The History of the Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves were founded in the year 1871 by Iver Whitney Adams a rich business man, with the assistance of a man by the name of Harry Wright, who also helped form teams like the Cincinnati “Reds.” as well as other now popular teams Soon after they joined the National Association of Professional Baseball Players as one of the founding members. When they came about they were a very strong team and did very well in their first few years of playing baseball. Even going to the extent of winning 26 games in a row. And this was only the start of their very long history full of name changes, state changes, and the 17 National league pennants and 3 World Series victories they have won over the years.
One of the large parts of the Braves history was the many times that they changed states. They changed states 3 times total and changed names several times as well. They as I stated before, started in Boston in 1871 going by the name the Boston Red Stockings, as the Red Stockings they did exceptional and had large streaks of victories as one of the first Major League baseball teams in history. Shortly after their formation they changed names to the Boston Beaneaters in 1883 because of the confusion between them and the Cincinnati Red Stockings. shortly after the name change to the Boston Beaneaters they suffered a long, rough, streak without winning any championships or pennants. Then the team changed to new ownership in 1916 when James Gaffney bought them out for $500,000 which in todays dollars is worth over $10,900,000. But after only three short years the Boston Beaneaters would once again be sold, to George Washington Grant after another unproductive season of low ...
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... but with Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews scoring over sixty homers. And Spahn and Burdette getting 42 pitching victories the Yankees still pulled through and won the world series by one game. Sadly Hank Aaron barely missed his opportunity to get the triple crown, leading baseball with 44 home run, and an RBI rating of 130. In a feat of old age that same season Warren Spahn won 23 games at the old age of forty two. As no surprise the team was sold, this time to a millionaire named William Bartholomay. and he had something in his sights, the city of Atlanta, their present home, for a larger television market for the team. He contracted the construction of the new stadium and announced the move to Atlanta, but the city of Milwaukee wasn’t losing them without a fight. They filed several lawsuits to attempt make them stay, but only managed to get them for one more season.
Do you like Craig Kimbrel and the Atlanta Braves as much as I do? At the age of 4 Craig Kimbrel started off his baseball career. He didn’t play tee ball like most kids, he went straight to coach pitch. Between the ages of 4-12 Craig played with the Civic league team in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama. He played in the Babe Ruth league from the age of 12-16. Growing up through baseball Craig’s positions were 3rd base and outfield, not pitcher. Kimbrel played high school ball for Lee High in Huntsville, Alabama.
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On July 27 1959, A new York attorney named William shea had an idea of putting a new baseball team in new York since the dodgers and giants had left for california.So on march 1st 1961 His wish was granted.The new York metropolitan baseball club or “the new York mets” were introduced into the national league.The name of the team was chosen by owner Joan Payson.The other names that were put into thought were the rebels, skyliners, nybs and avengers just to name a few.On April 11,1962 the mets played their first game in franchise history and lost 11-4 to the St Louis cardinals.The first season was a miserable one.Manager Casey Stengel led the mets to a 62-100 record,The worst record in major league history.After a couple of more losing seasons, The mets finally made a move and signed pitcher Tom “the franchise”Seaver,one of the best pitchers who ever played the game. They also picked up power hitting outfielders Donn Clendenon and Tommie Agee. Finally the mets looked like a baseball team.Entering the 1969 season, my father said the mets wewr 160-1 to win the World Series, but the mets shocked everyone winning the national league championship. Now, this is how the mets won their first world series, The batter was cleon Jones, after striking out manager Gil Hodges notices a black mark on the ball. The black mark was shoe polish. Putting shoe polish on the ball makes it spin more and makes it much easier to strike out a batter.
As the decade opened up with the year 1950, the Yankees were celebrating an American League Pennant and a World Series victory from the previous year. It was apparent in 1950 that the team had not taken too much time off as the team posted a 98-56 regular season record, winning their second straight Pennant and a trip to the World Series where they would match up against the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1950, the Phillies were known as the Whiz kids because of their youth and amazing talent, but in the series against the Yankees they were swept in 4 games thanks to Joe DiMaggio- a legend in Major League baseball- and Phil Rizzuto- a shortstop who would enjoy one of his most productive seasons as well as the honor of earning American League MVP. Whitey Ford, a rookie pitcher for the Yanks, also enjoyed a stand out career, winning all 9 of his starts and losing only one game in relief. (Baseball History)
America’s pastime has been complicated in the last couple centuries, and integration has been a big key in the game of baseball. Like most of America in the 1940’s, baseball was segregated, with whites playing in the Major League system and African-Americans playing in the Negro Leagues. There were many factors that made whites and blacks come together, including World War II. Integration caused many downs in the time period, but as baseball grew and grew it was one of the greatest accomplishments in the history. It was hard to find the right black man to start this, they needed a man with baseball abilities and a man who didn’t need to fight back.
