^{April 11 - The only AL game on Opening Day lasts 19 innings as Baltimore finally beats Washington, 3-11-4/2-14-1.  Baltimore uses 32 players, while Washington uses 25, for a total of 57 in the game.}

^{April 20 - Bums beat Phills 7-0 on a 2-hitter by Billy Loes as Don Zimmer (3-4, 5 RBI) hits 3 homers.}

^{May 15 - Bums sweep Reds and move into 1st, 1 game up over Cincy.}

^{May 17 - Bums lose heartbreaker to Cards in 18 innings, 6-20-0/5-12-2.  Bums use 22 players, as Cards deploy 23.  Bill Virdon's SF drives in the winner.  Early Wynn (3-2, 3.07) no-hits the Bosox, winning 1-6-1/0-0-0.  Karl Olson gets Boston's only walk (bottom of 3rd, 1 out).  He is the only Boston baserunner.}

^{May 21 - Cards beat Reds in 18 innings, 7-17-4/6-17-0.  Cards use 25 players.  Reds use 20.  Kluszewski 5 hits, 2 2B, HR.} 

^{May 28 - Cleveland beats A's, 17-18-1/4-4-0.  Every Cleveland starter, including pitcher Wynn, had at least 1 hit.  Jim Hegan 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 runs.}

^{May 30 - Bums sweep Bucs, taking nightcap, 9-2 as Newcombe (7-0, 3.03) wins his 7th straight.  Newk (.559, 4, 8) also hits 2 HR and a 2B (4 RBI, 10 TB).}

^{June 2 - Boston's Mel Parnell, in his 1st start of the season, pitches a no-hitter for 7 1/3 innings against the 1st place Chisox until Lollar homers in top of 8th tying game at 1.  Rivera homers with 2 out in bottom of 9th to give Chicago the win, 2-3-0/1-7-0.}

^{June 3 - Yanks' Bob Turley (6-6, 3.28) 2-hits Chisox for Yanks' 10th straight win.  NY now 1/2 game back of Chicago.}   

^{June 4 - Yanks come back to beat Chisox 7-6 on 3 run Skowron homer in top of 9th.  It's Yanks' 11th straight win.  NY moves ahead of Chisox into 1st place for first time this season.  Bums come back also, beating Cards 9-5.  Don Newcombe hits 3 homers, driving in 5 runs, including the go-ahead run.  This is second time this season (and second straight start) Newk has had multiple homer game.  Newk is now 8-0, 3.25, with a .417 BA and 7 HR.} 

^{June 5 - Yanks blow 3-2 lead in bottom of 13th, as Chicago's Stan Jok(!!) hits 3-run HR in bottom of 13th to give White Sox the win, 5-3.  NY wins nightcap 7-0, on Whitey Ford 5-hitter, to regain 1st (by 1/2 game).  Reds' Joe Nuxhall no-hits Bucs in opener for 7 2/3 innings until pinch-hitter Preston Ward singles.  Reds win 14-2.} 

^{June 8 - Bums beat Reds, 3-2, and move into 1st, by 1/2 game.  Newk wins his 9th (9-1, 3.19).  Cubs' Bob Rush no-hits Bus for 7 2/3 innings, until Toby Atwell singles.  Atwell's hit also drives in Pittsburgh's first run (Rush had issued his first 2 walks in the inning).  Rush goes on to lose the game, 3-2, in 12 innings.} 

^{June 9 - Mickey Mantle (.343, 8, 47) hits 3 homers as Yanks beat Tribe, 12-15-0/0-4-1.  Mantle 4-4, 4 runs, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 13 TB.  Mantle homers in 1st, 3rd (both off Mike Garcia) and 5th off Feller, singles in 7th (Feller) and walks in 9th off Bill Wight.} 

^{June 17- Chisox beat Yanks, 17-16-2/5-8-1 and extends their AL lead over NY to 3 games.  Every Chisox starter, including newly-acquired pitcher Harry Byrd, has at least 1 hit.  Redlegs beat Pirates in 15 innings, 1-14-2/0-6-1.  Jackie Collum (2-3, 2.89) goes the distance.  Bums drop their 5th straight, losing to Cards, 6-2, as Newk (10-2, 3.19) drops only his 2nd of the season.  Bums now 3 1/2 behind Redlegs.} 

