1914 World Series Winner 1914 In the 1914 World Series, the Boston Braves beat the Philadelphia Athletics in a four-game series. See Full Story Braves Primary Logo History of the Braves The Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1871 to 1952. The franchise was initially founded as the Cincinnati Red Stockings, …
Milwaukee Braves Team History
1949 1957 1966 Move to Milwaukee The 1948 World Series, which the Braves lost in six games to the Indians, turned out to be the Braves’ last hurrah in Boston. Amid four mediocre seasons, attendance steadily dwindled until, on March 13, 1953, Perini, who had recently bought out his original partners, announced he was moving the team to Milwaukee, where …
Atlanta Braves Team History
1966 1976 1995 2007 2017 2021 Move to Atlanta – Braves Perini sold the Braves to a Chicago-based group led by William Bartholomay in 1962. Almost immediately Bartholomay started shopping the Braves to a larger television market. Keen to attract them, the fast-growing city of Atlanta, led by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. constructed a new $18 million, 52,000-seat ballpark in …
Boston Braves (Redskins) Team History
1932 Boston Braves Team Formation The city of Boston, Massachusetts, was awarded an NFL franchise on July 9, 1932, under the ownership of George Preston Marshall, Vincent Bendix, Jay O’Brien, and Dorland Doyle. They were given the nucleus of the defunct Newark Tornadoes which folded after the 1930 season and was sold back to the NFL; although none of the …
Buffalo Braves Team History
1970 1972 1978 Buffalo Braves Team Formation With a roster made up primarily of castoffs, the Buffalo Braves got off on the right foot by beating the Cleveland Cavilers 107-92 at Buffalo’s Historic Aud. on October 14th. However, the Braves would drop their next nine games as they took on established NBA teams on the way to finishing in the …
