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1957 World Series (4-3): Milwaukee Braves (95-59) over New York Yankees (98-56)


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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 2, 1957 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  5  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  x     3  9  1

    PITCHERS: MLN - Spahn, Johnson (6), McMahon (7)
              NYY - Ford

               WP - Whitey Ford
	       LP - Warren Spahn
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MLN - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 69,476

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 3, 1957 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Braves             0  1  1    2  0  0    0  0  0     4  8  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  2

    PITCHERS: MLN - Burdette
              NYY - Shantz, Ditmar (4), Grim (8)

               WP - Lew Burdette
	       LP - Bobby Shantz
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MLN - Logan
              NYY - Bauer

  ATTENDANCE: 65,202

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 5, 1957 at County Stadium (Milwaukee Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             3  0  2    2  0  0    5  0  0    12  9  0
    Milwaukee Braves             0  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0     3  8  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Turley, Larsen (2)
              MLN - Buhl, Pizarro (1), Conley (3), Johnson (5), Trowbridge (7), McMahon (8)

               WP - Don Larsen
	       LP - Bob Buhl
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Kubek (2), Mantle
              MLN - Aaron

  ATTENDANCE: 45,804

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 6, 1957 at County Stadium (Milwaukee Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3    1     5 11  0
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  0    3     7  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Sturdivant, Shantz (5), Kucks (8), Byrne (8), Grim (10)
              MLN - Spahn

               WP - Warren Spahn
	       LP - Bob Grim
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Howard
              MLN - Aaron, Mathews, Torre

  ATTENDANCE: 45,804

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 7, 1957 at County Stadium (Milwaukee Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  0
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x     1  6  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Turley (8)
              MLN - Burdette

               WP - Lew Burdette
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              MLN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,811

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 9, 1957 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0     2  4  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: MLN - Buhl, Johnson (3), McMahon (8)
              NYY - Turley

               WP - Bob Turley
	       LP - Ernie Johnson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MLN - Aaron, Torre
              NYY - Bauer, Berra

  ATTENDANCE: 61,408

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 10, 1957 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  4    0  0  0    0  1  0     5  9  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  3

    PITCHERS: MLN - Burdette
              NYY - Larsen, Shantz (3), Ditmar (4), Sturdivant (6), Byrne (8)

               WP - Lew Burdette
	       LP - Don Larsen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MLN - Crandall
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 61,207

Series MVP - Lew Burdette

Series Batting Stats

Milwaukee Braves Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Hank Aaron 7 28 5 11 0 1 3 7 1 6 .393 .414 .786 1.200 0 0 151 615 118 198 44 132 1 .322 .978
Joe Adcock 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 65 209 31 60 12 38 0 .287 .891
Bob Buhl 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 34 73 4 6 0 4 0 .082 .234
Lew Burdette 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 41 88 11 13 2 9 0 .148 .421
Gene Conley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 46 1 9 0 2 0 .196 .452
Wes Covington 7 24 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 6 .208 .269 .250 .519 1 0 96 328 51 93 21 65 4 .284 .875
Del Crandall 6 19 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 .211 .250 .368 .618 0 1 118 383 45 97 15 46 1 .253 .718
John DeMerit 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 34 8 5 0 1 1 .147 .294
Bob Hazle 4 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 0 0 41 134 26 54 7 27 1 .403 1.126
Ernie Johnson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 17 1 6 1 7 0 .353 .941
Nippy Jones 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 30 79 5 21 2 8 0 .266 .685
Johnny Logan 7 27 5 5 1 0 1 2 3 6 .185 .290 .333 .624 0 0 129 494 59 135 10 49 5 .273 .720
Felix Mantilla 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 0 71 182 28 43 4 21 2 .236 .659
Eddie Mathews 7 22 4 5 3 0 1 4 8 5 .227 .433 .500 .933 0 0 148 572 109 167 32 94 3 .292 .927
Don McMahon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 8 1 2 0 3 0 .250 .775
Andy Pafko 6 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .267 .214 .481 0 0 83 220 31 61 8 27 1 .277 .730
Juan Pizarro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 25 36 5 9 1 2 0 .250 .624
Del Rice 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0 0 54 144 15 33 9 20 0 .229 .746
Carl Sawatski 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 58 105 13 25 6 17 0 .238 .764
Red Schoendienst 5 18 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 .278 .278 .333 .611 0 0 *150 648 91 200 15 65 4 .309 .795
Warren Spahn 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 39 94 3 13 2 8 0 .138 .415
Frank Torre 7 10 2 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 .300 .417 .900 1.317 0 0 129 364 46 99 5 40 0 .272 .732
Bob Trowbridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 39 1 4 0 0 0 .103 .249
Totals 89 225 23 47 6 1 8 22 22 40 .209 .288 .351 .639 1 1 155 5458 772 1469 199 35 .269 .769

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Hank Bauer 7 31 3 8 2 1 2 6 1 6 .258 .281 .581 .862 0 0 137 479 70 124 18 65 7 .259 .776
Yogi Berra 7 25 5 8 1 0 1 2 4 0 .320 .414 .480 .894 0 0 134 482 74 121 24 82 1 .251 .767
Tommy Byrne 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 35 37 5 7 3 8 0 .189 .736
Andy Carey 2 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .286 .375 .429 .804 0 0 85 247 30 63 6 33 2 .255 .701
Jerry Coleman 7 22 2 8 2 0 0 2 3 1 .364 .440 .455 .895 0 0 72 157 23 42 2 12 1 .268 .730
Joe Collins 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 79 149 17 30 2 10 2 .201 .559
Art Ditmar 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 46 35 3 7 0 2 0 .200 .400
Whitey Ford 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 24 42 4 6 0 2 0 .143 .343
Bob Grim 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 9 1 1 1 3 0 .111 .644
Elston Howard 6 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 0 0 110 356 33 90 8 44 2 .253 .663
Tony Kubek 7 28 4 8 0 0 2 4 0 4 .286 .286 .500 .786 0 0 127 431 56 128 3 39 6 .297 .716
Johnny Kucks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 55 4 6 0 2 0 .109 .292
Don Larsen 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 31 56 6 14 0 5 0 .250 .657
Jerry Lumpe 6 14 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 0 1 40 103 15 35 0 11 2 .340 .826
Mickey Mantle 6 19 3 5 0 0 1 2 3 1 .263 .364 .421 .785 0 2 144 474 121 173 34 94 16 .365 1.177
Gil McDougald 7 24 3 6 0 0 0 2 3 3 .250 .321 .250 .571 1 0 141 539 87 156 13 62 2 .289 .804
Bobby Richardson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 305 36 78 0 19 1 .256 .573
Bobby Shantz 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 33 56 6 10 0 6 0 .179 .513
Harry Simpson 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 0 0 *125 403 51 109 13 63 1 .270 .773
Bill Skowron 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 122 457 54 139 17 88 3 .304 .818
Enos Slaughter 5 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 .250 .400 .333 .733 0 1 96 209 24 53 5 34 0 .254 .737
Tom Sturdivant 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 28 71 4 13 0 0 0 .183 .430
Bob Turley 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 32 57 4 5 0 0 0 .088 .300
Totals 94 230 25 57 7 1 7 25 22 34 .248 .312 .378 .691 1 4 154 5271 723 1412 145 49 .268 .747

Milwaukee Braves Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Bob Buhl 2 2 10.80 0 1 0 0 3.1 6 4 6 4 3.600 34 31 2.74 18 7 0 216.2 191 121 117 1.440
Lew Burdette 3 3 0.67 3 0 0 3 27.0 21 2 4 13 0.926 37 33 3.72 17 9 0 256.2 260 59 78 1.243
Gene Conley 1 0 10.80 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 1 0 1.800 35 18 3.16 9 9 1 148.0 133 64 61 1.331
Ernie Johnson 3 0 1.29 0 1 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 8 0.429 30 0 3.88 7 3 4 65.0 67 26 44 1.431
Don McMahon 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 3 5 1.200 32 0 1.54 2 3 9 46.2 33 29 46 1.329
Juan Pizarro 1 0 10.80 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 2 2 1 3.000 24 10 4.62 5 6 0 99.1 99 51 68 1.510
Warren Spahn 2 2 4.70 1 1 0 1 15.1 18 8 2 2 1.304 39 35 2.69 21 11 3 271.0 241 78 111 1.177
Bob Trowbridge 1 0 45.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 5 3 1 5.000 32 16 3.64 7 5 1 126.0 118 52 75 1.349
Totals 16 7 3.48 4 3 0 4 62.0 57 24 22 34 1.274 155 155 3.470 95 59 1411.0 1347 570 693 1.359

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Tommy Byrne 2 0 5.40 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 2 2 1 0.900 30 4 4.36 4 6 2 84.2 70 60 57 1.535
Art Ditmar 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 2 0.333 46 11 3.25 8 3 6 127.1 128 35 64 1.280
Whitey Ford 2 2 1.13 1 1 0 1 16.0 11 2 5 7 1.000 24 17 2.57 11 5 0 129.1 114 53 84 1.291
Bob Grim 2 0 7.71 0 1 0 0 2.1 3 2 0 2 1.286 46 0 2.63 12 8 19 72.0 60 36 52 1.333
Johnny Kucks 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 1 3.000 37 23 3.56 8 10 2 179.1 169 59 78 1.271
Don Larsen 2 1 3.72 1 1 0 0 9.2 8 4 5 6 1.345 27 20 3.74 10 4 0 139.2 113 87 81 1.432
Bobby Shantz 3 1 4.05 0 1 0 0 6.2 8 3 2 7 1.500 30 21 2.45 11 5 5 173.0 157 40 72 1.139
Tom Sturdivant 2 1 6.00 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 2 1.167 28 28 2.54 16 6 0 201.2 170 80 118 1.240
Bob Turley 3 2 2.31 1 0 0 1 11.2 7 3 6 12 1.114 32 23 2.71 13 6 3 176.1 120 85 152 1.163
Totals 19 7 2.89 3 4 0 2 62.1 47 20 22 40 1.107 154 154 2.999 98 56 1395.1 1198 580 810 1.274

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