1957 World Series highlights (New York Yankees vs Milwaukee Braves)

[Music] [Music] New York the 54th world series is about to be played the eyes of the baseball world are focused on the old familiar setting of Yankee Stadium it's the 23rd World Series for the Yankees American League champion but they're first against the mighty Braves Milwaukee these are the colorful minutes before the rival champions that's Gillen power and the race for the four victories which will decide the World title photographers are having a field day with Casey Stengel and newcomer Fred Haney manager of the Braves Stengel has brought the Yankees in a Socktober show eight times and nine seasons there's an air of expectancy on the Yankee bench while the Braves go through their warmup baseball commissioner Ford Frick reached Fred Foxx of Cincinnati the American Legion Junior Player of the Year Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and Hank Aaron of the Braves reflect the power of these postseason antagonists rooting for the Braves will tourists onnum president of the New York Giants who have transferred their franchise to San Francisco for 1958 edy whitey for the World Series veteran will start for the Yankees he won 11 and lost five this season coming strong in the final weeks it's an all southpaw duel with 36 year-old Warren Spahn a 21 game winner during the season umpires and managers gather in the traditional pregame huddle the Yankees take the field is on on Ford's second pitch chain Dean's goes out on the high hospital and II carry for the first play of the series [Music] it's a scoreless duel as Matthews walks with one out in the fourth Aaron hit 44 homers during the season singles to right and Matthew as folds up at third [Music] but there's still no score when big joe adcock bounces into a double-play guarded by Gil mcdougal Gary Coleman stirs the crowd when he opened the Yankee 5th with a single to left [Music] bong tosses out rookie tony kubek as Coleman moves to second [Music] johnny logan come denon throws out four woman takes third Hank Bauer wastes no time he drives bonds first pitch deep into right-center and four hundred and seven feet from the place home and come home with a game's first run [Music] the Yankees are leading one to nothing as Elston Howard singles over second with one away in the sixth [Music] Pascal spawned the yogi berra follow Banerjee Haney comes out to calm his picture [Music] and he carry drives a single dissenter there are beeps Hank Aaron scroll 2/3 of Howard scores for a two to nothing Yankee lead Challenger Haney calls in relief pitcher Ernie Johnson [Music] holman after missing on a swing squeeze bunch to Johnson who throws him out at first while Dara drops home with the Yankees third run on a perfectly executed play 69 thousand four hundred and seventy-six fans are attending sports greatest spectacle as West Covington opens the Milwaukee seven with a double to left his second hit and only the fourth or fourth with two away fred shane dean singles to Center and Covington scores the Braves first run of the series now the score is three to one only Crandall stands between Ford and victory it's all over when the Milwaukee capture flies to mantle the Yankees win three to one this was a masterful five hitter for whitey Ford his fifth World Series victory it's another perfect autumn day for the second game of the World Series in Yankee Stadium a grim manager Haney tells reporters how he hopes to even things with the Yankees while Casey Stengel poses with whitey Ford whose victory has to be put the Braves one down on a loop farini of the Braves is on hand to root for his club as our club president Joe Kern's and general manager John Quinn his Warren Giles president of the National League with his son second lieutenant William Giles of the Air Force veterans Yogi Berra and jerry Coleman had a big hand in putting the America League champions out in front little bobby sheds an 11 game winner during the season will try to baffle the Braves in his World Series debut Lou Burdette a native of nitro West Virginia hopes to dynamite the Yankees he too is making his first series appearance during the season Burdette won 17 and lost 9 and now we're ready for the second game thank error opens the Milwaukee second but the drive to center in the ball goes over Mickey Mantle's head for a triple [Applause] half-cocked singles to right center and Aaron comes home with the game's first run when mantle tumbles Badcock slides safely into second base for death walk slaughter with one out in the inky second [Music] [Music] single lap bicubic then the old campaign at a third base [Music] we're dead hops over for Coleman stop rollin there's no play slaughter scores the tying run and Fulton gets a single now Bobby's chances up and he connects West Covington races back desperately and Rob chance of an extra base hit for the dazzling [Music] with one out in the Milwaukee third Johnny Logan belts one but it's a homer and the Braves lead two to one power leads off in the inky third and the score is tied for the second time on