Joe Adcock

Historical marker location:

1 Brewers Way, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

( Marker is on Miller Park Way (State Highway 175) 1.6 miles south of Interstate 94, on the right when traveling south.)

Milwaukee Braves, 1953-1962.

The deadliest tornado in Wisconsin's history occurred on May 18, 1883, when a tornado swept through the town of Rochester, killing 117 people and injuring more than 200 others.