
October 9, 1958: Yankees rally late to beat Braves in Game 7 of World Series
The New York Yankees broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the eighth…

October 8, 1958: Yankees score two in 10th to send World Series to Game 7
Having beaten the New York Yankees in the 1957 World Series,…

October 2, 1958: Braves hammer Yankees in Game 2 of World Series
With the Milwaukee Braves having won the opening game of the…

October 1, 1958: Spahn’s 10-inning complete game beats Yankees
The 1958 World Series featured a rematch from 1957, the defending…

May 27, 1958: Braves win on Adcock’s walk-off pinch homer
Joe Adcock was a slugger. On July 31, 1954, the Milwaukee Braves…

October 7, 1957: Fidgety Lew Burdette befuddles Yankees in World Series shutout
Game Five of the 1957 World Series had everything a fan wanted…

October 6, 1957: Spahn goes the distance; Mathews belts two-run homer in 10th to tie Series
When Warren Spahn took the hill for Game Four of the 1957 World…

October 5, 1957: Yankees’ Tony Kubek comes home, hits two World Series home runs in Milwaukee
The Braves had last hosted a World Series game in 1948, and that…

September 23, 1957: Hank Aaron’s walk-off home run gives Milwaukee Braves the flag
The woman took her seat in the fourth row of the grandstand in…

June 30, 1957: Eddie Mathews’ walk-off blast leads Braves to sweep
When the gates opened at County Stadium on June 30, 1957, Milwaukee’s…

July 19, 1956: Joe Adcock’s forever record of 8 RBIs at County Stadium
In July 1956 no major-league slugger was hotter than County Stadium’s…

May 26, 1956: Braves walk off in 11th to preserve Crone’s complete-game gem
“It was the kind of game that made you talk to yourself,”…

September 11, 1955: Crandall’s two-out walk-off grand slam wins it for Braves
“One swing of Del Crandall’s bat,” wrote Bob Wolf of the…

July 12, 1955: Stan Musial seals Milwaukee’s first baseball All-Star celebration
From the day in 1953 when the National League’s Braves arrived…

May 12, 1955: Crandall’s walk-off homer in 12th gives Conley complete-game victory
It was “my greatest thrill ever,” said carrot-topped Del…

June 12, 1954: An unlikely candidate: Jim Wilson hurls first no-hitter at Milwaukee’s County Stadium
Milwaukee Braves beat reporter Lou Chapman characterized the…

July 15, 1954: Down by five runs in ninth, Braves rally to win
It had been a long night at the ballpark. You couldn’t blame…

June 2, 1954: Jackie Robinson ejected in Brooklyn’s rain-shortened win
On June 1, 1954, Brooklyn shut out the Braves, 2-0, in the first…

May 28, 1954: Milwaukee’s Lew Burdette pitches complete game in 12-inning walk-off win
A County Stadium crowd of 34,146 sat through two rain delays…

August 22, 1953: Johnny Logan’s walk-off single secures Bob Buhl’s 14-inning gem
“A perfect example of poetic justice in action,” wrote Lou…

May 25, 1953: Braves’ Max Surkont sets modern consecutive strikeout record
Many pitchers in baseball history have been associated with strikeouts.…

April 14, 1953: Milwaukee Braves christen County Stadium with ceremonies, civic pride, and Hollywood-style extra-inning victory
The Milwaukee Braves opened the 1953 season on April 13 with…

April 9, 1953: Braves get a wet welcome to Milwaukee
Since 1925, the Boston Braves and the Boston Red Sox had often…

May 26, 1959: Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
Marcia Haddix was at home — on a Clark County, Ohio, farm —…