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1962 Milwaukee Braves Season
The 1962 Milwaukee Braves season was the tenth for the franchise in Milwaukee and 92nd overall. The fifth-place Braves finished the season with an record, games behind the National League champion The home attendance at County Stadium eighth in the ten-team National League. It was the Braves' first season under one million After this season in November, owner Lou Perini sold the franchise for $5.5 million to a Chicago group led by 34-year-old insurance executive Perini retained a 10% interest in the club and sat on the board of directors for a number of years. Ten years after the final television broadcasts in Boston, broadcasts of Braves games returned to a new channel, WTMJ-TV, giving Milwaukee television viewers a chance to watch the games at home. Offseason * October 10, 1961: Merritt Ranew was drafted from the Braves by the Houston Colt .45s in the 1961 MLB expansion draft. * November 8, 1961: Ellis Burton and Lou Jackson were acquired by the Braves from the Tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee County Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Opened in 1953 Milwaukee Braves season, 1953, it was primarily a baseball park for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves and later the Milwaukee Brewers. It was also used for Green Bay Packers American football, football games, ice skating, religious services, concerts, and other large events. Its final season was in 2000 Milwaukee Brewers season, 2000, when it was replaced by the adjacent American Family Field, Miller Park. Construction Milwaukee County Stadium was originally built as a home for the Milwaukee Brewers (minor league baseball team), Milwaukee Brewers of the minor league American Association (20th century), American Association, replacing the outdated and deteriorating Borchert Field. Both locations would be influenced by the future Milwaukee County freeway system, as Borchert Field's footprint would be cleared to make way for Interstate 43, with County Stadium located southwest of the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Colt
Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the sixth-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Klimchock
Louis Stephen Klimchock (born October 15, 1939) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played parts of 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, Washington Senators, New York Mets and Cleveland Indians. Primarily a third baseman and second baseman, Klimchock batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was listed as tall and . A native of Hostetter, Pennsylvania, Klimchock graduated from Latrobe High School. His 15-season pro career began in 1957 and included two stellar seasons in minor league baseball: 1958, when he batted .389 with 25 home runs in the Class C Pioneer League, and 1963, when he hit .352 with 19 long balls in only 81 games played in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. In his most successful MLB campaign, Klimchock batted .287 in 90 games for the 1969 Indians. He also spent part of that season in the Pacific Coast League. In fact, Klimchock's dozen years of MLB service (1958–66; 1968–70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Athletics
The Kansas City Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1955 to 1967, having previously played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Philadelphia Athletics. After moving in 1967, the team became the Oakland Athletics. The team is now known as the Athletics (baseball), Athletics; they will play in West Sacramento, California, for the 2025–2027 seasons before a Oakland Athletics relocation to Las Vegas, planned relocation to the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Kansas City franchise played at Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri), Municipal Stadium from 1955 to 1967. The Kansas City Athletics had an overall win–loss record of during their 13 years in Kansas City. One Kansas City Athletics player was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Reggie Jackson. History Relocation from Philadelphia In 1954, Chicago real estate magnate Arnold Johnson (industrialist), Arnold Johnson bought the Philadelphia Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Jiménez
Manuel Emilio Jiménez Rivera (November 19, 1936 – December 11, 2017) was a Dominican professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (–), Pittsburgh Pirates (–), and Chicago Cubs (). Born in San Pedro de Macorís, he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as tall and . Jiménez was regarded as an outstanding minor league hitter. In his first full professional season in 1958, he led the Northern League with a .340 batting average while playing for the Eau Claire Braves. After hitting .325 for the Pacific Coast League Vancouver Mounties in 1961, he was acquired by the Athletics from the Milwaukee Braves in a multi-player trade. He made his major league debut on April 11, 1962, against the Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Municipal Stadium as the starting left fielder, batting fifth against Minnesota ace Camilo Pascual. The Athletics were victims of a four-hit shutout, but Jiménez went 3-for-4 aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Charles
Edwin Douglas Charles (April 29, 1933 – March 15, 2018) was an American professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Charles played for the Kansas City Athletics (1962–67) and New York Mets (1967–69). He was listed as tall and . Playing career Minor league career Charles was originally signed by the Boston Braves in 1952. He spent eight seasons in the Braves' farm system in the still-segregated Deep South, during which he wrote poetry concerning baseball and racism. Due to the presence of longtime All-Star Eddie Mathews at third base, the Braves traded Charles to the Kansas City Athletics prior to the season with Joe Azcue and Manny Jiménez for Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw. Kansas City Athletics In his rookie season of 1962, Charles batted .288 with 17 home runs, 74 runs batted in and 20 stolen bases; the batting average, home runs and stolen bases would all be career highs. He was also named to the Topps All-Star Rookie Roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Azcue
