1956 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1957 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3); Don Larsen, MVP
 * All-Star Game, July 10 at Griffith Stadium: National League, 7-3

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 Honda, Roswell, New Mexico

Awards and honors

 * Most Valuable Player
 * National League - Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers
 * American League - Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees
 * First Cy Young Award: Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers
 * Rookie Of The Year
 * National League - Frank Robinson, Cincinnati Reds
 * American League - Luis Aparicio, Chicago White Sox

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 competiton. 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 24 - Eddie Murray
 * March 12 - Dale Murphy
 * June 15 - Lance Parrish
 * August 22 - Paul Molitor

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 - Connie Mack, 93, Hall of Fame manager of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950, retiring with a record 3,731 victories
 * April 18 - John Heydler, 86, National League president from 1918 to 1934
 * 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
 * September 22 - Jesse Tannehill, 82, 6-time winner of 20 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox