1957 World Series
After finishing just one game behind the NL champion Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956, the Braves came back in 1957 to win their first pennant since moving from Boston in 1953.
Hank Aaron led all regulars with a .393 average and 11 hits, including a triple, three home runs and seven RBI.
Milwaukee’s victory marked the first Wisconsin pro championship won by a team other than the Green Bay Packers.
In the third inning, the Yankees replaced first baseman Bill Skowron, who was complaining of back pain, with Elston Howard.
The Yankees broke through that inning with a leadoff single by Jerry Coleman, followed by two ground outs which moved the runner to third base, and then a triple by slugger Hank Bauer made the score 1–0.
After three consecutive batters reached first base in the Yankees' half of the sixth inning, and a run scored on Andy Carey's single, Milwaukee manager Fred Haney pulled starter Warren Spahn and replaced him with Ernie Johnson.
Hank Aaron led off the second inning with a triple, then made it safe at home on Joe Adcock's single.
After a sacrifice fly by Gil McDougald and a single by first baseman Harry Simpson, manager Fred Haney pulled Buhl and brought in rookie Juan Pizarro.
After allowing hits from Mantle, Berra and Jerry Lumpe, and a walk to Elston Howard, who was pinch-hitting for Harry Simpson, Pizarro was removed from the game.
Left fielder Kubek was only the second rookie in history to hit two home runs in a World Series game.
The second inning started with a single by Hank Aaron and then a stolen base by Wes Covington, but they could not convert.
This was followed by a shot off the bat of Frank Torre, a part-time first baseman who was giving Joe Adcock a day off.
Left-handed Tommy Byrne had replaced right-handed Johnny Kucks in the eighth inning for New York.
Spahn was due up first for the Braves, and Haney opted to pinch hit with Nippy Jones, who had played in just 30 games that year.
A wild Tommy Byrne pitch bounced near Jones, but umpire Donatelli initially called a ball.
Red Schoendienst hit a sacrifice bunt to advance Mantilla, who scored the tying run on a double by Logan.
Mathews followed with a towering two-run home run to win it for the Braves, 7–5, and tied the series at two games apiece.
With the opposing teams' top pitchers, Whitey Ford and Lew Burdette, facing each other, Game 5 was expected to be a low-scoring affair.
After a leadoff single by Hank Bauer and a sacrifice bunt by Tony Kubek, Gil McDougald hit a line drive that turned into the second out of the inning.
Mickey Mantle came in to pinch-run for Coleman, but was caught stealing at second base by catcher Del Crandall.
Yogi Berra made the last Yankee out in the 1–0 complete-game by Burdette, and the Milwaukee Braves took the series lead three games to two.
Then, right fielder Hank Bauer hit a home run off the left-field foul pole to give the Yankees a one-run lead.
Lew Burdette was called in to start game 7 for the Braves on two days' rest when the expected starter, Warren Spahn, was struck with the Asian flu.
The inning continued with a hard-hit Eddie Mathews double, which prompted Casey Stengel to take out starter Don Larsen and bring in lefty Bobby Shantz.
The Yankees' best chance came in the sixth, when they had runners on first and second with two outs after a Mickey Mantle single and an error by Mathews at third.
Burdette was named the Series MVP after pitching three complete games and two shutouts while recording 13 strikeouts, two earned runs off 21 hits, and a 0.67 ERA.
