1957 World Series
The Milwaukee Braves win their first championship since 1914, defeating the New York Yankees in seven games.
The 1957 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 1957 season. The 54th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion and defending World Series champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Milwaukee Braves. The Braves defeated the Yankees in seven games, behind Lew Burdette's three complete game victories, winning their first championship since 1914 (when the team was still based in Boston). This was the first professional sports championship ever won by a Milwaukee-based team.
Quick Facts
- Winner
- New York Yankees
- Series result
- Yankees won 4 games to 3
- Dodgers manager
- Walter Alston
- Key venue
- Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
- Historical context
- Final World Series played in Brooklyn before the move to LA
Lore & Background
The series featured the MVPs of both leagues, Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and Hank Aaron of the Braves, facing off for the first time in World Series history. In the decade of the 1950s, the Braves would be the fourth different team and the only non-New York based team to win the World Series. The other 3, the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants were all based in New York at the time, but at the end of the 1957 season, both the Giants and Dodgers moved west to California for the 1958 season.
In the decade of the 1950s, the Yankees won six world championships (1950-53, 56, & 58), the Dodgers won two (1955 in Brooklyn & 59 in Los Angeles), and the Giants (1954) and Braves won only one. This was the first World Series matchup between the Yankees and Braves, and the only Series that was won by the Braves; they lost in later instances with the Braves based in Atlanta. 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. To date, this is the only World Series victory by a team from Milwaukee.
Reader's Guide
The Yankees had home field advantage in the series. Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 were played at Yankee Stadium, while Milwaukee County Stadium hosted Games 3, 4, and 5. This was the first time since 1946 that the Series included scheduled off days after Games 2 and 5. As of the source, this is the last seven-game World Series to end at Yankee Stadium. Of the previous ten World Series, the Yankees had participated in eight of them and won seven. This was also the first World Series since 1948 that a team from New York did not win every game. The Braves' win in Game 2 was the first World Series game won by a non-New York City team since 1948. In every World Series between 1948 and 1957, either both teams were from New York City or a New York City team won in a sweep (1950 and 1954). Game 3 was the first World Series game played in the state of Wisconsin.
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