1957 Major League Baseball season

The 1957 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League. American League Opening Day took place on April 15, featuring the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators, while National League Opening Day took place the following day, featuring all eight NL teams. This was the first season since that both leagues opened on different days. The final day of the regular season was on September 29, which saw all sixteen teams play, continuing the trend from . The World Series took place between October 2 and October 10. Proposed interleague play During the Winter Meetings in Chicago on December 6–8, 1956, Cleveland general manager and minority-owner Hank Greenberg proposed implementing limited interleague play beginning in 1958. Under Greenberg's proposal, each team would continue to play 154-games in a season, 126 of which would be within their league, and 28 against the eight clubs in the other league. The interleague games would all be played during a period immediately following the All-Star Game. The proposal was not adopted. ==Rule changes==

The 1957 season saw the following rule changes: • The American League changed its rules involving a first-place tie at the end of the season. Matching the system already in place by the National League, there would be a best-of-three series to determine the winner of the pennant. This was to be considered an extension to the regular season. Previously, there would be a one-game extension to the regular season to decide who won the pennant. • If a postponed game (after a team's final visit to the opposing city) was necessary to play to determine the pennant winner, the final game(s) were to be played in the opposing city (if possible). • Regarding end-of-game situations where the runner on third refuses to come home in a timely manner, the umpire can call said runner out, and the same goes for the batter-runner getting to first base. In the case of the batter-runner, if there are less than two outs and a run scores, that run will count. If there are two outs, a run home will not count. • Any pitcher using a foreign substance on a ball will result in a 10-day suspension. Previously, the league president would impose fines and the suspension to his discretion. • Originally introduced in , the rule that when a bases on balls occurs due to a wild pitch, where baserunners took at least one additional base than what was already guaranteed by a bases on balls, was changed. Now, instead of the pitcher an error, the pitcher is charged with a wild pitch. ==Teams==

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at ==Standings==

American League National League Tie games 5 tie games (2 in AL, 3 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season. American League The Baltimore Orioles had two tie games. The Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics had one each. • May 18, Chicago White Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles, tied at 4 after a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning due to a pre-agreed 10:20 p.m. curfew to allow the White Sox to catch a train for Boston. • May 19 (game 2), Kansas City Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles, scoreless tie in the middle of the 6th inning due to rain. National League The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies had two tie games each. The Milwaukee Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates had one each. • May 21, Philadelphia Phillies vs. Milwaukee Braves, tied at 1 after a shortened five innings following a five minute rain delay, resumption of the game to finish the top of the sixth inning, and a 31 minute rain delay which negated the sixth inning entirely. • June 9 (game 2), Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies, tied at 4 after nine innings due to curfew. A partial top of the 10th inning was negated. • June 26 (game 2), Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs, tied at 5 after 11 innings on account of darkness. ==Postseason==

The postseason began on October 2 and ended on October 10 with the Milwaukee Braves defeating the New York Yankees in the 1957 World Series in seven games. Bracket ==Managerial changes==

Off-season In-season ==League leaders==

Any team shown in indicates a previous team a player was on during the season. American League National League ==Milestones==

Batters Cycles • Lee Walls (CHC/): • Walls hit for his first cycle and sixth in franchise history as a part of the Chicago Cubs, on July 2 against the Cincinnati Redlegs. • Mickey Mantle (NYY): • Mantle hit for his first cycle and 12th in franchise history, on July 23 against the Chicago White Sox. Other batting accomplishments • Roy Sievers (WSH): • Tied an American League record by becoming the third player to hit home runs in six consecutive games between July 29 and August 3. Pitchers No-hitters • Bob Keegan (CWS): • Keegan threw his first career no-hitter and 11th no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Washington Senators 6–0 in game two of a doubleheader on August 20. Trucks walked two and struck out one. Miscellaneous • The 1957 season marked the first time that both the American and National League leader in Complete Games had less than 20 Complete Games to lead their league. ==Awards and honors==

Regular season Other awards • Sport Magazine's World Series Most Valuable Player Award: Lew Burdette (MIL) Baseball Hall of Fame • Sam Crawford • Joe McCarthy (manager) ==Home field attendance==

The Brooklyn Dodgers would continue to play several home games in Jersey City, New Jersey as they started doing so the previous year, playing eight games, on April 22, May 3, June 5, 10, July 12, August 7, 16, and September 3. The Brooklyn Dodgers would play their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, relocating to Los Angeles, California at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Los Angeles Dodgers for the start of the season. The New York Giants would play their final game at the Polo Grounds on September 29 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, relocating to San Francisco, California at Seals Stadium as the San Francisco Giants for the start of the season. ==Media==

Television CBS aired the Game of the Week for the third consecutive year, and began to air games on Sunday as well as Saturday. NBC also started to air weekend games, purchasing the rights to broadcast 11 Milwaukee Braves games, 11 Pittsburgh Pirates games, two Washington Senators games, and two Chicago Cubs games. The All-Star Game and World Series also aired on NBC. ==See also==