2025 Dodgers star refuses to stay at ‘haunted’ Milwaukee hotel, terrorizing baseball players since 1893

One of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ most reliable bats in 2025 quietly opted out of staying at Milwaukee’s historic Pfister Hotel over concerns of reported hauntings.

Teoscar Hernández and the Dodgers are in Milwaukee for the National League Championship Series (NLCS) against the Brewers, but the right-fielder and his wife decided to find other accommodations after family members raised concerns about the Pfister’s long-standing reputation for the paranormal.

Hernández and his wife aren’t alone: several high-profile players, including Hernández’s teammate, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts, have avoided the Pfister or swapped rooms after hearing scary stories from teammates and families.

The Pfister’s haunted legacy

Built in 1893, the Pfister Hotel has been a fixture of the city’s skyline for more than a century. Baseball players’ creepy encounters at the Pfister have been recounted for decades. Stories compiled by MLB and local outlets list players such as Adrián Beltré, Carlos Gómez, Mike Cameron, and many others, who have described unnerving experiences from odd noises to clothing or furniture that seemed to move on their own.

Oakland A’s slugger Brent Rooker is among the latest MLB players to report strange happenings at the Pfister. Rooker told MLB.com that his television repeatedly turned on and off during the night and even changed channels on its own while he was asleep. He also noticed flickering lights in the hotel’s older wing but described his encounters as relatively mild compared to other players’ experiences.

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper recalled a far stranger scene during one of his stays. As reported by NBC Los Angeles, Harper said he neatly folded his clothes on a table before going to bed only to wake up and find them scattered on the floor, with the table itself mysteriously moved across the room.

Veteran infielder Adrián Beltré shared one of the earliest and most detailed accounts, dating back to 2001. Beltré said he heard persistent knocking at his hotel door despite no one being outside. Later that night, he claimed, his TV and air conditioner turned themselves on and off, followed by loud pounding against his bed’s headboard as if someone were striking the wood with an open hand.

“I’ve stayed there before and never seen anything,” Hernández told the press. “But my wife said she didn’t want to stay there. Then I started hearing stories — lights going off, doors opening, footsteps. I was like, okay, that’s enough.”