{"id":251598,"date":"2026-06-02T00:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/251598\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T00:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:18:10","slug":"this-day-in-dodgers-history-duke-snider-leads-brooklyn-in-home-run-record-mike-piazza-drafted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/251598\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day In Dodgers History: Duke Snider Leads Brooklyn In Home Run Record; Mike Piazza Drafted"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 1, 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers set a franchise record when they hit six home runs in an 11-8 win over the Milwaukee Braves at Ebbets Field.<\/p>\n

After falling behind in the top of the first, the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead behind back-to-back home runs from Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider. It was the first of three blasts for Snider, who hit all of them off a different pitcher and drove in a game-high six runs.<\/p>\n

The Braves reclaimed a 3-2 lead in the second inning, and that score would hold until the bottom of the fourth. That\u2019s when Jackie Robinson and Snider both went deep as part of a six-run inning that give the Dodgers an 8-3 advantage.<\/p>\n

Snider hit his third home run of the game in the sixth, and Roy Campanella added Brooklyn\u2019s sixth and final home run two innings later that punctuated the victory.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 current franchise record for most home runs in a game is eight, which was accomplished three times: May 3, 2002, against the Milwaukee Brewers; March 28, 2019, against the Diamondbacks; and July 10, 2021, once again when playing Arizona.<\/p>\n

Dodgers draft Mike Piazza<\/p>\n

Also on this day in Dodgers history, Mike Piazza was selected in the 62nd round of the 1988 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n

The Hall of Fame catcher<\/a> went on to play in parts of seven seasons with the Dodgers, hitting .331\/.394\/.572 with 115 doubles, 177 home runs and 563 RBI in 726 games.<\/p>\n

Piazza was the unanimous National League Rookie of the Year winner in 1993, and earned six All-Star Game selections and six Silver Slugger Awards over the course of his Dodgers career.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers traded Piazza to the Florida Marlins during the 1997 season after the sides were unable to come to terms on a contract extension. Piazza only appeared in five games with the Marlins before he was then traded to the New York Mets, where he would spend the next eight years.<\/p>\n

Piazza also played one season with the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics at the end of his career.<\/p>\n

Have you subscribed to the Dodger Blue YouTube channel<\/a>? Be sure to ring the notification bell to watch player interviews, participate in shows and giveaways, and stay up to date on all Dodgers news and rumors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On June 1, 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers set a franchise record when they hit six home runs in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,7482,98223,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-251598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mike-piazza","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}