Evansville Braves Baseball

Evansville Braves

Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League (1946-1957)

Tombstone

Born: 1946
Folded: 1957

First Game: April 28, 1946 (L 14-6 vs. Waterloo White Hawks)
Last Game: September 8, 1957 (L 8-5 @ Peoria Chiefs)

Three-I League Champions: 1946, 1948, 1956 and 1957

Stadium

Bosse Field
Opened: 1915

Ownership & Affiliation

Owner:

Major League Affiliations:

  • 1946-1952: Boston Braves
  • 1953-1957: Milwaukee Braves

 

Background

The Evansville Braves were a Class B farm club of the Boston and Milwaukee Braves from 1946 until 1957.  Evansville won four Three-I League titles during the 12-year Braves era and helped to developed future Major Leaguers such as Wes Covington (Evansville ’53), Lee Maye (’55-’56) and Bob Uecker (’57).

The Braves rented Bosse Field from the Evansville  school department. Late in the 1957 season, a group of engineers deemed the ballpark’s grandstand unsafe in a report to the school board. The team used temporary bleachers for late season games in 1957 and left town after the season ended with Evansville’s fourth and final Three-I League crown.

Pro baseball returned to Evansville and Bosse Field with the arrival of the Evansville White Sox in 1966.

 

Evansville Braves Shop

 

 

Links

Three-I League Programs

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