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1957 World Series
1957 World Series (© National Baseball Hall of Fame)
Atlanta Braves
Postseason History

All-Time Postseason Record: 66-60
Division Series Games: 15-2
Championship Series Games: 26-29
World Series Games: 25-29

All-Time Records vs. 2000 Playoff Teams
Team Overall 1990s 2000 Postseason (last meeting)
Cardinals 843-986 71-43 3-4 4-6 (1996 NLCS: won in seven games)
Giants 882-1069 69-53 6-3 never met
Mets 263-228 69-50 7-6 4-5 (1999 NLCS: won in six games)
(Includes franchise history in Boston)
Most Memorable Postseason Moment
Cabrera Comes Through - October 14, 1992
One out away from their first World Series appearance since 1979, the Pirates were ready to complete a remarkable comeback from a 3-1 series deficit in the 1992 NLCS. But light-hitting reserve Francisco Cabrera -- the last man to make the Braves' postseason roster -- punched a pinch-hit single into left field off of Stan Belinda, scoring Dave Justice to tie the game. Close on his heels, Sid Bream (one of the slowest men in the league) scored the game-winning run from second base just ahead of Barry Bonds' throw, sending the Braves to the World Series.
Most Memorable Postseason Performer
Lew Burdette -- 1957
FUN FACT
» 6'8" pitcher Gene Conley, Burdette's teammate on the 1957 Braves squad, went on to win three NBA titles as a member of the Boston Celtics, backing up forwards Tommy Heinsohn and 'Jungle Jim' Loscutoff.
The Braves defeated the Yankees in seven games thanks to three outstanding pitching performances turned in by starter Lew Burdette -- a former Yankees farmhand who shut out his former team twice en route to World Series MVP honors. Only two Yanks crossed home plate with Burdette on the hill, as he became the first man since Cleveland's Stan Coveleski to record three complete-game victories in the World Series. It was the Braves' only championship in Milwaukee.
Most Memorable Postseason Team
1914: The Miracle Braves
In mid-July 1914, things looked pretty bleak for the Boston Braves, who were buried in last place with a 33-43 record. But the 'Miracle Braves' quickly reeled off six wins in a row, leaping into fourth place, and moved within striking distance of the third-place Cardinals with a nine-game streak later in the month. By the end of August, they had tasted first place for the first time, and on September 8, they moved past John McGraw's Giants for good, winning 34 of their last 44 games to finish the season ten and a half games ahead of New York. Rallying from a fifteen-game deficit, the Braves had staged the biggest comeback in major-league history. The magical renaissance of the Braves continued in the postseason where, sparked by catcher Hank Gowdy's .545 average, they beat the heavily favored Philadelphia Athletics in four games.