José Joaquín Azcue López (born August 18, 1939) is a Cuban former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, most prominently as a member of the Cleveland Indians where he played the bulk of his career and was named to the 1968 American League All-Star team. He also played for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Milwaukee Brewers. Nicknamed "The Immortal Azcue", he was known for his strong throwing arm. Playing career Azcue threw and batted right-handed; he was listed as tall and . He began his career when he was signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. He spent the following few years rising up the minor league ranks. He was part of the Cienfuegos Elephants of the Cuban League, and was part of their championship team, winning both the Cuban League title and the Caribbean Series during the 1959–1960 season. He made his major league debut on August 3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Herrscher
Richard Franklin Herrscher (born November 3, 1936) is an American former professional baseball infielder who appeared in 35 Major League Baseball games for the 1962 New York Mets. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as tall and . Herrscher attended Cleveland High School in St. Louis and Southern Methodist University. He was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. After four seasons in the minor leagues, he was traded to the New York Mets in May 1962 as the player to be named later to complete an offseason deal that had delivered veteran National League slugger Frank Thomas to New York. Recalled by the Mets after spending four months of the 1962 campaign at Triple-A, Herrscher made his MLB debut on August 1, 1962, against the Philadelphia Phillies as a pinch hitter for Choo-Choo Coleman. Facing southpaw Dennis Bennett, he reached based on an error by second baseman Tony Taylor. Four days later, he hit his on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Bell
David Russell "Gus" Bell Jr. (November 15, 1928 – May 7, 1995) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder from 1950 to 1964, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, where he was a four-time All-Star and a member of Cincinnati's National League pennant-winning team. Bell had 100 or more runs batted in four times during his Reds career and batted .292 or better six times. Bell also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Milwaukee Braves. He was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1964. Family A native of Louisville, Kentucky, and graduate of Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget High School, Bell was nicknamed "Gus" as a youngster because he was a fan of longtime MLB player Gus Mancuso. Gus Bell was the oldest member of a rare three-generation major league family. His son Buddy has been a third baseman, coach, manager and front-office executive in the majors since 1972, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City alongside the American League (AL)'s New York Yankees. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants (baseball), New York Giants. The team's colors evoke the Dodger blue, blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants. For the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan before moving to Queens. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets played their home games at Shea Stadium, named after William Shea, the founder of the Continental League, a proposed third major league, the announcement of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Thomas (outfielder)
Frank Joseph Thomas Sr. (June 11, 1929 – January 16, 2023) was an American outfielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for seven National League (NL) teams from 1951 to 1966. He was a three-time All-Star. Beginning his career as a center and left fielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thomas hit 30 home runs with 102 runs batted in (RBIs) in his first full season in 1953 before being named to the All-Star team each of the next two seasons. He had career highs of 35 home runs and 109 RBIs in 1958, and was named the starting third baseman for the All-Star Game. Thomas was traded after that season, however, in the first of four trades in three years. He continued his productivity, hitting at least 20 home runs in all but one season between 1953 and 1962. After being acquired by the expansion New York Mets, he led the team with 34 home runs and 94 RBIs in their first season in 1962. His hitting declined after that year, and he ended his career playing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)
The Toronto Maple Leafs were a high-level minor league baseball club located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which played from 1896 to 1967. While the Maple Leafs had working agreements with numerous Major League Baseball clubs after the introduction of farm systems in the 1930s, they achieved great success as an unaffiliated club during the 1950s, when they were the strongest team on the field and in attendance in the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A International League. The 1902, 1918, 1920, 1926, and 1960 teams were recognized as being among the The National Baseball Association's top 100 minor league teams, 100 greatest minor league teams of all time. Toronto was without professional baseball from 1968 to 1976, when the American League added the Toronto Blue Jays via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion. History The first club The first Toronto baseball organization, the Toronto Baseball Club, played in the Canadian League in 1885, playing its home games at William Cawthra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
