The 1953 Milwaukee Braves season was the 83rd season of the franchise. It saw the return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee for the first time since 1901 when Braves team owner Lou Perini, due to very low attendance, moved the team to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This move was approved by all seven fellow National League owners and occurred during spring training, just weeks prior to the start of In their first season in the Badger State, the Braves finished in second place in the National League standings, with a record, thirteen games behind the NL Champion Brooklyn Dodgers. At the new County Stadium, the Braves drew a then-NL record The previous year in Boston, the home attendance for the season was Move of Braves from Boston to Milwaukee Construction began on Milwaukee County Stadium in 1950 in hopes of both luring a Major League baseball team and also the Packers football team from Green Bay. The minor league Milwaukee Brewers were scheduled to begin play at the start of the 1953 season. However, in the first move of a Major League team in half a century, on March 18, 1953, the National League approved owner Lou Perini's move of the Braves to Milwaukee 8-0 because of his "fine standing" with the other owners and also because there was an open city for his minor league team then in Milwaukee. The minor league Brewers moved to Toledo, Ohio, and changed their name to the Mudhens. Braves manager Charlie Grimm had won two minor league pennants while in Milwaukee (one with the Cubs farm team and the second with the Braves farm team in 1951). In addition, the Braves organization promoted him from their Milwaukee farm team to the MLB Boston Braves the summer of 1952. Furthermore, 21 of 40 players on the Braves starting roster had played at least some of their minor league careers in Milwaukee. Milwaukee County gave the Braves a favorable stadium deal. For the first two years, the team would pay only $1,000 a year for the use of Milwaukee County Stadium. For the next three years, the team would pay 5% of ticket prices and concessions. After that, the rent would be negotiated afresh with the Braves being required open their books. At the time of the move, the Braves owner Lou Perini said, "A third major league is the only answer for the future." This