Tag Archives: Atlanta Braves
William Hulbert’s out of the park idea
William Hulbert pitched an idea to other baseball owners, and baseball’s National League was born.
The Braves win the division
On October 5, 2001, the Atlanta Braves became the first team to win ten consecutive division titles. The Braves gave the Florida Marlins a 20-3 beating at Turner Field in Atlanta. They finished the season with 90 wins and 72 losses. Kevin Millwood walked away with the win after he allowed three runs off of […]
Milwaukee Braves last home game
On September 22, 1965, the Braves played their last game at County Stadium in Milwaukee in front of 12,577 fans. The Braves took a 7-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in 11 innings. Sandy Koufax started for the Dodgers. He allowed five runs score off of six hits before he was taken out of […]
Tom Henke’s 300th Save
In St. Louis on August 18, 1995, Tom Henke became the seventh relief pitcher to get his 300th save. The All-Star player saved the game in front of a home crowd despite the Atlanta Braves attempt to rally in the ninth inning. Henke started with one out to go in the eighth inning. He replaced […]
“Mad Dog” in Atlanta
On August 10, 1997, pitcher Greg “Mad Dog” Maddux signed a five year, $57.5 million contract with the Atlanta Braves after spending seven years with the Chicago Cubs. Maddux was just starting his Hall of Fame deserving career. He had a slow start with the Cubs. His first season was 1986. The 20 year old […]
Home runs of Brothers
On July 19, 1933, for the first time ever, two brothers on different teams each hit a home run during the same game. Pitcher Wesley Ferrell hit one out of the park off of Hank Johnson for the Cleveland Indians in the fourth inning. Catcher Rick Ferrell hit the long ball off of Wesley for the Boston […]
Hank Aaron hits one inside the park
On May 10, 1967 “Hammerin” Henry “Hank” Aaron hit his only inside the park home run. The pitch thrown by Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies was a fastball that traveled to deep center field. This occurrence is the rarest in all of baseball. The rare occurrence took place one of every 158 times a home run was […]
Phillies take Braves in…20?
On May 4, 1973 the Philadelphia Phillies hosted the Atlanta Braves at Veteran’s Stadium in a game that would last 20 innings. The 10,000 fans sat through a measly five hours and 16 minutes. The winning pitcher, Jim Lonborg was on the mound for the last two innings of the game. He only let one hit through, but no […]
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