1957 Milwaukee Braves season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Milwaukee Braves
season = 1957
misc = 1957 NL Champions
1957 World Series Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = Milwaukee County Stadium
y4 = 1953
city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
y5 = 1953
owners = Louis R. Perini
general manager = John Quinn
managers =Fred Haney
television = none
radio = WEMP
WTMJ
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)|

Regular season

The 1957 season would be the year that the Braves would win their first World Series championship in Milwaukee. Led by NL MVP Hank Aaron and NL Cy Young Award Winner Warren Spahn, the Braves won 95 games to clinch the pennant. Longtime Brooklyn Dodger Andy Pafko and World Series hero Bobby Thomson were also part of the team that year. On June 12, 1957, Eddie Matthews hit the 200th HR of his career. [http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/matheed01.php]

Opening Day Starters

Transactions

*June 15, 1957: Red Schoendienst was traded by the New York Giants to the Milwaukee Braves for Danny O'Connell, Ray Crone, and Bobby Thomson. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml]

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

World Series

ummary

NL Milwaukee Braves (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

Note: It was the Braves' first championship since the "Miracle Braves" of 1914.

Composite Box

1957 World Series (4-3): Milwaukee Braves (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)

Award Winners

* Hank Aaron, OF, National League Most Valuable Player
* Lew Burdette, Babe Ruth Award
* Lew Burdette, P, World Series Most Valuable Player
* Warren Spahn, P, National League Cy Young Award

1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Hank Aaron, OF, Starter
* Lew Burdette, P
* Johnny Logan, SS
* Eddie Mathews, 3B
* Red Schoendienst, 2B
* Warren Spahn, P

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Wichita Braves (American Association; Ben Geraghty, manager)
* Class AA: Atlanta Crackers (Southern Association; Buddy Bates, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class AA: Austin Senators (Texas League; Sibby Sisti, manager)
* Class A: Jacksonville Braves (Sally League; Mickey Owen, Grady Wilson and Joe Just, managers)
* Class A: Topeka Hawks (Western League; Red Smith and Bill Dossey, managers)
* Class B: Corpus Christi Clippers (Big State League; Joe Just and Jack Wilkinson, managers)
* Class B: Evansville Braves (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Bob Coleman, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class C: Salinas Packers (California League; Leo Thomas and Bill Krueger, managers) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class C: Eau Claire Braves (Northern League; Gordon Maltzberger, manager)
* Class C: Boise Braves (Pioneer League; George McQuinn, manager)
* Class D: Leesburg Braves (Florida State League; Tom Giordano, manager)
* Class D: Waycross Braves (Georgia-Florida League; Mike Fandozzi, manager)
* Class D: McCook Braves (Nebraska State League; Bill Steinecke, manager)
* Class D: Wellsville Braves (New York-Penn League; Al Monchak, manager)
* Class D: Lawton Braves (Sooner State League; Travis Jackson, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MLN/1957.shtml Milwaukee Braves team page at Baseball Reference]