his homer into the lower left field seat Hank has now hit safely in nine successive World Series games [Music] [Music] Badcock launches the braised pork with a single 11 [Music] Andy Pafko singles to the same area on the next pitch [Music] [Music] Covington's attempted sacrifice bunt is foul he swings and it's a single into short left-center top scores and Pafko plunges headfirst into third [Music] aapko scores and the Braves are in front for tattoo as slaughters throw bounces past cue back into the Milwaukee dugout for debt carries the Porter to lead into the night with one away to back singles - right then with two outs Elston Howard basket Bob Grimm's [Music] [Music] logan makes a great stop of the ball back a second [Music] dangerous Hank Bauer growls - Logan whose throw - Shane Dienst wraps up the border to victory triumphant Burdette is cured wildly by his teammates as the series is squared in one game each and now it's on to Milwaukee this is Milwaukee home of the Braves this is of the day fulfilling the dreams which started when the Braves ten Milwaukeean 1953 this is the city and this is the stadium beautiful multi-million dollar County Stadium where the Braves have thrilled 10 million two hundred and twenty five thousand three hundred and fifty six spectators and five seasons an all-time nationally turnstile record today in a holiday atmosphere the Braves and the Yankees battle in the third game of this 1957 World Series the fans are coming early the heroes are challenging the Yankee who've won 17 World Championships all since 1921 now the Milwaukee Braves are on the prowl for Yankee Scouts manager Haney is powered of West Covington and Lou Burdette whose great plays spark victory in the second game Daren 23 year old brave star chats with newsmen upstairs in the open air press box hundreds of thousands of words will be sent to newspapers from coast to coast today's pitches are too strong-armed right-handers Bob you love the Braves and Bob Turley the Yankees any points out special ground rules - Casey Stengel and the umpire huge crowd roars its backing raise run to their position with one out in the Anki first inning Tony to back the Milwaukee boy lashes the first pitch to right and Bob Hazel's lead you know as the ball drops over the screen for a homerun you loses control walking Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra [Music] Hills pickoff throw at second base and wild after Clyde English Andes mantle races to third and Baird a second on the error Aaron speeds back for Gil McDougald strive going to his knees that he feels the sacrifice fly which scores mantle and puts bear on third simpson singles off Shane Dienst Club and it's three to nothing as bearer comes home manager ami decides it's time for chain and falls in Juan Pizarro 19 year old rookie pitcher from Puerto Rico the inning is over and Jerry and Luffy flies to Hazel [Music] acta hazel walks at the start of the Milwaukee second dell rice singles passed fairly with one man out hazel takes third on a wild pitch and scores when chain Dean singles when Matthews walks to fill the bases with two out Casey Stengle calls in Don Larson to protect the three to one lead [Music] the crisis is over when Aaron lifts a fly to hang power in two innings the Braves have left six on the bases the Yankees now are leading five to one as gene Conley faces battle in the fourth with Kubek on first and one out there's no doubt where this one's going and the American League champs increase their age to 7 to 1 on the Homer it's number 9 in World Series play [Music] after Logan starch the Braves fit with a single Aaron lands a home run over the right-field screen and now the score is 7 to 3 [Applause] it's a rough seventh-inning for the Braves Bob Trowbridge with two men already in Washington Bauer on base when Kubek belts his second homer that puts the Yankees ahead 12 to 3 [Applause] [Applause] the Braves still are flying in the night and for the fourth time in the game have the bases bill with two-out Crandall takes a third strike and it's three hankie victory the Milwaukee followers in the crowd of 40 5804 have little to cheer about today but they'll be back tomorrow for the second time in this world series the Braves trailed by a game but they'll be striving to even it up today at 2 and 2 in this Wisconsin baseball Wonderland it will be Warren Spahn on the mound for the Braves I'm Sturdevant for the Yankees will Harwich president of the American League and members of his office staff are old hands are cheering for the Yankees gave Paul vice president and general manager the Cincinnati Red Lake and Walter O'Malley president of the Dodgers who will move to Los Angeles in 1958 are in the Braves corner rookie Tony Kubek and Mickey Mantle whose homers helped whip the Braves in the third game we'll be aiming for the fences again Sally Keller Jim Turner and Frankie Crosetti of Casey Stengel's coaching staff our World Series veterans this is Crosetti 17 series as player or coach an all-time record the crafty spawn was beaten in the World Series opener this is sturdevant's