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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

  October 2, 1957 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 3, 1957 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 5, 1957 at County Stad (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

  October 6, 1957 at County Stad (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

  October 7, 1957 at County Stad (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

  October 9, 1957 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 10, 1957 at Yankee Stad (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

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Milwaukee Braves

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Hank Aaron          7  28  5 11  0  1  3   7  1  6  .393  .414  .786  0 | 615 198 44  .322  .978   1
 Joe Adcock          5  15  1  3  0  0  0   2  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 | 209  60 12  .287  .892   0
 Bob Buhl            2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  73   6  0  .082  .234   0
 Lew Burdette        3   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .111  .000  0 |  88  13  2  .148  .422   0
 Gene Conley         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  46   9  0  .196  .452   0
*Wes Covington       7  24  1  5  1  0  0   1  2  6  .208  .269  .250  1 | 328  93 21  .284  .876   4
 Del Crandall        6  19  1  4  0  0  1   1  1  1  .211  .250  .368  0 | 383  97 15  .253  .718   1
 John DeMerit        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  34   5  0  .147  .294   1
*Bob Hazle           4  13  2  2  0  0  0   0  1  2  .154  .214  .154  0 | 134  54  7  .403 1.126   1
 Ernie Johnson       3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  17   6  1  .353  .941   0
 Nippy Jones         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .333  .000  0 |  79  21  2  .266  .685   0
 Johnny Logan        7  27  5  5  1  0  1   2  3  6  .185  .290  .333  0 | 494 135 10  .273  .720   5
 Felix Mantilla      4  10  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .091  .000  0 | 182  43  4  .236  .659   2
*Eddie Mathews       7  22  4  5  3  0  1   4  8  5  .227  .433  .500  0 | 572 167 32  .292  .927   3
 Don McMahon         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   8   2  0  .250  .775   0
 Andy Pafko          6  14  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .214  .267  .214  0 | 220  61  8  .277  .731   1
*Juan Pizarro        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  36   9  1  .250  .624   0
 Del Rice            2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .167  .286  .167  0 | 144  33  9  .229  .747   0
*Carl Sawatski       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 105  25  6  .238  .764   0
#Red Schoendienst    5  18  0  5  1  0  0   2  0  1  .278  .278  .333  0 |+648 200 15  .309  .795   4
*Warren Spahn        2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .200  .000  0 |  94  13  2  .138  .415   0
*Frank Torre         7  10  2  3  0  0  2   3  2  0  .300  .417  .900  0 | 364  99  5  .272  .732   0
 Bob Trowbridge      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  39   4  0  .103  .249   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 225 23 47  6  1  8  22 22 40  .209  .288  .351  1 |        199  .269  .768  35

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Hank Bauer          7  31  3  8  2  1  2   6  1  6  .258  .281  .581  0 | 479 124 18  .259  .776   7
*Yogi Berra          7  25  5  8  1  0  1   2  4  0  .320  .414  .480  0 | 482 121 24  .251  .767   1
*Tommy Byrne         2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  37   7  3  .189  .736   0
 Andy Carey          2   7  0  2  1  0  0   1  1  0  .286  .375  .429  0 | 247  63  6  .255  .702   2
 Jerry Coleman       7  22  2  8  2  0  0   2  3  1  .364  .440  .455  0 | 157  42  2  .268  .730   1
*Joe Collins         6   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 149  30  2  .201  .558   2
 Art Ditmar          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  35   7  0  .200  .400   0
*Whitey Ford         2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  42   6  0  .143  .343   0
 Bob Grim            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   1  1  .111  .644   0
 Elston Howard       6  11  2  3  0  0  1   3  1  3  .273  .333  .545  0 | 356  90  8  .253  .662   2
*Tony Kubek          7  28  4  8  0  0  2   4  0  4  .286  .286  .500  0 | 431 128  3  .297  .716   6
 Johnny Kucks        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  55   6  0  .109  .292   0
 Don Larsen          2   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  1  .000  .500  .000  0 |  56  14  0  .250  .656   0
*Jerry Lumpe         6  14  0  4  0  0  0   2  1  1  .286  .333  .286  0 | 103  35  0  .340  .826   2
#Mickey Mantle       6  19  3  5  0  0  1   2  3  1  .263  .364  .421  0 | 474 173 34  .365 1.177  16
 Gil McDougald       7  24  3  6  0  0  0   2  3  3  .250  .321  .250  1 | 539 156 13  .289  .804   2
 Bobby Richardson    2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 305  78  0  .256  .572   1
 Bobby Shantz        3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  56  10  0  .179  .513   0
*Harry Simpson       5  12  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  4  .083  .083  .083  0 |+403 109 13  .270  .773   1
 Bill Skowron        2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 457 139 17  .304  .817   3
*Enos Slaughter      5  12  2  3  1  0  0   0  3  2  .250  .400  .333  0 | 209  53  5  .254  .737   0
*Tom Sturdivant      2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  71  13  0  .183  .430   0
 Bob Turley          3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  57   5  0  .088  .300   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 230 25 57  7  1  7  25 22 34  .248  .312  .378  1 |        145  .268  .747  49

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Milwaukee Braves

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Lew Burdette        3   0.67 3-0  0  3 27.0 21  2  4 13 | 17-9  257  3.72  1.24  78   
*Warren Spahn        2   4.70 1-1  0  1 15.3 18  8  2  2 | 21-11 271  2.69  1.18 111  3
 Ernie Johnson       3   1.29 0-1  0  0  7.0  2  1  1  8 |  7-3   65  3.88  1.43  44  4
 Don McMahon         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  3  0  3  5 |  2-3   47  1.54  1.33  46  9
 Bob Buhl            2  10.80 0-1  0  0  3.3  6  4  6  4 | 18-7  217  2.74  1.44 117   
 Gene Conley         1  10.80 0-0  0  0  1.7  2  2  1  0 |  9-9  148  3.16  1.33  61  1
*Juan Pizarro        1  10.80 0-0  0  0  1.7  3  2  2  1 |  5-6   99  4.62  1.51  68   
 Bob Trowbridge      1  45.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  5  3  1 |  7-5  126  3.64  1.35  75  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.48 4-3  0  4 62.0 57 24 22 34 |            3.47 1.360   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Whitey Ford         2   1.12 1-1  0  1 16.0 11  2  5  7 | 11-5  129  2.57  1.29  84   
 Bob Turley          3   2.31 1-0  0  1 11.7  7  3  6 12 | 13-6  176  2.71  1.16 152  3
 Don Larsen          2   3.72 1-1  0  0  9.7  8  4  5  6 | 10-4  140  3.74  1.43  81   
*Bobby Shantz        3   4.05 0-1  0  0  6.7  8  3  2  7 | 11-5  173  2.45  1.14  72  5
 Art Ditmar          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  2  0  0  2 |  8-3  127  3.25  1.28  64  6
 Tom Sturdivant      2   6.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  6  4  1  2 | 16-6  202  2.54  1.24 118   
*Tommy Byrne         2   5.40 0-0  0  0  3.3  1  2  2  1 |  4-6   85  4.36  1.54  57  2
 Bob Grim            2   7.71 0-1  0  0  2.3  3  2  0  2 | 12-8   72  2.63  1.33  52 19
 Johnny Kucks        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  1  1 |  8-10 179  3.56  1.27  78  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.89 3-4  0  2 62.3 47 20 22 40 |            3.00 1.270   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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