1957 in Sports - Baseball

Baseball

  • January 5 - Jackie Robinson retires rather than move across town from the Dodgers to the Giants, to whom he had been traded in December.
  • Roy Sievers lead American league with 42 home runs and 114 RBIs, for the last place Washington Senators.
  • Cy Young Award – Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves
  • World Series – Milwaukee Braves defeat New York Yankees four games to three.
  • May 3 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
  • August 19- Horace Stoneham announces that the Giants are moving from New York to San Francisco, California.
  • October 8 - Walter O'Malley announces that the Dodgers are going to move from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California.
  • The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

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