| 1957 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 2–10 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Yankee Stadium (New York) County Stadium (Milwaukee) | |||||||||
| MVP | Lew Burdette (Milwaukee) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Joe Paparella (AL), Jocko Conlan (NL), Bill McKinley (AL), Augie Donatelli (NL), Nestor Chylak (AL: outfield only), Frank Secory (NL: outfield only) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Umpires: Jocko Conlan Nestor Chylak Braves: Hank Aaron Red Schoendienst Warren Spahn Eddie Mathews Yankees: Casey Stengel (manager) Yogi Berra Whitey Ford Mickey Mantle Enos Slaughter | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Mel Allen and Al Helfer | |||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Neal and Earl Gillespie | |||||||||
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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. 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. The Braves won the Series in seven games, behind Lew Burdette's three complete game victories. In the decade of the 1950s, the Braves would be 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 to 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.
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 2024, this was the last seven game World Series that ended 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.
This is the first of four Yankees-Braves matchups, and the only Series that was won by the Braves; they lost in 1958, 1996 and 1999, with the last two instances occurring 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.