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1957 Milwaukee Braves Statistics 1956 Season 1958 Season Record: 95-59-1, Finished 1st in National League ( Schedule and Results ) Postseason: Won World Series (4-3) over New York Yankees Manager: Fred Haney (95-59-1) General Manager: John Quinn Ballpark: County Stadium Attendance: 2,215,404 (1st of 8) Warren Spahn was a 17-time all-star and led the NL with wins in 1950, 1953, and 1957-1960. BILL YOUNG is coauthor, with Danny Gallagher, of Remembering the Montreal Expos (Scoop Press, 2006) and author of several articles about minor-league baseball (particularly the Provincial League) in Quebec. The outfield fences marked the beginning of the swamp,30 although in the early years there were just dirt piles out there that served as fences.31 Says Hemond, It was an outstanding facility. When the military wanted the base back four years later, the club relocated to the Waycross area, where it remained throughout the 13-year history of the Milwaukee Braves (195365) and one year beyond.3. - Eddie Mathews, A Complete Roster for the 1958 Milwaukee Braves. 131. 11 Braves Players Polished at Kids Camp in Six Years, 21. The Braves reached the pinnacle of their sport in 1957, polishing off Casey Stengels New York Yankees to capture the World Series. According to one long-time Waycross resident, they are not your regular mosquitoes; they are big and black, tiger mosquitoes, and when they swarm at night you dont want to be anywhere near the swamp. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Hank Aaron led all regulars with a .393 average and 11 hits, including a triple, three home runs and seven RBI. Braves Shift Mass Farm Base, The Sporting News, 3 March 1954, 22. During the mid-1920s, a tarnished Shoeless Joe Jackson, by then banished forever to the shadowy world of semiprofessional baseball, played for and managed the Waycross Coast Liners, guiding them to the state championship in 1924.12 Fifteen years later, the Waycross Bears joined the Class D Georgia-Florida League and in 1940 captured their first pennant. They were young pitchers attending their first spring training in the Milwaukee Braves organization in Waycross, Georgia, and they couldnt speak English. John Ambrose, who briefly was Aarons teammate at Jacksonville and who spent the summer with the Quebec Braves, remembers that whenever Aaron came to bat at Waycross on any of the diamonds, the scouts on the tower would automatically shift their attention to him. Shortly after arriving, he took the camp bus into town for a haircut. Alice Richardson was a University of Wisconsin professor specializing in improving the speed and accuracy of human vision. 95-59. During Lucas' term, the club had also hired Bobby Cox for his first term (1978-81) as manager. The manager of the renamed Waycross Braves was Mike Fandozzi. Throughout, their rosters reflected a definite multicultural flavor, such that by 1961 executive vice-president Birdie Tebbetts could say, Half our club is colored and a player, white or Negro, has an equal chance to make the club and to make a living.74, If the Braves had a philosophy regarding race, it was probably weighted toward the minimalrespecting community norms without losing sight of the goal of winning ballgames. Trivia | Internet journalist Kevin T. Czerwinski wrote that there were cities on the circuit that wouldnt host an opponent if one of the team members was black, so Jones was left behind., Following a major misunderstanding with his manager, Jones just walked away and out of baseball. Unfortunately, the Deep South, as Willie ORee observed, was not the most pleasant place for a black man to be.87, Aarons writing colleague Lonnie Wheeler was even more direct. Australian Football Stats - Australian Football Search 51. To Milwaukee. The newly minted Milwaukee Braves added Bill Bruton and Jim Pendleton in 1953, Hank Aaron and catcher Charlie White in 1954, and Panamanian pitcher Humberto Robinson, who had played in Quebec, the following year. If youre not a member,click here to join SABR. The club went on to the 1957 World Series, where they faced . It includes four practice fields positioned directly behind Champion Stadium and four others set aside for amateur teams. Telephone conversation with Roland Hemond, 5 February 2010. 14. Hank Aaron (1953). The 1957 Milwaukee Braves season was the 5th season in Milwaukee and the 87th season of the franchise. The following season Milwaukee tied for first but lost to the L.A. Dodgers in a playoff. 