| Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 9 || April 26 || @ Braves || 8–0 || Robin Roberts (2–1) || Vern Bickford (0–1) || None || 1,893 || 3–6 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 27 (1) || @ Braves || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 5 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 27 (2) || @ Braves || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 6 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bfb" | 10 || April 29 || @ Cubs || 8–2 || Curt Simmons (1–0) || Bob Rush (1–2) || None || 8,484 || 4–6 |- style="background:#fbb" | 11 || April 30 || @ Cubs || 8–9 (12) || Dutch Leonard (1–0) || Howie Fox (0–2) || None || 7,221 || 4–7 |- |- style="background:#bfb" | 12 || May 1 || @ Cardinals || 6–3 || Robin Roberts (3–1) || Cliff Chambers (1–1) || None || 5,596 || 5–7 |- style="background:#fbb" | 13 || May 2 || @ Cardinals || 2–3 || Vinegar Bend Mizell (1–2) || Russ Meyer (0–3) || None || 9,462 || 5–8 |- style="background:#fbb" | 14 || May 3 || @ Cardinals || 0–3 || Cloyd Boyer (1–0) || Karl Drews (0–2) || None || 5,676 || 5–9 |- style="background:#fbb" | 15 || May 4 (1) || @ Reds || 4–5 || Ewell Blackwell (1–3) || Curt Simmons (1–1) || Frank Smith (3) || see 2nd game || 5–10 |- style="background:#fbb" | 16 || May 4 (2) || @ Reds || 7–8 || Harry Perkowski (2–1) || Howie Fox (0–3) || Frank Smith (4) || 19,780 || 5–11 |- style="background:#bfb" | 17 || May 6 || @ Pirates || 6–0 || Robin Roberts (4–1) || Don Carlsen (0–1) || None || 9,008 || 6–11 |- style="background:#fbb" | 18 || May 7 || @ Pirates || 1–5 || Howie Pollet (1–3) || Russ Meyer (0–4) || None || 7,291 || 6–12 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || May 8 || @ Pirates || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain, wet grounds); Makeup: July 17 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bfb" | 19 || May 10 (1) || @ Dodgers || 4–0 || Karl Drews (1–2) || Ralph Branca (2–2) || None || see 2nd game || 7–12 |- style="background:#bfb" | 20 || May 10 (2) || @ Dodgers || 8–1 || Robin Roberts (5–1) || Clem Labine (0–1) || None ||