Baseball Historians

October 10, 1957 at Yankee Stadium
Braves 5, Yankees 0
Braves Win Best of Seven Game Series 4-3
The Braves won the 1957 World Series behind another spectacular outing by Lew Burdette.  In his second straight shutout and his third win of the series, Burdette held the Yankees to seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  The […]

October 9, 1957 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Braves 2 
Best of Seven Game Series Tied 3-3
The Braves failed to wrap up their series and in the process, they were now forced to play a winner take all game seven.  The offense was held to a mere four hits by Yankees starter Bob Turley and while the […]

October 7, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 1, Yankees 0
Braves Lead Best of Seven Game Series 3-2
The Braves took their first lead in the series with a win in what turned out to be an exciting pitcher’ s duel between Lew Burdette and Whitey Ford.  The game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning […]

October 5, 1957 at County Stadium
Yankees 12, Braves 3
Yankees Lead Best of Seven Game Series 2-1
It definitely wasn’t a homecoming as the Yankees took the wood to Bob Buhl and the Braves bullpen.  Buhl took the loss and he gave up three runs before getting out of the first inning while four different relievers were […]

October 3, 1957 at Yankee Stadium
Braves 4, Yankees 2
Best of Seven Game Series Tied 1-1
The Braves bounced back and evened their series against the Yankees in a game where it seemed like the Yankees answered when the Braves put runs on the board.  Lew Burdette got the start for the Braves and it was Shantz […]

October 2, 1957 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Braves 1
Yankees Lead Best of Seven Game Series 1-0
The Braves offense faltered against Yankees starter Whitey Ford as they dropped the first game of their seven game series against the Yankees.  The Braves didn’t score their run until the seventh inning when already down 3-0 and the run […]