Atlanta Braves - The Atlanta, Georgia based Major League Baseball team is amongst the five prominent teams of the National League’s Eastern Division. Atlanta Braves logo depicts an American weapon called tomhawk and the embossed title of the “Braves”. 

History Of Atlanta Braves

The team came into existence in 1871 at Boston, Massachusetts with the name of National Association club and acquired licensed membership of National League in 1876. 

This club frequently kept changing its name. Known as Boston Red Stockings during 1876-1882 the club was renamed to Boston Beaneaters during 1883-1906, Boston Doves during 1907-1908, Boston Pilgrims during 1909-1911, Boston Braves during 1912-1935 & 1941-1952, Boston Bees during 1936-1940 and Milwaukee Braves during 1953-1965. Finally, in 1966 they adopted the name Atlanta Braves.

They have played their first game on April 22, 1876 as Boston Red Stockings. Before 1966, they grabbed two World Championships in 1914 & 1957 and twelve Pennants with their other names. On April 12, 1966 they have played their first game as Atlanta Braves against Pirates, which they won. In 1969, Braves got their first Division title. Due to insufficient efforts the team wasn’t able to conquer even a single league title during 1970s and in 1980s also they won only one Division. 

The grand recovery of the team is a history in itself, as they made a stunning entry to the World Series in 1990. The outstanding performance of the Braves won the team several titles during the time period of 1990s & 2000s. The grand history of the Braves includes World Championship in 1995 & five Pennants in 1991-92, 1995-96 and 1999. An uninterrupted 14-division title victory from 1991-2004 & 13 post-season appearances from 1991-1993 & 1995-2004 contributed to the magnificence of the great history of Braves.

 Some of the Hall of Famers of the Braves are Orlando Cepeda, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron & Phil Niekro whereas some of the retired numbers of the Braves were Dale Murphy#3, Phil Niekro #35, Eddie Mathews #41 and Warren Spahn #21. 

Stadium History Of Atlanta Braves

South End Grounds was the first stadium for the Atlanta Braves then known as Boston Red Stockings. They played there between 1876 and 1894. The Atlanta Braves then moved to the South End Grounds II during the years 1894-1914, Braves Field during the years 1915 to 1952, and Milwaukee County Stadium during 1953 to 1965. 

The country Fulton Stadium was constructed & officially inaugurated in 1966 for baseball season. The Atlanta Crackers- Atlanta’s International League team used to play there, before the Braves decided to shift to the Fulton Stadium in 1966. The Atlanta Braves played their first game at Fulton Stadium on April 12, 1966. The greatest moment for the Braves at the Fulton stadium was on April 8, 1974 when Hank Aaron exceeded Babe Ruth’s record of 714 by a 715 homerun. The last time that a baseball tournament was played at the Atlanta Fulton Country Stadium was 1996. 

After the 1996 season the Braves shifted to Turner Field stadium and are still there. Inaugurated on March 29, 1997, Turner Field stadium has the capacity of holding 50,000 fans. Turner Field, which is the present stadium of Atlanta Braves, took $235 millions for the construction.