for-5 to finish at .3466. Dave Philley sets a major-league record for consecutive pinch hits when he doubles in the 7th for his 8th straight pinch hit. Peanuts Lowrey had seven straight pinch hits in 1952.
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