1957 Milwaukee Braves season

Major League Baseball season November 2013 December 2025 Milwaukee Braves 1957 World Series championsNational League champions Milwaukee Braves Cap Logo.svg National League Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin 95–59 (.617) 1st Louis R. Perini John J. Quinn Fred Haney WEMPWTMJ(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh) The 1957 Milwaukee Braves season was the fifth season in Milwaukee and the 87th season of the franchise. It was the year that the team won its first and only World Series championship while based in Milwaukee. The Braves won 95 games and lost 59 to win the National League pennant by eight games over the second-place St. Louis Cardinals. This season was the best season for the Milwaukee Braves (1953-1965) in terms of wins (95) and winning percentage (.617). The club went on to the 1957 World Series, where they faced the New York Yankees. Pitcher Lew Burdette was the star and Most Valuable Player, winning three games, including the crucial seventh game played in New York City. The Braves became the first team not based in New York to win the World Series since the Cleveland Indians in 1948. Offseason October 15, 1956: Jack Daniels and cash were traded by the Braves to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Carl Sawatski.Carl Sawatski at Baseball-Reference December 3, 1956: Roger McCardell was drafted from the Braves by the New York Giants in the 1956 minor league draft.Roger McCardell at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1957 season (exact date unknown) Marshall Bridges was acquired from the Braves by the Sacramento Solons.Marshall Bridges at Baseball-Reference Merritt Ranew was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.Merritt Ranew at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season summary The Braves finished the regular season with a 95–59 record, and they scored 772 runs while giving up 613. They played their home games in Milwaukee County Stadium, where they sold just over 2,220,000 tickets, tops in the National League. Offense The Braves were led on offense by right fielder Hank Aaron, who won the National League Most Valuable Player award in just his fourth year in the major leagues. Fielding well in 151 games in right field, Aaron also led the National League with 118 runs scored, 44 home runs, a career high of 132 runs batted in, and 369 total bases. He also struck out just 58 times. Aaron also finished high in the league standings with 198 hits, a .322 batting average, and a .600 slugging percentage. Another offensive star was third baseman Eddie Mathews. On June 12, Mathews hit the 200th home run of his career.http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/matheed01.php Eddie Mathews at The Baseball Page August 11, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080704220645/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/matheed01.php July 4, 2008 dead For the season, Matthews was second on the team with 167 hits, 109 runs scored, 32 home runs, 94 runs batted in, and 148 games played. In addition, the Braves' new second baseman, Red Schoendienst, was acquired in a trade on June 15, and he played in 93 games. Given up in this trade were Bobby Thomson (who was batting just .236) and Danny O'Connell (who was batting just .235). Wes Covington was the main replacement for Thomson in left field. Covington played in 96 games, batted .284, and batted in 65 runs, third on the team. Del Crandall was the Braves' catcher in 118 of the 154 games. Del Rice was his primary backup, and he played in 54 games, including pinch-hitting. Pitching Starting pitcher Warren Spahn was the Cy Young Award winner as the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, the first left-handed pitcher to win the award.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Spahn finished with 35 games started with a 21–11 record. He also relieved in four games, saving three of those. Spahn led the National League with 21 wins and 18 complete games, and he had a 2.69 earned-run average in 271 innings pitched. Spahn was backed up by starters Bob Buhl (18–7) and Lew Burdette (17–9). Manager Fred Haney, coming off his good performance in 1956, managed the Braves for the entire season in 1957. Haney also led the Braves to the top of the regular-season standings in 1958 and 1959, including the 1958 World Series, but after 1959, he never managed another Major League team again, although he did become the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels. Injuries The Braves overcame two serious injuries during the 1957 season that caused some players to miss large parts of the year. First baseman Joe Adcock was injured in mid-season, and only played in 65 games, in which he batted in 38 runs. Frank Torre filled in for him and batted .272 in 129 games. Center fielder Bill Bruton injured his knee after playing in just 79 games, missing the rest of the season. He was replaced by Andy Pafko, who played in 83 games. Opening Day lineup Danny O'Connell 2B Hank Aaron RF Eddie Mathews 3B Joe Adcock 1B Bobby Thomson LF Johnny Logan SS Bill Bruton CF Del Crandall C Warren Spahn P Notable transactions June 15, 1957: Danny O'Connell, Ray Crone, and Bobby Thomson were traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Red Schoendienst.Red Schoendienst Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schoere01.shtml 2025-03-21 Baseball-Reference.com en Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Roster 1957 Milwaukee Braves Roster Pitchers 10 Bob Buhl 