first appearance in this series he beat the Dodgers last year 6 to 2 the preliminaries are over the fourth game is underway but the Yankees leading one to nothing Johnny Logan opens the braised pork with a war Eddie Matthews hitless in the series slammed the ball off the right-field fence a double Logan races to third and the fans go into a frenzy [Music] and this brings up tank error dubeck goes back back but the ball cleared the left field screen and the Braves have spurred it into a three to one lead but one away Frank Torre resumed the onslaught it's a home run Cory's first of his career in County Stadium now the Braves are in front four to one [Music] the Yankee thread in the seventh ends when Logan starts a double play on Elston Howard's grounder Warren Spahn has only one out away from a four to one victory as Yogi Berra comes up to the plate in the ninth era delays the finish by winding spawns first pitch to Wright for a single victory yells again are delayed when Gil McDougald singles over Shane Dean's close Berra stops at second there's a hush over the stadium as manager Haney talks to his pitcher and decides to keep him in fans wore their the count is 3 & 2 on Howard now spawn is one strike from victory but there goes the ball over the left field screen [Applause] powered follows Baron mcdougal across the plate the score is now tied at four and four after a typical Yankee rally [Music] with two away in the Anki 10th cubic feet Sauter hit the Shandy Hank Aaron - is desperately in the left-center but it's a triple for Hank power [Music] you bet scores and the Yankees go ahead five to four it's a glory hit for power running his series streak 211 game and this is Milwaukee's darkest hour after the sudden turn the Yankees are three outs from their third victory as the Braves tenth opens nippy Jones bats respond and pulls away from Byrnes first pitch was he hit on the foot nippy wins the argument and Felix mantilla runs for him Bob grim is the fifth Yankee pitcher [Music] and PMO's the second sacrifice by Sandeep Logan cracks a double to left and Mantia score - 5pi facing the gloom from County Stadium instead he Matthews at the plate and he connects pink bar moves back but the ball is out of reach a homerun and a seven to five mil walking victory it was nothing new for Eddie as he had hit 32 homers during the 1957 season Matthews Houma has even the series at 2 & 2 and his teammates give Eddie a hero's welcome a strapping Milwaukee Braves and their courageous left-hander Warren Spahn have turned what looked like a heartbreaking defeat into a great victory early arrivals to give Milwaukee morale and vocal support for the critical fifth game uh this is Fred Haney wife of the manager of the Braves and that daughter Haney joins them for a brief chat nippy Jones gleefully shows bystanders just where the ball struck him on the shoe to start yesterday's 10th inning rally still relishing the triumph on the home run slugging hero Eddie Matthews in the winning pitcher Warren Spahn also Frank Torre and Johnny Logan who made other vital contributions for the victory that even the series general manager George Weiss and corner del Webb have confidence in the Yankees vice president and general manager Joe Cronin of the Red Sox is also present others in the American League routing section are to Detroit representatives Johnny McHale general manager and John Fetzer chairman of the board for this important fifth game Stengel and Haney call on two poised veterans whitey Ford and Lou Burdette each of whom already has registered one victory in the series the crowd is tense as the game gets underway Gil McDougald watches the Yankee fourth the Long's fast and left-field it looks like a home run but there goes Covington racing back he's to the fence and somehow he holds on to it even though he is pitched heavily to the ground [Music] there are a safe when Adcock bumbles is rounder and the pressure is on for dead again it bounced when slaughter followed with a single to left that brings Simpson to the plate he sends a high bouncing Spanish towards bad news another double play that suddenly wipes out the Yankee threat port meanwhile is matching Burdette hits for pitch in a bristling mound duel in the Braves six toward quickly retires the first two men [Music] and then Matthews with a final burst of speed each out of high bombing grounded a jerry Coleman Aaron pushes the short fly to right field and it falls between Coleman on the charging Bank power for a single that sends Matthews to third base it's the first time a runner has reached third in the sizzling pitches battle Adcock strides to the plate on the second pitch he lines a single to right field and Matthews scores to give Milwaukee a one to nothing lead it's a slim edge and the Yankees pregnant immediately when Barrow opens the inky 7th with a single and that brings up slaughter who already has to hit but this time the ageless veteran slaps the ball directly in Logan and for the third time a double play ruins the Yankees now it's the ninth inning and the score is still one to nothing