The McCook Braves were a minor league baseball team based in McCook, Nebraska. From 1956 to 1959, the McCook Braves played as members of the short-season Class D level Nebraska State League as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Braves for their duration. The Braves won the 1959 league championship and were preceded in McCook by the McCook Generals of the Nebraska State League from 1928 to 1932. Baseball Hall of Fame member Phil Niekro pitched for the 1959 McCook Braves. The 1959 McCook Braves are featured in the book A False Spring, written by McCook Braves player Pat Jordan.