1999 World Series, New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 0
1997 Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS
1997 Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal
1997 Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings
1997 Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
1997 Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice
1996 Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award
1996 New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win
1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
1996 Braves beat New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
1996 Braves blow out St. Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game
1995 Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series
1995 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory
1994 All star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)
1993 Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59
1992 Toronto Blue Jays beat Atl Braves, 4 games to 2, in 88th World Series
1992 1st World Series with non-U.S. team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves
1992 Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates in 7 games for NL pennant
1992 Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and Braves (Baseball)
1992 Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957)
1992 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
1992 Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East
1991 Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
1991 Minn Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7
1991 Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games
1991 Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns
1991 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
1990 Braves Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year
1990 Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
1990 Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 home runs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
1988 Braves Bruce Sutter joins Fingers and Gossage to save 300 games
1988 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St. Louis Cardinals lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn
1984 Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
1984 Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls and 19 ejections
1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season
1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
1979 Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0
1978 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1978 Braves' Jim Bouton, 38, beats Giants, his 1st win since 1970
1978 Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games
1978 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits and NL-record-tying 8 HRs
1978 Braves draft Bob Horner #1
1977 Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1977 Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
1976 San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
1976 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1974 Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May
1974 Jermaine Dye, born in Oakland California, outfielder, Atlanta Braves
1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits San Diego Padres, 9-0
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
1973 Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20
1973 Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings
1973 Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1973 Terrell Wade, born in Rembert, South Carolina, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1972 Hank Aaron hits 660th and 661st home runs for Braves, record for 1 team
1972 Danny Bautista, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Atlanta Braves
1972 Chipper Jones, born in Deland, Florida, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
1971 Ryan Klesko, born in Westminster, California, outfielder, Atlanta Braves
1971 Brad Clontz, born in Stuart, Virginia, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1971 Tyler Houston, U.S. baseball catcher, Atlanta Braves
1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
1970 Javier Lopez, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher, Atlanta Braves
1970 Cleve Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
1970 Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1970 Steve Avery, born in Trenton, Michigan, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1970 Mark Wohlers, Holyoke, Massachusetts, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1969 Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 and Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
1969 Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0
1968 Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves
1968 Eddie Perez, Cuidad Ojeda, Venezuela, catcher, Atlanta Braves
1968 Kent Mercker, Dublin, Ohio, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles
1967 Mike Mordecai, Birmingham, Alabama, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1967 Pedro Borbon, Mao, Dominican Republic, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1967 Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning
1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1967 John Smoltz, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young
1967 Marquis Grisom, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians
1966 U.S. Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
1966 Greg McMichael, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1966 Mark Whiten, Pensacola, Florida, outfielder, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees
1966 St. Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns
1966 Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee)
1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4
1966 David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, /husband of Halle Barry
1966 Greg Maddux, born in San Angelo, Texas, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1966 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
1966 Tom Glavine, born in Concord, Massachusetts, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991
1966 Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets
1966 Derek Lilliquist, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves
1966 Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966
1965 Jeff Blauser, Los gatos California, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1965 Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant
1965 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
1965 Mark Lemke, born in Utica, New York, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1965 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1964 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
1964 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
1964 Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta
1964 Despite 3 home runs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
1964 Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
1963 Dwight Smith, Tallahassee, Florida, outfielder, Atlanta Braves
1963 Fred McGriff, born in Tampa, Florida, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1963 Braves Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 20-win seasons
1963 Giant Willie Mays' HR in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves
1963 Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves), 1-0 in 16 innings
1963 Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
1961 Rafael Belliard, Pueblo Nuevo, Dominican Republic, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves
1961 Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa, Oklahoma, catcher, Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays
1959 Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
1959 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
1959 Mike Bielecki, born in Baltimore, Maryland, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1958 New York Yankees beat Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series
1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
1958 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
1957 Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award
1957 Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 World Series
1957 Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series
1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
1957 Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
1957 Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves
1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman and Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in 10th and lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
1956 Dale Murphy, born in Portland, Oregon, slugger, Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP
1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double)
1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1954 Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game
1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
1954 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
1953 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
1953 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0
1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1953 NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
1953 Bruce Sutter, pitcher, Cubs, Cards, Braves
1952 Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee
1952 Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss
1952 Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
1952 St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
1951 Bob McAdoo, NBA forward and center, Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers
1951 St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
1951 Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
1951 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC
1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves
1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1950 Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
1950 AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset
1948 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series
1948 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
1948 Braves clinch NL pennant
1947 Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time
1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1946 Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field
1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
1946 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games
1944 Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0
1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
1944 Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn
1944 Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0
1944 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
1943 Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg
1942 Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson and Wagner)
1942 Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore
1941 Howie Komives, NBA star, New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves
1940 Joseph Torre, outfield/manager, Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP
1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
1940 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
1939 Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves
1938 Ted Turner, broadcasting mogul/owns, Atlanta Braves, /won America's Cup
1938 1st game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5
1938 Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0
1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
1936 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston
1936 New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname
1935 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates
1935 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
1935 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
1932 Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0
1932 Washington Redskins, then Boston Braves, forms
1931 Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH
1930 George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him
1929 Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
1929 Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
1927 Joseph Wilbur Adcock, manager/player, Braves
1927 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
1926 Roy Smalley, shortstop, Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Twins, Yankees
1926 Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings
1924 Giants rip Braves 22-1, Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out
1924 St. Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
1923 Christy Mathewson becomes President of Boston Braves
1921 Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher, Boston/Milwaukee Braves
1920 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
1918 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings
1917 Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves
1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak
1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1915 Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series
1915 Boston Braves trounce St. Louis Cardinals 20-1
1915 Boston Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals 20-1
1915 Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1
1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1914 Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia A's, 1st sweep in World Series history
1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL
1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
1914 Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series
1913 Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
1912 Vincent DiMaggio, baseball player, Giants, Phils, Reds, Braves
1912 New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12
1911 Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game
1911 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row
1910 Braves beat Phillies 20-7
1910 Cliff Battles, born in Akron, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Braves, Redskins
1908 Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1907 St. Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn
1900 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1898 Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1898 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
1876 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5
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