1957: BRAVES BEAT YANKS; Mickey Mantle; Ted Williams Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams compete for 1957 batting chanpionship; and Milwaukee Braves win World Series Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox vies for the major league batting title with Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees. Mickey Mantle seen seated in the Yankee dugout next to manager; Casey Stengel. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox walking across ball field in front of the camera. Ted Williams; at bat; hits a long drive. (Note: Williams won the batting title for the year; with an average of .388 and Mantle was runnerup with .365.) Scene changes to 7th game of the 1957 World Series; between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees; on October 10th; 1957. Braves pitcher; Lew Burdette; rubs a ball; as he stands on the mound. View of the final pitch; and play of the game that retires the Yankee side and wins the series for the Braves; whose players rush onto the field to celebrate with Burdette. Fans spill onto the field from