When the major-league Braves moved from Boston to Milwaukee in March 1953, they displaced their Triple-A affiliate, the Brewers.
They displaced a Class A Western League franchise and affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, the Wichita Indians.
While the main Milwaukee club was achieving record attendance and securing two National League pennants within three years (narrowly missing the 1956 pennant by a single game), the transition of the Toledo-Wichita minor league team proved disappointing.
Attendance at Wichita Braves games dropped another 50 percent compared to Toledo's figures, reaching just 101,000 in 1956, alongside a losing season.
The numbers rebounded to 145,000 fans in 1957 for a Wichita team that won the pennant, led by the renowned minor league manager Ben Geraghty.