Chessman's Execution Upheld; Drysdale Throws Perfect Innings

July 8, 1959: The state Supreme Court upholds Caryl Chessman's death sentence. A fire breaks out at the compressor plant at Kanola and Fullerton roads in Union Oil's drilling field. View Larger Map Kanola and Fullerton via Google maps' street view.

Don Drysdale was the starting pitcher in the National League's 5-4 victory over the AL at Pittsburgh. He pitched three perfect innings and edged Willie Mays for the honors as the game's top player. Drysdale struck out Nellie Fox, Al Kaline, Rocky Colavito and pitcher Early Wynn. Mays' triple made the difference in the eighth inning off the Yankees' Whitey Ford. The all-stars would visit Los Angeles later in the summer, since 1959 was the first of baseball's short-lived experiment with two all-star games each season. --Keith Thursby

Comments

[Chris Morales]

I presume that the All-Star games were still largely day games.

I know that in the late 50's and early 60's there were two All-Star games played to raise money for the players' pension funds.