33 Lew Burdette 22 Gene Conley 20 Ray Crone 42 Joey Jay 32 Ernie Johnson 16 Dave Jolly 20 Don McMahon 19 Red Murff 24 Phil Paine 17 Taylor Phillips 34 Juan Pizarro 21 Warren Spahn 30 Bob Trowbridge Catchers  1 Del Crandall  7 Del Rice 15 Carl Sawatski 19 Hawk Taylor Infielders  9 Joe Adcock 12 Dick Cole  6 Harry Hanebrink 25 Nippy Jones 23 Johnny Logan 29 Bobby Malkmus  5 Félix Mantilla 41 Eddie Mathews  4 Danny O'Connell 12,29 Mel Roach  4 Red Schoendienst 14 Frank Torre Outfielders 44 Hank Aaron 38 Bill Bruton 43 Wes Covington 18 John DeMerit 29,12 Bob Hazle 48 Andy Pafko 56 Ray Shearer 18 Chuck Tanner 25 Bobby Thomson Manager  2 Fred Haney Coaches 35 Bob Keely  3 Johnny Riddle 31 Charlie Root  8 Connie Ryanhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1957&t=MLN 1957 Milwaukee Braves Roster Baseball Almanac 2019-10-27 Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Del Crandall 118 383 97 .253 15 46 1B Frank Torre 129 364 99 .272 5 40 2B Red Schoendienst 93 394 122 .310 6 32 3B Eddie Mathews 148 572 167 .292 32 94 SS Johnny Logan Johnny Logan (baseball) 129 494 135 .273 10 49 LF Wes Covington 96 328 93 .284 21 65 CF Bill Bruton 79 306 85 .278 5 30 RF Hank Aaron 151 615 198 .322 44 132 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Andy Pafko 83 220 61 .277 8 27 Joe Adcock 65 209 60 .287 12 38 Danny O'Connell 48 183 43 .235 1 8 Félix Mantilla Félix Mantilla (baseball) 71 182 43 .236 4 21 Bobby Thomson 41 148 35 .236 4 23 Del Rice 54 144 33 .229 9 20 Bob Hazle 41 134 54 .403 7 27 Carl Sawatski 58 105 25 .238 2 17 Nippy Jones 30 79 21 .266 2 8 Chuck Tanner 22 69 17 .246 2 6 John DeMerit 33 34 5 .147 0 1 Bobby Malkmus 13 22 2 .091 0 0 Dick Cole Dick Cole (baseball) 15 14 1 .077 0 0 Harry Hanebrink 6 7 2 .286 0 0 Mel Roach 7 6 1 .167 0 0 Ray Shearer 2 2 1 .500 0 0 Hawk Taylor 7 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Warren Spahn 39 271.0 21 11 2.69 78 Lew Burdette 37 256.2 17 9 3.71 111 Bob Buhl 34 216.2 18 7 2.74 117 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Gene Conley 35 148.0 9 9 3.16 61 Bob Trowbridge 32 126.0 7 5 3.64 75 Juan Pizarro Juan Pizarro (baseball) 24 99.1 5 6 4.62 68 Ray Crone 11 42.1 3 1 4.46 15 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Don McMahon 32 2 3 8 1.54 46 Ernie Johnson Ernie Johnson (pitcher) 30 7 3 4 3.88 44 Taylor Phillips 27 3 2 2 5.55 36 Dave Jolly 23 1 1 1 5.02 27 Red Murff 12 2 2 2 4.85 13 Phil Paine 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Joey Jay 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1957 World Series 1957 World Series This was the Braves' first World Championship since the "Miracle Braves" of 1914, and their only one while based in Milwaukee (out of two chances). To date, the Braves' have won two World Championships: one in the 1995 World Series, when the now-Atlanta Braves defeated the Cleveland Indians, and the second in the 2021 World Series, when Atlanta defeated the Houston Astros. World Series MVP Lew Burdette won two games in Yankee Stadium and one game in Milwaukee County Stadium. Warren Spahn had the other Braves's victory. Summary NL Milwaukee Braves (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Braves – 1, Yankees – 3October 2Yankee Stadium 69,4762 Braves – 4, Yankees – 2 October 3Yankee Stadium 65,2023 Yankees – 12, Braves – 3 October 5Milwaukee County Stadium 45,8044 Yankees – 5, Braves – 7 (10 innings)October 6Milwaukee County Stadium 45,8045 Yankees – 0, Braves – 1 October 7Milwaukee County Stadium 45,8116 Braves – 2, Yankees – 3 October 9Yankee Stadium 61,4087 Braves – 5, Yankees – 0 October 10Yankee Stadium 61,207 Composite line score 1957 World Series (4–3): Milwaukee Braves (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.) Team12345678910RHEMilwaukee Braves025631210323473New York Yankees415212603125576Total Attendance: 394,712   Average Attendance: 56,387Winning Player's Share: – $8,924   Losing Player's Share – $5,606 Awards and honors Hank Aaron, National League Most Valuable Player Warren Spahn, starting pitcher, the Major League Baseball Cy Young Award World Series awards Lew Burdette, World Series Most Valuable Player Lew Burdette, Babe Ruth Award All-Stars 1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Hank Aaron, OF, starter Lew Burdette, P, reserve Johnny Logan, IF, reserve Eddie Mathews, IF, reserve Red Schoendienst, IF, reserve Warren Spahn, P, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Wichita Braves American Association Ben Geraghty AA Atlanta Crackers Southern Association Bud Bates AA Austin Senators Texas League Sibby Sisti A Jacksonville Braves Sally League Mickey Owen, Grady Wilson and Joe Just A Topeka Hawks Western League Red Smith and Bill Dossey B Corpus Christi Clippers Big State League Joe Just and Jack Wilkinson B Evansville Braves Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman C Salinas Packers California League Leo Thomas and Bill Krueger C Eau Claire Braves Northern League Gordon Maltzberger C Boise Braves Pioneer League George McQuinn D Leesburg Braves Florida State League Tommy Giordano D Waycross Braves Georgia–Florida League Mike Fandozzi D McCook Braves Nebraska State League Bill Steinecke D Wellsville Braves New York–Penn League Alex Monchak D Lawton Braves Sooner State League Travis Jackson LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Evansville, Salinas References 2 External links 1957 Milwaukee Braves at Baseball-Reference Category:Milwaukee Braves seasons Milwaukee Braves season Category:National League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Milwau