2016 Encyclopedia of Milwaukee, unless otherwise indicated. Errors / Variations | 11. While neither lasted more than a few games, they were, according to the St. Petersburg Times, the first of their race to appear in the Class D Georgia-Florida Baseball League.14 However, Lew Jones, a Milwaukee signee, also claimed this honor. The two men first met at Waycross in 1960, when Carty was finding the going especially tough. Milwaukee Braves Louis J. Fusk, Quebec Chronicle Telegraph, 15 April 1955. Back then he couldnt have weighed more than 150 pounds, said Ambrose recently, but could he hit home runs, especially to the opposite field.46, To Lou Fusk, Waycross possessed every facility possible for the development of young talent. Commenting in 1955, he called the camp one of the most efficient in baseball, with any number of former players and coaches on hand to lecture on and teach such fundamentals as sliding, base running, and batting practices with mechanical pitching machines.47 To another Quebec writer it was simply magnifique.48, It was also expensive. The Braves paced the league with 772 runs, spearheaded by 199 home runs. 1957 Milwaukee Braves National League (MLB) Statistics Roster Staff MLB Organization Shop @ eBay minor franchise Milwaukee Braves category MLB League National League division - level MLB statyear 1957 nickname Braves MLB Parent Milwaukee Braves record 95-59 (.617) GBL 0.0 rank 1 lgrk 1 manager Fred Haney ballpark County Stadium Attendance 2,215,404 To my knowledge there was never a [racial] incident of any kind at spring training.122, Nevertheless, it was some time before sleeping arrangements determined by rank or race were eliminated. Sentinel, 14 February 1957, 15. And to make the experience even more frightening, they would become not only the first black players on their team but in the league as well.89 It fell to Geraghty to help them make it through.90, Wherever we stayed, Aaron wrote, Ben Geraghty would always make it a point to come over and see us . We have a particular affection for Waycross. It was a mass-production approach to be sure, but it delivered. - Packaging The wooden Air Corps buildings were torn down, although the concrete changing room still stands; fences were removed; light standards disassembled; and the diamonds, still discernable beneath the unkempt grass, were left fallow. However, in 1958 the Braves' third starting pitcher, Bob Buhl, was injured after pitching in just 11 games (winning five), which put even more pressure on Spahn, Burdette, and their manager Fred Haney to be able to win. 129. 97. Kevin T. Czerwinski, Class D Trailblazer Turned to Teaching, MiLB.com. When the now-Atlanta Braves began centralizing all spring-training operations at West Palm Beach, they built a new clubhouse, lockers and three extra fields for Braves farm clubs129 and incorporated the five teams and 125150 players remaining at Bravesville. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2009. 132. Charles Betthauser, Bigotry Is Bad for Business: The Desegregation of Spring Training Camps in the Minnesota Twins Organization, 19601964, thesis, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2007, 2, http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/23504. After the baseballers moved out, local authorities converted the facility to a community recreational center. He served as dean in the Quebec community-college system and is a founding member of SABRs Quebec Chapter. He knew things would be different but was still not prepared for the Whites Only and Colored Only washrooms that greeted him in the airport. 86. The 1958 Milwaukee Braves played 154 games during the regular season, won 92 games, lost 62 games, and finished in first position. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves won the World Series. 9. 128. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_league_baseball#Reorganization_of_1963. Every player's name links to their career statistics. As we drove farther north I moved farther up the bus. Perinis decision to move the Braves to Wisconsin rested on three factors: attendance in Boston, in competition with the Red Sox, was sparse; Fred Miller, president of the brewery that produced Miller High Life, provided Perini moral support and advertising revenue; and newly-built Milwaukee County Stadium, which offered parking for nearly 10,000 cars, was ready to receive a big-league tenant. The stadium had actually been built for the minor league Milwaukee Brewers. Waycross fielded a team, again called the Braves, in that second and final season. This article is our opportunity to restore that balance. . We select a 28-player roster of the greatest Atlanta Braves, including the Boston Braves and the Milwaukee Braves. copyright=new Date(); All the blacks, that is, except Lucas. 33. 30,343 Ballpark: County Stadium Won World Series World Series - Defeated New York Yankees 4-3 Manager: Fred Haney (95-59) Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1957 Milwaukee Braves Statistics 1957 Milwaukee Braves Roster 19. Placing a black player in the South, he wrote, was dangerous, at worst, and, at best, scandalous.88 Yet in 1953, here were the Braves sending the trio of Aaron, Mantilla, and Garner to the Sally League, in Jacksonville. Activities included movies three nights a week, ping pong, shuffleboard, horse shoe pits, and a juke box.33 Curfew was set at 11:00 P.M. Pat Jordan, in his autobiographical A False Spring, describes the spring of 1960, which he spent at Waycross. Hank Aaron was a member of the first Waycross class in 1953, as were Felix Mantilla of Puerto Rico and Horace Garner, once an Indianapolis Clown. Fans packed the grandstand and cheered every move by anyone in a Braves uniform. Encyclopedia of Milwaukee reserves the right to use the comments we receive, in whole or in part, and to use the commenter's name and location, in any medium. - Inserts and Related Sets I was taking the place of an American kid.103, Quebec lads at Waycross with Billy Southworth (1953). Some feared that a malfunction could asphyxiate half the rookie crop. 95. From 1951 to 1955, Quebecs entry in the Provincial League (Class C) served as a farm team for the big-league Braves, and from 1953 until our league folded in early 1956, our Braves trained in Waycross. 