Full Radio Broadcast of the July 14 1957 – Milwaukee Braves at Brooklyn Dodgers . . .The stars are out in this game Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Lew Burdette, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Sal Maglie, and so many more for this Ebbets Field Classic. Lew Burdette pinch runs for Frank Torre, and scores…
On June 28, 1957, Commissioner Ford Frick replaces three Cincinnati Reds on the National League’s All-Star team. Frick names Stan Musial, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron to replace Cincinnati’s Gus Bell, George Crowe and Wally Post in the starting lineup. Cincinnati fans had stuffed the ballot box, electing eight Reds to the All-Star Game starting…
Spring training Bradenton. Fl 1957
At Milwaukee‚ the Cards’ Herm Wehmeier stages a one-man attack‚ hurling a four-hitter and driving in the winning run in the 10th to win‚ 3 – 2. He singles off Lew Burdette’s glove. He also stops Hank Aaron’s hitting streakof 25 straight games. The Braves win the lidlifter easily‚ 10 – 1, behind homers by Johnny Logan‚ Del Crandall and 2 by Joe Adcock.
August 1, 1956, At Ebbets Field, in the bottom of the 8th, Jackie Robinson Is safe at second after a single off Lew Burdette and a Bobby Thompson error allowed him to go to second. Robinson will score the go-ahead and winning a run on a Dale Mitchell pinch-hit single with 2 outs. Hank Aaron…
July 30, 1956 At Ebbets field Hank Aaron rounds third after going yard against Dodgers Ken Lehman. The Braves win 8-6 with Bob Buhl getting the win over Roger Craig. It is the Braves 57th win vs 34 loses.
One of very few pictures showing Hank Aaron playing second base and completing a double play at Wrigley Field. August, 11th,1955 Aaron played second base 43 times during his career. He turned 25 double plays and made 7 errors. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Sponsor this Page Listen to Voices From The Past on Our Podcast The Daily…
December 24, 1954 – Milwaukee Sentinel columnist Ray Grody reported that Henry Aaron had requested a change in his uniform number. Aaron wore number 5 as a rookie but asked for number 44 because he likes double numbers.
Wally Moon (.304, 12, 106) becomes the first Cardinal player to be selected by the BBWAA as the National League’s Rookie of the Year. The 24 year-old center fielder, who replaced Enos Slaughter in the St. Louis outfield, gets 17 of the 24 writers’ votes, with runners-up including future Hall of Famers Ernie Banks (4) and Hank Aaron (1).
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