powers the first to face for dead he strikes out of a sidearm curve next is tony kubek where death takes his time just three pitches do Peck also is to strikeout victim standing on a low fastball where death needs only one more out to wrap up the big three as he faces McDougald but McDougald singles and the Enki hopes remain alive the crowd stirs with apprehension advancing to the plate is the dangerous Yogi Berra Pony for debt seems unconcerned going through his usual ritual of rubbing the ball tugging on his cap and touching the rosin bag he tosses the first pitch in on beerus fist and yogi squibs a little pop up to Matthews and it's all over the Braves win one to nothing Matthews hands the ball to Burdette before his Milwaukee teammates come warming in to congratulate the winning pitcher the victory is a big one for the Braves giving them a 3-2 to edge Milwaukee fans are in a gay mood as they pour out of the ballpark the two-hour planning time of Game five was the shortest four series competition since 1948 the World Series returns to New York for the sixth game victory is a must for the Yankees today in their defense of the World Championship in an effort to deadlock the series of three all manager stengel calls on his fire ball or Bob Turley manager Haney of the Braves counters with another fastball of Bob Ewell George Kaufman president of the National Association which includes all minor leagues finds the cast of the series drama very familiar all the managers coaches and players with the exception of one Milwaukee bonus baby graduated from the minor leagues owner Arnold Johnson of the Kansas City Athletics looking at the talent on the field is an interested spectator and here our trio of Braves who were the key men in yesterday's one to nothing triumph Dell Crandall Lou Burdette and joe adcock who drove in the lone run here Tom the Yankees charging out of that dugout and the sixth game is under way but to out on the Anki third duel loses control and walk slaughter [Music] then he makes his first pitch to berra - good and yogi slams the ball into the right-field stands for his tenth World Series home run boring slaughter ahead of him and giving the Yankees a 2 to nothing lead McDougal keeps the rally going when he beats out of hit the Mantia fuel affairs upset he walks lumpy [Music] manager hey nice nose to the mound and calls Bernie Johnson his ace Billy Perla Johnson walks leisurely in the left-field bullpen while the dejected fuel heads for the dugout Johnson checks the rally in a hurry as Harry Simpson strikes out [Music] with one out in the Milwaukee for Matthew the families would double the right-center man in scoring position for the first time early retires Aaron a grounder to Coleman and Matthews moves to third [Music] then Covington fouls out to Jerry Luffy and the Yankees are out of trouble in the Milwaukee v Frank Torre the leadoff batter where's the count to 3 and 2 and then smashes the home rounded the right-field stands [Applause] it quickly cuts the Yankee lead in half at two to one [Music] [Applause] from that point early retires the next six phrase without a ball being hit out of the infield then Hank Aaron comes to the plate to open the seventh curly falls behind on a 3-1 count he fires the fast ball and Aaron laughs it's a terrific Drive and left center he traveled so fast that Shradha has time to take only a few steps backward before the ball streaks over his head for that glass third homer of the series for Aaron the Braves tie the score at 2 & 2 with one away in the 87th Hank power comes to bat hoping for the hit that would tie World Series record of batting safely in 13 consecutive games and he gets it on a drive that pounds off the screen that lined the inside of the left field foul pole it's a home run that sends the Yankees ahead 3 to 2 [Applause] in the Anki 8th Don McMahon is on the mound for the brave Tara greets the Milwaukee relief man for the double of foot inside Thursday [Applause] McDougal catches a sign from coach for Satya third and properly sacrifices on the first the Yankees endeavor to push across and Hearns Grande [Music] lumpy then left supply to Covington in left field and here come Paris trying to score Covington's throw it high and a little wide but the rice makes a beautiful play diving to tag out there oh that leaves Turley with a bear one run lead to protect as he faces Matthews in the night [Music] he walks him on four straight balls and the tying run is on face the menacing Aaron is next fairly doubly reverses himself and take on three pitches Milwaukee start taking the third strike West Covington is up early gets two quick ball strikes on him and then covington bounces the ball directly back in curly and Gill relays to first for a double play win32 - and the seriousness tied at three games each for the third straight year the World Series goes to a full seven games for a decision this was a typical Yankee victory on emerging of power and superb for hit pitching by Turley Yogi Berra has now played more World Series games than anyone in history today's game was his 