- 1961 Milwaukee Braves season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Milwaukee Braves
season = 1961
misc =
current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark =Milwaukee County Stadium
y4 = 1953
city =Milwaukee, Wisconsin
y5 = 1953
owners = Louis R. Perini
general manager =John McHale
managers =Chuck Dressen ,Birdie Tebbetts
television = none
radio = WEMP
WTMJ
(Earl Gillespie , Blaine Walsh)|Offseason
*October 14, 1960: Red Schoendienst was released by the Milwaukee Braves. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml]
*December 3, 1960: Billy Martin was purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martibi02.shtml]Regular season
On April 28, 1961, Warren Spahn threw a no-hitter versus the San Francisco Giants.
eason standings
Notable transactions
*June 1, 1961: Billy Martin was traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Minnesota Twins for Billy Consolo. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martibi02.shtml]
Roster
Relief pitchers
Awards and records
* Warren Spahn, National League Leader, Wins [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]* Class AAA:
Louisville Colonels (American Association;Ben Geraghty , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class AAA:Vancouver Mounties (Pacific Coast League ;Billy Hitchcock , manager)
* Class AA:Austin Senators (Texas League ;Bill Adair , manager)
* Class B:Cedar Rapids Braves (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League ; Jimmy Brown, manager)
* Class B:Yakima Bears (Northwest League ;Buddy Hicks , manager)
* Class C:Eau Claire Braves (Northern League;Jim Fanning , manager)
* Class C:Boise Braves (Pioneer League;Gordon Maltzberger , manager)
* Class D:Palatka Azaleas (Florida State League ; Mike Fandozzi, manager)
* Class D:Quad Cities Braves (Midwest League ;Al Monchak , manager)
* Class D:Wellsville Braves (New York-Penn League ;Bill Steinecke , manager)
* Class D:Newton-Conover Twins (Western Carolinas League ; Joe Abernethy, manager)References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MLN/1961.shtml 1961 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference]
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