The Minor League Milwaukee Brewers, 1859-1952

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Statues of Hank Aaron and Robin Yount, two of Milwaukee’s baseball heroes, stand outdoor the city’s palatial new Miller Park. Aaron and Yount represent two generations of major league baseball in Milwaukee, but what about professional baseball in Milwaukee before the arrival of the main league Braves in 1953? Why was once it such crucial city for minor league baseball? This book traces Milwaukee’s baseball history from the sport’s first appearance within the city in 1859 to the Brewers’ last American Association season in 1952. It covers Rufus King, the person chargeable for bringing baseball to Milwaukee, and his efforts at getting the sport off to a successful start within the city, Milwaukee’s status as the most important minor league market within the Northwestern League and Western Association, legendary manager Connie Mack, southpaw Rube Waddell, Hall of Fame player Hugh Duffy, who managed the team to its only Western League pennant in 1903, widowed owner Agnes Malloy Havenor, who chose veteran third baseman Harry Clark to guide the Brewers to their first two AA pennants in 1913 and 1914, colorful owner Otto Borchert, the Brewers’ pennant-winning 1936 season under manager Al Sothoron, the “golden era” of minor league baseball within the city, highlighted by owner Bill Veeck’s sideshows and colorful managers Casey Stengel, “Jolly Cholly” Grimm, and Nick “Tomato Face” Cullop, and the last years of minor league baseball in 1952 before the arrival of the Braves.

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