70 Along the way the club continued to invite young black and Hispanic players to spring training, most of whom started at Waycross. I played that game all my life, and it kept me on my toes." Bill Hicks, The Oregonian, 19 September 1994. Lou Fusk of the Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph, a scribe prone to overstatement, called these accommodations the last word in comfort. 38, In the first years, beds were double bunks, placed against the walls, just feet apart and facing each other across a central corridor. we slept in barracks, blacks and whites in the same long room.77 Aaron considered this a pretty bold thing for that day and age and attributed it in part to the fact that the camp was far enough from town that none of the local people paid much attention to us.78 John Ambrose recalled that the players did everything together. - Sell Sheets / Ads Both brothers played in Quebec, though during different years. The 1958 Milwaukee Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1958 season. By the time we got to the Canadian border I was sitting up front.106. Baseball was a stepping stone for a great life, he says today, perhaps ambiguously.93. It was a story of temporary denizens on a small piece of land hidden beyond the Okefenokee Swamp, young men who, over a period of almost 15 years, learned how to be baseball playersand, in so doing, brought change and deeper meaning to their lives and to the lives of others, sometimes in spite of themselves. 116. Hockey Stats - NHL - WHA - Minor League Hockey - Search 38. 46. The Braves roared ahead by winning three of the first four games for a 31 lead in the series. (COLLECTION OF DANIEL PAPILLON). Everybody loved to see Doc, Roland Hemond, the Braves assistant farm director throughout the 1950s, remembers fondly.26, Hemond married Margo Quinn, the daughter of Braves general manager John Quinn, in 1958 and, until he moved to the Angels in 1961, the young married couple spent spring training at Waycross. Daily Times-News (Burlington, N.C.), 14 February 57, 1. Lacrosse Stats - MLL - NLL - Lacrosse Search 10. . . About Us - Contact Us - Credits - Recommended - Privacy Policy - Schedule and Scores Having trouble downloading e-books to your Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader or iPad? We have a contract at Waycross which we must fill this year, he said, but we may decide to move our rookie camp operations to another state a year from now.116, Reactions elsewhere within the baseball community were similar. 73. 1957 Topps Baseball - 41 Checklist | Trading Card Database Baseball Sets 1957 Overview 1957 Topps Milwaukee Braves 25 record (s) Your Collection Update your collection. Trenary, Braves Will Take $100,000 Gamble.. There was nothing else like it, except perhaps at Vero Beach. Regular Season Runs Against: 612if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'statscrew_com-banner-1','ezslot_4',158,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-statscrew_com-banner-1-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'statscrew_com-banner-1','ezslot_5',158,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-statscrew_com-banner-1-0_1'); .banner-1-multi-158{border:none !important;display:block !important;float:none !important;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:7px !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-top:7px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-height:250px;padding:0;text-align:center !important;}, Baseball Stats - AL - NL - AAGPBL - Minor League Baseball - Search During the Braves 13-year tenure in Milwaukee (1953-1965), they had a winning record every season, won two consecutive NL pennants (1957 and 1958), lost two more in the final week of the season (1956 and 1959), and set big-league attendance records along the way. Ironically, Jacksonville opened the season against Savannah in Savannah. [5] 104. With a television set in the corner, tattered and faded armchairs throughout, and a card table where the veterans played bridge, the recreation room was the principal gathering place. He was the first African American to wear a Boston uniform for a major-league team. Phone: 602.496.1460 County Stadium was the first major league ballpark built with lights (other teams had added lights to pre-existing stadiums) and the first paid for entirely with public funds. Milwaukee: Douglas American Sports Publications, 1988. Few teams in baseball history have captured the hearts of their fans like the Milwaukee Braves of the 1950s. Comments | 90. In this difficult situation, Spahn posted a 2211 record in 290 innings pitched and 23 complete games, and Burdette had a 2010 record in 275.1 innings. 125. 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 The Braves hired her to train minor-league players for such useful chores as fielding the ball while men are running the bases.62, Throughout the spring, team lineups changed on a daily basis, and individuals regularly moved from squad to squad. The Braves repeated as the National League champions, this time by a margin of eight games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. In all the years I played baseball, wrote Hank Aaron, I never had a manager who cared more for his players or knew more about the game.86 Jacksonville was part of the Sally League, a baseball icon revered in the Deep South. 87. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves portrays that memorable team with life stories of all of the roster players, the manager and coaching staff, the owner, the general manager, and sportswriters and radio announcers. At the personal level, offers of help usually came informally from caring individuals in a position to make a difference. Including the postseason, the Milwaukee Braves went 99-62. Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, August 1954. They played their home games at County Stadium (Park Factors: 92/89) where 1,971,101 fans witnessed their 1958 Braves finish the season with a .597 winning percentage. A collaborative effort of 32 members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Thars Joy in Braveland! The following year, the league changed its name on June 15 to the FloridaAlabamaGeorgia League (FLAG). 1958 Milwaukee Braves Roster National League ( NL) Team Record: 92-62 Finished 1st in the NL Attendance: 1,971,015, Avg. Racial Ban Bill in Georgia, The Sporting News, 1 February 1956, 30. They had pitching pits, and they had great equipment.44 Aaron noted that with batting practice and intrasquad games going on at the same time, I got almost as much [hitting] as I wanted.45 Of course it helped that he had been tagged as a sure-fire prospect. Telephone Conversation with Jim Fanning, 3 February 2010. One newspaper opined that the bill would force major league teams to move their minor league practice camps out of Georgia, where there has been much activity in towns such as Thomasville, Waycross, and Albany.117, To the scholar Charles Betthauser, the issue was fundamental to the future of America. over New York Yankees (A.L.) The Milwaukee Braves quickly became the sensation of baseball. Pricing | 100. 17. 76. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves played 154 games during the regular season, won 95 games, lost 59 games, and finished in first position. - Trivia 1961 Gino Cimoli 1961 Ty Cline 1963-65 Tony Cloninger 1961-65 Dave Cole 1953 Dick Cole 1957 Gene Conley 1954-58 Jim Constable 1962 Walker Cooper 1953 Chuck Cottier 1959-60 Wes Covington 1956-61 Billy Cowan 1965 Del Crandall 1953-63 Ray Crone 1954 . Rate this set - Overview The Milwaukee Braves were unique among professional sports franchises. . Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, 1958 Milwaukee Braves Roster | Research by. Fortunately, things changed. Phone: 602.496.1460 He became a teacher, earning a masters degree and Ph.D. along the way. 74. 1957 Milwaukee Braves What was the record of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves? This time he had to make the five-day, 2,000-mile trip by bus. 45. News, 30 March, 1955, 21. They had high-kicking southpaw Warren Spahn, on his way to the Hall of Fame. its too cold. 29. The New York Yankees again won the American League, hence the two teams faced off against each other again in the World Series. But this could never happen, says Hemond. It seems that local police would stop motorists with out-of-state license plates and escort them downtown (one can only imagine the dismay that gesture must have generated). A Look At Baseball Scouts and Their Profession (released in December 2011); OPENING FENWAY PARK IN STYLE: The 1912 World Champion Red Sox (May 2012); Red Sox Baseball in the Days of Ike and Elvis: The Red Sox of the 1950s (September 2012); Detroit Tigers 1984: What A Start! Lew Burdette hurled three complete-game victories, including two shutouts, to bring the championship to Bushville, which Milwaukee legend suggests was the sobriquet applied to the city by the Yankees.[1]. Rating: 8.2 (105 votes) ORee with McKinley, The Autobiography of Willie ORee. 11 Braves Players Polished at Kids Camp in Six Years, 21. Card Rankings Phoenix, AZ 85004 It was noisy, recalls Hemondtheir room; not ours! The following season, the club provided the couple with a trailer on the site.27 In many ways, Hemond was the heart and soul of Waycross although, according to Jordan, Margo was equally appreciated, as she was one of the few women who would occasionally visit the camp.28, That first year, Wise successfully fashioned four diamonds out of marshland, an engineering feat regarded with respect by many experts.29 The diamonds were laid out in cloverleaf fashion around a two-story, cylindrical, tower-like brick rotunda. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Copyright 2001- Bacci Media LLC | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy, = All-Star this season | # = Slump Busted this season | $ = Contract ends this season | $$ = Signed for multiple seasons | eOBP =, = All-Star this season | # = Slump Busted this season | $ = Contract ends this season | $$ = Signed for multiple seasons | oOBP =. Signed by the Braves in 1951, Maranda broke into the major leagues with the San Francisco Giants in 1960. Vern Handrahan, P.E.I. And when I saw those pitchers throwing the ball right by me, the first thing on my mind was, Send me home because I dont like it over here . Here again, decisions tended to reflect community standards. Aaron with Wheeler, I Had a Hammer, 46. 