53rd once again the world series comes to a sudden-death finish this is it the 1957 baseball champion of the world will be crowned today Casey Stengel of the Yankees holds on Don Larsen the big right-hander who hurled the first perfect game in World Series history on the same Yankee Stadium seen last year lives once again it will be Lou Burdette twice he has vanquished the Yankees the big question in the showdown battle is and Burdette went again after only two days rest the huge crowd including all the top officials to the major leagues eagerly awaits the action and the most important game of the 1957 season is underway after lassen retires the Braves in order in the first inning bauer opens the Yankee half of the double it's the 14th consecutive World Series game in which power has it safely to establish a new record one out in the Milwaukee third Bob hazel slaps a single to left [Music] logan then grounds to québec who fires to Kolb in a second base the throw to second as high and wide it flows Pullman off the bag nevertheless he goes on through with the pivot throw to first base but both runners are safe [Music] Matthews slams a double down the right applying the bounces around the curve of the stand and both and race home for the first run for the game [Music] Acy Stendhal summons Bobby sham to replace Larson in a desperate effort to stifle the Braves rally first man to face him to take Aaron and Hank singles the center boring Matthew [Music] next is Covington and chance works carefully the lecounte goes to 3 and 2 and Covington single spending errand to third thank Tori grouse to Coleman and Aaron scorers as Covington is forced at second date phanty applies deep the power to end the uprising the Braves have tallied full run to take a four to nothing lead score remains unchanged through the seventh inning as Burdette methodically mows down the Yankees with his baffling assortment of breaking pitches on the other hand Tommy Byrne is the 50 Anki hurler at the start of the eighth after two out Byrne falls behind on Crandall and when the count goes to 3 & 2 al smashes a hole man in the world misses the ball as he leaped flirted the Rayleigh and that makes Milwaukee's lead fired another we're dead still has his shutout as he faces better to open the night [Music] Baris wings of the first pitch and rock quarry [Music] McDougal keeps flickering New York hopes alive when he singles to center they fade when pubic ones is the first pitch and flies to earth [Music] only to Brighton again when Coleman punches a single on the right field moving mcdougal to second burn the pictures up next and Stendhal makes no change because tommy is a good hitter he slashes they head off the second baseman's glove mantillas spectacular diving stop teach the going through and scoring a run but the bases are now loaded and the New York followers are in an uproar visiting a typical last-minute Yankee triumph where dead is only one out away from victory but still barring the door is the muscular bill scour playing Skarin as a pull hitter Matthews has moved a bit near the foul line for debt fires and scar and hits a terrific drive down the third-base line Matthews makes a miraculous backhanded stab on the ball races to third for a force out of McDougald continuous running in founding leaps HUD for death handle arrives at the same time in there are exuberance they do a bear hug dance before they are suddenly sprung dunder by a horde of hysterical brave and the Milwaukee Braves are the new world champions for the five to nothing victory burg debtor's the men of the hour as hilarity continues in the clubhouse no one fits her ever before has beaten the Yankees three times in a World Series and the veteran right-hander is the first pitcher to win two shutouts in a series since Christy Mathewson did it three times in 1905 the Braves hurried through their clubhouse celebration in order to rush to the airport for the plane that will take them back home meanwhile it's like New Year's Eve in Milwaukee the fans over on the airport to give the Braves a tumultuous salute as they arrived within a few hours after the game in just five years since the Braves moved west from Boston they have won a World Championship a wild acclaim the greets manager Fred Haney in the Braves is proof once again that face ball still is the great national pastime let's join in the pleasure and excitement see a ballgame often follow your local team it's fun for the entire family [Music]

Channel: Aw, Would You Look At The Time

Views: 65,199

Keywords: baseball, new york, yankees, milwaukee, braves, 1957, world series, vintage, footage, hank aaron, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle

Id: P5ssyM57Kjo

Length: 42min 3sec (2523 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 08 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/flamingmonkey911]

This is awesome. Thanks for posting!

[u/Firehawk-76]

LOL at Aaron striking out and throwing his bat like 20 ft.

[u/Firehawk-76]

Kind of amazing how much television would advance from that point in just 15 or so years.