1987 - Graig Nettles and Dion James both hit grand slams to lead the Braves to a 12-4 win over the Astros. It is the first time since July 3, 1966 that the Braves have two grand slams in one game.
1944 - Jim Tobin homers and tosses a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1971 - Hank Aaron launches his 600th career home run off Gaylord Perry in a 6-5 loss to the Giants at Fulton County Stadium.
1966 - The Atlanta Braves establish a major league record by winning their 18th consecutive game at home. The first 17 wins of the streak came in Milwaukee, the team’s home in 1965.
1925 - The Boston Braves release Stuffy McInnis. He will sign with the Pirates and hit .368 in 59 games while playing in his fifth World Series. 1953 - The Braves play their first game since moving to Milwaukee and defeat the Reds, 2-0.
2012 - Chipper Jones homers in his first game of the year to help the Braves to a 6-4 win over the Houston Astros. The win snaps a nine-game losing streak that dates back to their collapse at the end of the 2011 season which cost them a playoff spot.
The Atlanta Braves have had some fantastic third basemen in the franchise's history. From all-time greats like Eddie Mathews, Chipper Jones, Terry Pendleton,
Three new members of Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame were elected this year: Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton. Players must have their names checked by at least 75% of the ballots submitted.
The Atlanta Braves have fifty-six players in the National Baseball Hall of Fame that were members of the organization, ranging from part timers like manager Joe Torre (managed Atlanta from 1982-1984) to legends that spent the predominant majority of their career with the team, like Hank Aaron.
The newest addition to the Atlanta Braves, starting pitcher Chris Sale, is already at the team's spring training facility in North Port, FL, getting some work in.
Growing up as an Atlanta Braves fan, there were a few things that you were always expecting from the '90s and 2000s teams. Of course, you were expecting
As the Braves try to make a run for their sixth straight NL East title and possibly home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, we will be highlighting some of the best Braves players of all time.
Atlanta Braves legend and MLB Hall of Famer Tom Glavine sat down with Braves Today host Ben Taylor for a wide-ranging conversation about the 2023 Atlanta Braves, calling games in the same booth as John Smoltz, Chipper Jones, and Jeff Francoeur, and proper expectations for the 2023 postseason.
In this day and age in sports, it's become more and more rare for players to stay with one franchise for the duration of their career. Free agency changed the game as much as anything that's ever been implemented, and has given players much more control over their own futures.
Ronald Acuña Jr. is attempting to run away with the MVP award early in the season. He’s hitting .324 with a .960 OPS, leading the league in steals with 23, and is on pace for over 30 homers.
The Atlanta Braves are planning to retire the No. 25 of former five-time All-Star center fielder Andruw Jones in September. Jones will be the 11th Braves player in history to have his number retired.
Chipper Jones is back with the Braves organization as a special instructor, and nobody stands to benefit more from his presence in the clubhouse than (hopefully) the Braves’ new starting shortstop Vaughn Grissom.
Chipper Jones is returning to the Braves coaching staff in 2023 as a hitting consultant, which is the same role he had during the team’s World Series run in 2021, according to The Athletic’s David O’Brien.
The host Atlanta Braves will look to complete a three-game sweep -- and the New York Mets will aim to stop an ill-timed skid and earn a pivotal victory -- when the National League East rivals meet for the final time in the regular season Sunday night.
The backdrop in Houston was a ton of Atlanta Braves fans showing up to cheer their team on to what was a lopsided win over the home squad.
Chipper Jones may not have played in Game 3 of the NLDS between the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves on Monday, but the Hall of Famer still committed a brutal error.
The Braves announced Monday that Hall of Famer Chipper Jones will join their Major League coaching staff on a part-time basis as a hitting consultant.
Former Atlanta Braves great Chipper Jones is no longer terrorizing the New York Mets at the plate, but that doesn't mean he is finished giving his formal rival the business.
The Detroit Tigers make the No. 1 overall selection in the 2020 MLB Draft. MLB Trade Rumors examines how many No. 1 picks have panned out, starting with the 1990s.
The Chipper Jones, Boog Sciambi story told this week is a classic.
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