Brewers Forum: Milwaukee Teams
Posted by: Paul Ferguson (sumdumgoy01@ThisIsToPreventSpam-811-RemoveThis.mchsi.com) on 18 Jun 2003 at 3:24:10 PM
In-Reply-To: baseball team history posted by Thomas on 12:44:10 AM 5 Jun 2003
: I was wanting to know how
: many teams have been in
: Milwaukee. I am currently finishing my doctoral dissertation on Milwaukee leisure and can give you some additional information.
Milwaukee joined the National League in the late 1870s with a team called the Milwaukee Greys. This team finished last and was shut down within a year or so after its debut.
Following this team were a series of semi-professional or minor league teams, associated with organizations like the Western Association, Western League, and American Association, first under the name Milwaukee Creams (Milwaukee was called the Cream City because of its unusual cream-colored brick), and later as the Milwaukee Brewers.
It was as the Brewers that Milwaukee became a founding franchise in the American League, with Connie Mack as the manager. they had one good year, then Mack left the team, after which the team stunk and was moved to st. Louis, where they became the Browns (proving that St. Louis had to turn to Milwaukee when they wanted Brewers - ha ha)
After that, as already indicated, Milwaukee had the Braves and the current Brewers.
Hope that helps,
Paul Ferguson
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