The most frightening haunted baseball stories from Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel

**HOLD FOR PAUL KAZDAN**This is the lobby of the Pfister Hotel seen Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in Milwaukee. The Pfister is Milwaukee's most regal address, having hosted every U.S. president since William McKinley and scores of celebrities. Today it's the place to stay for upscale business travelers and out-of-town visitors, including many Major League Baseball teams. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (Morry Gash/AP)

It's October, which means two things: There's do-or-die postseason baseball and the veil between the two worlds grows ever thinner as we march toward Halloween. This year, thanks to the Brewers playing in the National League Championship Series, those two things are combined in one place.

Why? That's because the most popular hotel for visiting teams in Milwaukee is the Pfister Hotel. Built in 1893, the ritzy building is legendarily one of the most haunted lodgings in the country.

With the Dodgers in Milwaukee for Saturday's Game 7, and because there are so many baseball players with stories from their stays in the Pfister over the years, let's look back at some of the best. Turn out the lights, get cozy and read some of the best baseball player ghost stories set in the Pfister's halls.

Michael Young

ESPN the Magazine rounded up plenty of ballplayer ghost stories from the hotel, but the best belongs to the former Rangers infielder. Why? Because he makes it clear that he is not making this up.

"Listen, I'm not someone who spreads ghost stories, so if I'm telling you this, it happened," Young said. "A couple of years ago, I was lying in bed after a night game, and I was out. My room was locked, but I heard these footsteps inside my room, stomping around. I'd heard all these stories about this hotel, so I was wide awake at that point. And then I heard it again, these footsteps on the floor, so I yelled out, 'Hey! Make yourself at home. Hang out, have a seat, but do not wake me up, okay?' After that, I didn't hear a thing for the rest of the night. I just let him know he was welcome, that we could be pals, that he could marinate in there for as long as he needed to, just as long as he didn't wake me up."

Mike Cameron

The former outfielder may not have experienced anything himself, but he's heard enough to avoid staying in the hotel. Check out his story below:

Carlos Gómez

Gomez is one of the most interesting men in baseball, and that apparently extends to when he's in the team hotel. Gomez said he has heard voices while staying in the hotel, with the worst happening when he got out of the shower one year and heard static playing on his iPod. So he grabbed the device, which then changed to another song. He raced out of the room and into the lobby before putting his pants on.

"I'm scared to go there," he said. "They should change the hotel. Everybody here doesn't like the hotel. Why [do] they always put us in the same hotel when you can't sleep?

"Everything's scary. Everything in the hotel, the paintings and pictures, it's a lot of old, crazy stuff. No good, man. No good."

Ji-Man Choi

There's one player that likes the ghosts in the Pfister, and that's one-time Brewer Choi. Claiming that he's seen ghosts before, Choi said he felt one in his first night in the Pfister when he was in town with the Angels in 2016. Though he said his sleep was "not good" because of the restless spirits, he also said he feels comfortable when ghosts are present.

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