“The Braves started in 1876 in Boston, known then as the ‘Red Stockings’. And in 1883 they became then ‘Beaneaters’ and then the now infamous ‘Braves’ in 1912. Then in 1914 the Boston Braves won they’re first national title, by sweeping Philadelphia.” (Atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/atl/history/atl_history_timeline.jsp)
"Over the decades, African American teams played 445-recorded games against white teams, winning sixty-one percent of them." (Conrads, pg.8) The Negro Leagues were an alternative baseball group for African American baseball player that were denied the right to play with the white baseball payers in the Major League Baseball Association. In 1920, the first African American League was formed, and that paved the way for numerous African American innovation and movements. Fences, and Jackie Robinson: The Biography, raises consciousness about the baseball players that have been overlooked, and the struggle they had to endure simply because of their color.
Rader states that baseball was founded by Abner Doubleday in 1839 at Cooperstown, New York. In the next couple decades, the game developed the simple concept of bases. After having bases introduced into the game, the kids in bigger cities started club based teams which played each other. These teams started to develop a personal passion and respect for baseball which led them to adopt written rules. He conveys the idea of fellowship within the team and how the players celebrated all aspects of the game. He gives an example of a club team called the New York Knickerbockers and how they celebrated with their opponents and teammates whether they won or l...
The Louisville Grays were a baseball team that was located in Louisville, Kentucky; this only lasted for two seasons (1876-1877), and were able to post a 65-61 record. They were owned by the publisher and owner of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Walter Newman Haldeman, who was a businessman. The Grays were forced to fold due to the first gambling scandal that baseball had ever seen.
He was one of the star players on the Boston Red Socks line up. December 1919 he was sold to the New York Yankees for $100,000 (Wood,Allan). Ruth’s talent had began to shine he became the best hitter and pitcher anyone’s ever seen. He had beat a record of fifty-four home runs and by 1921 he had a batting record of .846 his success had made an impact on peoples opinion about the game baseball. Ruth had accomplished so much he had transformed the New York Yankees into a very successful base ball team. In 1923 the team had moved stadiums and it became known to be the house that Babe Ruth Built. The Yankees had won seven pennants and four world series titles they became know as the best baseball team with Ruth in the lead for sixty home runs (Rosenberg,Jennifer). Outside of baseball Ruth had been known for his extravagant life style , he had been a very heavy drinker which would soon take a great impact on his health. As well as living a promiscuous life Ruth would spend his time giving back. Ruth made time to visits local hospitals and charities; he would provide advice and encouragement to young fans. He had also given money to Brother Mathias in return for being a father figure and introducing him into the game. By the 1920’s Ruth had been very successful he had risen from poverty and changed peoples perceptions on the sport baseball. Ruth’s success had impacted peoples life he had become a very inspiring role
a lot of winning by the Yankees. It started after that observed trade but continued long after the
Chicago Cubs baseball goes all the way back to April 25th, 1876 when they played the first game in the history of the Chicago National League Ball Club. However; at the time, they were not known as the “Cubs.” In general, they were known as the “White Stockings.” But a select few referred to them as the “Colts,” or “Orphans.” The team played in only five different locations in the 1800s because of the lack of places to play baseball at the time. As years went by, the league became popular, becoming one of the sports first dynasties. Chicago won six of the first eleven inaugural National League Championships (Cubs Timeline). In 1902, Frank Selee began managing Chicago to debut his managerial career. Just like managers, the name changed as well. A local newspaper penned the nickname “Cubs” for the first time. The name grew on people over time and was officially adopted in 1907. The year after that, victory arose in the city of Chicago. The season was filled with some of the greatest old-time baseball players. The batting line-up consisted of many good hitters and not jus...
He was traded to the Red Sox in 1997. He signed a 6 year 75,000,000 contract. That year he finished 19-7 and was second in the American league in Whip, Era, strikeouts, Cy Young voting. In 1999 he went 23-4 which was one of the greatest pitching seasons of all time. He had a 2.07 Era and 313 strikeouts. That year he won his second triple crown and coming in second for the MVP(most valuable player). IN 1999 he became the eighth modern pitcher to have over 300 strikeouts in a season. Between 1999 and 2000 he had 10 consecutive starts with at least 10 strikeouts. He was named the pitcher of the month in April, MAy and June in 1999. He continued his dominance in the All-star game at Fenway park. He struck out the side in one of his
After their vanishing from MLB, Expos decided to migrate to Washington D.C and change their name to Washington Nationals. Also, Washington D.C didn’t have a baseball team in their city for significant amount of time. According to Washington Post article written by David Von Drehle explains about the last time when Washington D.C had their baseball team, “On September 30, 1971, 14,460 fans shuffled into Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to bear witness to the end of the pastime in the nation's capital.” The last team that played in Washington D.C was called Washington Senators. After 1971, Washington D.C didn’t have their baseball team until 2005. Then the Expos’ fate was decided to migrate to Washington D.C after
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