^{June 19 - Yanks sweep Chisox, taking opener 5-1 on a 3-hitter CG by Eddie Lopat, and winning nightcap on a CG by Johnny Kucks, 4-1.  NY is now in virtual 1st place tie with Chisox (NY trails by 12 percentage points).} 

^{June 21 - Cubs beat Bums 8-4, as Newk (10-3, 3.51) drops his 3rd.  Reds beat Giants, 3-0 on 5 hitter by Jackie Collum (3-3, 2.43).  Reds now lead Bums by 5 1/2  games.} 

^{June 24 - Bums lose to Braves, but Reds drop doubleheader to Phills.  Reds now lead Brooklyn by 3 1/2.}  

^{June 25 - A's beat Orioles, 22-24-0/5-14-3.  Harry Simpson (.316) 5-7, 4 runs, 4 RBI, 3B. Jim Finigan 3-5, 6 RBI, 2B, HR.  Pitcher Vic Raschi 4-5, 3 runs, 2 RBI.    Vic Power (.381) 4-6.   Every A's player, except DeMaestri (0-6), had at least 1 hit.} 

^{July 4 - Yanks split with Bosox as A's sweep Chisox.  NY now leads AL by 1 1/2.} 

^{Braves hit 3 consecutive homers (Aaron, Bobby Thomson, Adcock) in bottom of 3rd in opener against Cards.  Aaron (.323, 23, 80) hits 2 more homers (6 RBI) but does not get chance to hit his 4th as game ends (Braves win 16-5) with him due up in bottom of 9th.}  

^{July 5 - Robin Roberts (8-11, 3.11) no hits the Bums, winning 12-15-0/0-0-0.  Roberts gives up 3 walks, all to Don Hoak.} 

^{July 16 - Cubs' Warren Hacker (8-4, 3.06) no-hits (3 walks) Phils through 7, until Marv Blaylock triples to open the bottom of the 8th.  Cubs win 6-7-0/1-1-2.}  

^{July 17 - Chisox's Billy Pierce 1-hits O's in opener, losing perfect game but winning 5-10-0/0-1-1.  Only hit is 2 out single by Dave Philley in top of 7th. Pierce faces only 28 batters (gives up no walks).} 

^{July 19 - Yanks' Tommy Byrne (8-0, 1.90) pitches a 4 hit shutout against the Chisox, winning 2-8-3/0-4-1 to move NY into virtual 1st place tie w/Chicago (NYtrails by 3 percentage points).  Braves' Ray Crone (4-1,2.28) 1-hits Bucs, winning 8-13-3/0-1-1.  Only hit is 3rd inning lead-off single by Johnny O'Brien.  Crone does not walk anyone, but Braves make 3 errors.} 

^{July 22 - Yanks' Tom Sturdivant (2-2, 3.41) 1-hits A's, winning 4-11-1/0-1-1.  Only hit is bottom of 6th lead-off single by Joe Astroth,  Sturdivant walks 3.} 

^{July 24 - Bums sweep Braves, as Newk wins his 17th (17-4, 3.01, .432 BA). Reds and Giants split.  Bums now virtually tied w/Redlegs (2 percentage points back).  Tribe sweeps O's, as Early Wynn (14-7, 3.12) 1-hits (3 walks) Baltimore in nightcap, winning, 5-9-0/0-1-2.  Only Baltimore hit is checked swing bloop single by Jim Dyck in top of 2nd.} 

^{July 30 - Braves' lefty Chet Nichols (7-3, 4.22) 1-hits the Giants (3 walks), winning 7-14-2/0-1-1.  Only Giant hit is top of 3rd 2 out single by Whitey Lockman.} 

^{July 31 - Newcombe (19-4, 2.88) beats Cards 10-2 and hits his 10th homer (.359, 10, 28).} 

