Bill Bruton

William Havon Bruton (November 9, 1925 – December 5, 1995) was a center fielder who spent his Major League Baseball career with the Milwaukee Braves (1953–1960) and Detroit Tigers (1961–1964). A left-handed hitter with a right-handed throw, Bruton broke into the majors as a 27-year-old rookie in 1953, the Braves' first season in Milwaukee. On April 14, 1953, he hit a 10th-inning home run to give Milwaukee a 3–2 win over the Cardinals in the city's first major league game. He was a member of the 1957 and 1958 Braves teams that both reached the World Series against the New York Yankees, though a knee injury kept him out of the 1957 Series, which Milwaukee won in seven games.