1962 Milwaukee Braves season

1962 Milwaukee Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Record86–76 (.531)
League place5th
OwnersLou Perini
(sold in November 1962)[1][2][3]
General managersJohn McHale
ManagersBirdie Tebbetts
TelevisionWTMJ-TV
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh, Ernie Johnson)
RadioWEMP
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)
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The 1962 Milwaukee Braves season was the tenth for the franchise in Milwaukee and 92nd overall.

The fifth-place Braves finished the season with an 86–76 (.531) record, 15+1⁄2 games behind the National League champion San Francisco Giants.[4] The home attendance at County Stadium was 766,921,[5] eighth in the ten-team National League. It was the Braves' first season under one million in Milwaukee.[5]

After this season in November, owner Lou Perini sold the franchise for $5.5 million to a Chicago group led by 34-year-old insurance executive William Bartholomay.[1][2][3] Perini retained a 10% interest in the club and sat on the board of directors for a number of years.

Ten years after the final television broadcasts in Boston, broadcasts of Braves games returned to a new channel, WTMJ-TV, giving Milwaukee television viewers a chance to watch the games at home.

  1. ^ a b Thisted, Red (November 17, 1962). "McHale, six others buy Braves for $5.5 million". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 1.
  2. ^ a b Wolf, Bob (November 17, 1962). "Midwestern group purchases Braves". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, part 1.
  3. ^ a b "Perini sells Braves to Milwaukee group". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. November 17, 1962. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Baseball Standings: final". Milwaukee Journal. October 1, 1962. p. 10, part 2.
  5. ^ a b "Attendance". Milwaukee Journal. October 1, 1962. p. 11, part 2.