May 12, 1970 – Rico Carty extended his hitting streak to 30 games against the Chicago Cubs. He would go on to set the Braves record at 31 games (since broken last season by Dan Uggla). Also in the game, Ernie Banks became the 8th member of the 500 home run club hitting one off [...]
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April 30, 1985 – Dale Murphy drives in his 28th and 29th runs of the year in the Braves 8-4 win over Cincinnati. This tied Ron Cey‘s 1977 RBI record for April. Murphy would finish the year with 111 RBI for an Atlanta team that lost 96 games. The RBI record was broken in 1994 [...]
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April 28, 1961 – Warren Spahn became the 2nd oldest pitcher (after Cy Young) to throw a no-hitter as he blanked San Francisco 1-0 five days after turning 40. It was Spahn’s 290th win and 52nd shutout. Hank Aaron would drive in the only run of the game. Spahn would finish 1961 21-13. It was [...]
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April 27, 1944 – Jim Tobin pitched a no-hitter against the Dodgers in Boston. The Braves won 2-0. Tobin also hit a home run in the game. Tobin pitched for 9 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Boston Braves (and Boston Bees), Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Detroit Tigers. He won 105 games and lost [...]
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February 28, 1989 The Special Veterans Committee elects Al Barlick, an umpire for 29 years, and Red Schoendienst to the Hall of Fame. Schoendienst spent most of his playing days with the St. Louis Cardinals, but spent four seasons with the Milwaukee Braves from 1957-1960. He was traded to the Braves in June of 1957. [...]
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February 27, 1908 The sacrifice fly rule is adopted. A batter will not be charged an at-bat if a run scores on a caught fly ball. The rule would be repealed in 1931, but received full acceptance by 1954. The Braves Hank Aaron ranks 4th all-time on the list of sacrifice fly leaders with 121. [...]
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February 26, 1935 – Babe Ruth is signed by the Boston Braves for $20,000 and a share of the profits for that season. It would be his only season with the Braves. He would hit six home runs in 28 games that year before calling it quits and retiring on June 2 that year. Before [...]
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Baseball America came out with its Top 100 Prospect list for 2013, and the Braves landed a pair of pitchers on it. The first player on listed on the Top 100 for the Braves was Julio Teheran at number 44. This isn’t the first time he has been on the list. He was ranked #5 [...]
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A few days ago we looked at what the revamped Atlanta Braves lineup could be. Today let’s take a look at what the starting rotation could be for the 2013 season. Atlanta is returning only three starters who 150 or more innings in 2012. The rotation will be led by Tim Hudson who enters the season at [...]
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February 20, 1923 – Christy Mathewson becomes president of the Boston Braves when he and two partners purchase the team for $300,000. He would die two years later at the age of 45. February 20, 2009 – Tom Glavine agrees to a 1-year contract for $1 million to stay with the Braves. In 2008, he [...]
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