• Boston Braves (1941–1942 and 1946–1952) and the Milwaukee Braves (1953–1957). The Evansville Bees (1938–1940) took their name when the Boston Braves changed...
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  • Evansville Pocketeers, 1925 Evansville Hubs, 1926–1931 Evansville Bees, 1938–1942 Evansville Braves, 1946–1957 Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne Chiefs, 1935...
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  • Stripers Columbus Clingstones Rome Emperors FCL Braves Augusta GreenJackets Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves farm system consists of six Minor League Baseball...
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    Bob Uecker (category Evansville Braves players)
    backup catcher, he played for the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves from 1962 to 1967. He won a World Series...
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  • Austin Braves, a former affiliate of the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves Danville Braves, a farm team Dominican Summer League Braves Evansville Braves, minor...
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    Larry Pennell (category Evansville Braves players)
    seasons between 1948 and 1954, playing first base and outfield for the Evansville Braves, Boston's minor league affiliate. In his first year in professional...
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  • were traded by the Braves to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Carl Sawatski. December 3, 1956: Roger McCardell was drafted from the Braves by the New York Giants...
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  • 1948 Braves captured 91 games to finish 61⁄2 paces ahead of the second-place St. Louis Cardinals. They also attracted 1,455,439 fans to Braves Field...
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    most famous are the Evansville Triplets (1970–84), Evansville Braves (1946–57), Evas/Pocketeers/Hubs (1919–1931) and the Evansville River Rats (1914–15)...
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  • standings. Davenport did not qualify for the playoffs, won by the Evansville Braves Rebounding from a last place finish in the previous season, the 1949...
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  • Corky Withrow (category Evansville Braves players)
    City High School there in 1956, at which time he signed with the Milwaukee Braves. While playing minor league baseball, he attended Georgetown College of...
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    Chuck Tanner (category Evansville Braves players)
    baseball contract with the Boston Braves. He played for eight seasons (1955–1962) for four teams: the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians...
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  • The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College. The university operates...
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  • Roger McCardell (category Evansville Braves players)
    Roger Morton McCardell (August 29, 1932 – November 13, 1996) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher...
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    Joe Morgan (baseball manager) (category Evansville Braves players)
    June 20, 1952, with his then-hometown National League team, the Boston Braves. Morgan stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg)...
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    39 points in a win against the Bradley Braves. In 2016, the ECHL's Evansville IceMen and the City of Evansville failed to come to an agreement on a new...
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    Baby Ortiz (category Evansville Braves players)
    Oliverio "Baby" Ortiz (December 5, 1919 – March 27, 1984) was a Cuban-born Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Washington Senators in 1944...
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    Jim Frey (category Evansville Braves players)
    Frey spent much of his career in the farm systems of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves and St. Louis Cardinals. A recurring arm injury prevented him from his best...
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    Del Crandall (category Evansville Braves players)
    last living player to have played for the Boston Braves. In 2003, Crandall was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame. Crandall was born in Ontario, California...
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    Al Spangler (category Evansville Braves players)
    appeared in 912 games in the majors between 1959 and 1971 for the Milwaukee Braves, Houston Colt .45s / Astros, Los Angeles / California Angels, and Chicago...
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    Ralph Beard (category Evansville Braves players)
    Ralph Milton Beard Jr. (December 2, 1927 – November 29, 2007) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player. He won two NCAA national basketball...
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  • Frank McElyea (category Evansville Braves players)
    was a Major League Baseball player. He played seven games with the Boston Braves between September 10 and 26, 1942. McElyea served in the United States Army...
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    Billy Smith (baseball coach) (category Evansville Braves players)
    Boston/Milwaukee Braves' farm system from 1950 to 1954 and from 1956 to 1960, spending his last three seasons as the playing manager of the Boise Braves of the...
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  • Earl Turner (baseball) (category Evansville Braves players)
    Earl Edwin Turner (May 6, 1923 – October 20, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. Turner was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who...
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  • Bob Botz (category Evansville Braves players)
    11 in (1.80 m), 170 lb (77 kg) right-hander was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent before the 1955 season. He was acquired by the...
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  • Gene Patton (category Evansville Braves players)
    American Major League Baseball player. He played one game with the Boston Braves on June 17, 1944. Career statistics and history at Baseball-Reference.com...
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  • Al Verdel (category Evansville Braves players)
    Albert Alfred Verdel (June 10, 1921 – April 16, 1991), nicknamed "Stumpy", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. The 23-year-old, rookie, right-hander...
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    Don Leppert (category Evansville Braves players)
    Indianapolis and began his 12-year active career in 1955 in the Milwaukee Braves' organization. During an MLB career of only 3½ years, Leppert nonetheless...
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    Félix Mantilla (baseball) (category Evansville Braves players)
    11-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Mantilla played for the Milwaukee Braves (1956–61), New York Mets (1962), Boston Red Sox (1963–65), and Houston Astros...
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    Wes Covington (category Evansville Braves players)
    Covington again found himself in the minors playing for the Wichita Braves. Braves had elected to go with Bobby Thomson. Covington was not happy about...
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