Baseball Historians

Lew Burdette passed away yesterday after a fight with lung cancer.  I wish his family the best and it seems appropriate that he be the next in line in my series on the 1957 Braves.
If Warren Spahn was the Braves’ ace in 1957, Lew Burdette proved to be one of the better number two men […]

This is the first of my analysis of the major players of the 1957 Braves and who better to kick things off with then the Hammer, Hank Aaron.  1957 was Hank Aaron’s first big year as a major league player.  After having solid seasons in 1955 (27 homeruns) and 1956 (26 homeruns), Aaron busted out […]

Johnny Sain was definitely a good one.  He and Warren Spahn formed a duo that helped lead the Braves to the National League pennant in 1948.  In that season, Sain won 24 games with an ERA of 2.60.  It was his third straight 20 win season and he’d win 20 games one more time in […]