111. I found my way, Aaron wrote, and when I came out, the guard spotted me. Telephone conversation with Roland Hemond, 5 February 2010. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. No way at all, Bill said, and he told that to the coaches.85. Lyle Spatz, Bad Bill Dahlen: The Rollicking Life and Times of an Early Baseball Star (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2004), 53. When you get right down to it, Jordans encomium pretty well sums up the Waycross experience. Following the Braves migration to Atlanta in 1966, team president John McHale negotiated a deal with authorities in West Palm Beach, the major-league clubs spring-training home since 1963, to expand the operation to include the entire Braves farm system.6 In no time the Waycross camp was shuttered, and a new chapter had begun. . Both team and league disbanded after one season. Sometimes, it was hard to figure out who had your back and who was trying to put a knife into it.92, At times there was no one to break the ice. . The following year they surpassed that number by more than 300,000. Aaron with Wheeler, I Had a Hammer, 53. He is of interest to the authors because for seven years he played second base with the Quebec Braves and was perhaps the most popular player in the history of the club. Bob Elliott, Slam Sports, 16 February 2009. The 1958 Milwaukee Braves season was the sixth in Milwaukee and the 88th overall season of the franchise. Roger L. Williams says thats where I and many of my contemporaries learned to swim.132. 27,761 Ballpark: County Stadium Won League Championship Series World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-3 Manager: Fred Haney (92-62) Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1958 Milwaukee Braves Statistics 1958 Milwaukee Braves Results I can still speak French, Hemond told Bill Nowlin for the SABR Baseball Biography Project. Ken Fenster, e-mail communication with co-authors. Bravesville soldiered on, doing what it did best: preparing professional ball players. When owner Lou Perini moved his National League baseball club from Boston to Milwaukee in March 1953, the Braves became the first major league ball club to change cities in half a century. Please use the Site Contact Form. As the decade progressed, racial tensions in Georgia escalated and harder lines emerged. Racial integration had begun to make inroads throughout the Braves organization.71. 60. Ohio News (Lima, Ohio), 23 January 1957. The Red Sox were the last major-league team to integrate, when Pumpsie Green took the field in 1959. Twitter 93. Nevertheless, regardless of what was happening, or when, or where, there was always someone watchingusually from the top of the rotunda. 124. . Ohio News (Lima, Ohio), 23 January 1957. Forum | Also, outfielder Bill Bruton came back from his season-ending injury in 1957 to play in 100 games. Despite playing in a ballpark without bleachers in center or right field, and with no advance ticket sales, the Braves established a National League attendance record of 1,826,397. 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.. . 1957 - Milwaukee Braves (4) vs. New York Yankees (3) Notes: Lew Burdette pitched three complete-game victories, including two shutouts. No matter how early, someone was always playing a fierce game of Ping-Pong.34, A False Spring provides many of the details offered in this article regarding the Waycross camp in the 1960s.35 Jordan was a promising 18-year-old pitcher within the Braves system. See also the Copyright, Privacy, and Terms & Conditions. 55. Telephone conversation with Roland Hemond, 5 February 2010. Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin had already made clear his position. One year their quarters were next door to Gautreaus hospitality room. (December 2012); Sweet 60: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates (April 2013); and Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (July 2013), which showcase the best efforts of SABRs members, chapters and committees, but new technology makes it possible for us to bring out-of-print titles likeRUN, RABBIT, RUN: The Hilarious and Mostly True Tales of Rabbit Maranville (February 2012), GREAT HITTING PITCHERS (March 2012), NINETEENTH CENTURY STARS (August 2012); Batting (January 2013) and The Fenway Project (September 2013) back again. Guy Lemieux, A lentrainement des Braves, Lvnement (Qubec), 1953. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves roster for the MLB regular season and playoffs. The Braves were good that way, he mused, they never struck me as prejudiced.79, Such was Roland Hemonds recollection as well. Hugh did a wonderful job of preparing excellent playing fields.32, Beyond the diamonds, set back in the woods, were nine wooden buildings, all of World War II vintage. The customs and the laws of the state had to be respected, as when Aaron was being driven through the Okefenokee on his way to the Waycross facility for the first time. We have built four fine practice diamonds at Waycross and our housing for the kids sent there to work out is one of the finest anywhere. 43 Willie ORee, a young black man from Canada who earned a brief tryout at Waycross before ultimately making his mark in hockey, concurred.

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