BOB HAZLE TO BE INDUCTED INTO BRAVES WALL OF HONOR

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers and the Milwaukee Braves Historical Association will induct the late Bob Hazle into the Milwaukee Braves Wall of Honor Monday, May 8 at 2 p.m. The induction ceremony will take place at American Family Field, inside the Left Field Gate.
 
Hazle will join the permanent Milwaukee Braves Wall of Honor exhibit with a bronze plaque in his likeness affixed to the exterior of American Family Field. His contributions will be recognized on-field with a video and ceremonial first pitch that evening. Representing the Hazle family will be his grandson, Robert S. Hazle III and his wife, Dana.
 
Hazle made his major league debut on September 8, 1955, as a member of the Cincinnati Redlegs. He joined the Milwaukee Braves organization via trade in 1956 and was called up from the Minor Leagues in late July 1957 after an injury to outfielder Billy Bruton. Hazle began his Braves career batting .556 (20-for-36) in his first 12 games. He had hits in 26 of his 37 starts that season, batting .403 (54-for-134) with 7 HR and 27 RBI. Since Ted Williams in 1941, Hazle is the only player to have a season with at least 150 plate appearances to hit over .400 in a season.
 
In game seven of the World Series, Hazle hit a single off Yankees right-hander Don Larsen to ignite a four-run rally. He scored on a double by Eddie Mathews, which proved to be the Series-winning run. Hazle completed the 1958 season with the Tigers and retired from baseball in 1960. Hazle passed away in 1992 at the age of 61.
 
Hazle is the 20th member named to the Milwaukee Braves Wall of Honor, joining: Warren Spahn (2004), Johnny Logan (2005), Andy Pafko (2006), Bobby Thomson (2008), Bob Uecker (2009), Felix Mantilla (2010), Eddie Mathews (2010), Joe Adcock (2011), Frank Torre (2011), Hank Aaron (2012), Del Crandall (2012), Gene Conley (2013), Joe Torre (2014), Red Schoendienst (2015), Bill Bruton (2016), Lew Burdette (2017), Bob Buhl (2018), Frank Bolling (2019) and Wes Covington (2022).