1957 MLB season | |
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League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | Regular season:
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Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
TV partner(s) | NBC, CBS |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Mickey Mantle (NYY) NL: Hank Aaron (MIL) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Chicago White Sox |
NL champions | Milwaukee Braves |
NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series | |
Champions | Milwaukee Braves |
Runners-up | New York Yankees |
World Series MVP | Lew Burdette (MIL) |
The 1957 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1957. The regular season ended on September 29, with the Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 54th World Series on October 2 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Braves defeated the Yankees, four games to three, capturing the second championship in franchise history and first in Milwaukee.
The 24th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 9, hosted by the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis, Missouri, with the American League winning, 6–5.
The National League's Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants played their final seasons as New York City-based franchises before their moves to California for the 1958 season, leaving New York City without a National League team until the founding of the expansion New York Mets in 1962.
On April 22, the Philadelphia Phillies became the 14th team in professional baseball to break the color line when they fielded John Kennedy.[1]