^{August 4 - Bums beat Braves 3-8-1/1-5-3 as Don Newcombe (20-4, 2.79) wins his 20th. Pirates beat the Cubs 1-5-0/0-11-1 in 18 innings as both pitchers (Howie Pollet, 0-7, 5-37, and Lino Donoso,  3-5, 4.14) go the distance.  The game's only run scores in the top of the 18th as Johnny O'Brien leads off with a double and then scores on a single by the next batter, Dick Groat.} 

^{August 7 - Yanks beat Detroit 11-3 in opener, as Tommy Byrne wins his 11th straight.  Byrne is now 11-0, 1.54. Red Sox slaughter A's, 26-29-1, 1-6-5.  Every Boston starter, including pitcher Tom Brewer, had at least 1 hit.  Jackie Jensen (.295, 28, 95) 5-7, 5 runs, 5 RBI, 3 HR.  Grady Hatton 4-5, 5 RBI.  Ted Williams 3-5, now batting .437.} 

^{August 10 - Yanks beat Bosox, 28-27-0/0-2-0.  NY scores 7 in bottom of 1st, and another 9 in 2nd.  Every NY starter, including pitcher Don Larsen, had at least 1 hit.  Berra (.309, 26,111) , 4-5, 4 runs, 8 RBI, 3B, HR.   Irv Noren (.291, 11, 53) 5-6, 5 RBI, HR, 3 runs.  Pitcher Larsen hit grand slam in bottom of 7th to put Yanks up 27-zip.} 

^{August 20 - Bums beat Phils, 21-18-1/6-6-3.  Don Hoak (.246, 9, 35) 5-6, 6 runs, 8 RBI, 2B, 2 HR, 12 TB.  Yanks' Tommy Byrne wins his 13th straight (13-0, 1.42) in a 14 inning complete game win over Baltimore, 2-9-3/1-6-1.} 

^{August 24 - Tribe beats Bosox in 11 innings, 1-5-0/0-1-0.  Mike Garcia (7-13, 4.50) pitches complete game, 11 inning 1 hitter.  Only Boston hit is lead-off single in top of 1st by Billy Goodman.  Garcia does walk 7 and hits one.} 

^{August 25 - Bums win opener against Reds, 2-6-2/1-5-0 as Cincy leaves bases loaded in top of 9th and fail to score tying run.  Labine gets the save for the Bums.  Final batter Johnny Temple "just missed the grand slam".  Bums take equally close nightcap, 4-7-1/3-4-1 as they move to 1 out.} 

^{August 26 - Bums beat Redlegs again, this time 9-2, as Carl Erskine (6-9, 4.14) pitches complete game win.  Bums now 3 percentage points ahead of Redlegs.  Yanks' Tommy Byrne (13-1, 1.65) loses his 1st game of the season as Tribe beats Yanks, 5-2.} 

^{August 27 - Bums complete sweep of Redlegs, beating them 6-5.  Brooklyn has now won 9 straight and are 1 game up.} 

^{August 28 - Bums beat Cards 5-4 for their 10th straight as Cards beat Redlegs in 10 innings, 1-8-3/0-5-1.  This is Cincy's 5th straight loss and 7th in the past 10 games.  Joe Nuxhall (19- 9, 2.83) fails to win his 20th though he does go all 10 innings.  Winning run scores on 2 base throwing error by Nuxhall.  Redlegs drop nightcap 10-6 for the 6th straight loss.} 

^{August 29 - Bums beat Cards 3-2 for their 11th straight, as Redlegs drop to Phils, 5-4, for their 7th straight loss. Cincy is now 3 1/2 back, in 3rd.} 

^{September 2 - Bums come back from 5-4 deficit in bottom of 14th to beat Bucs 6-5 on Hodges double with men on 1st and 2nd.}

^{September 10 - Carl Erskine (7-10, 3.92) 1-hits the Cubs, winning, 3-5-0/0-1-0.  Only Cub hit is 4th inning 2 out single by Frankie Baumholtz.  Phils beat Cards, 18-20-1/2-7-3.  Robin Roberts (17-18, 3.54) is the winner.  Every Phil starter, except Jim Greengrass (.243), had at least 1 hit.}