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The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team, based in
Atlanta, Georgia, since 1966. The team competes in the Eastern
Division of the National League. The Braves have won their
division title 14 consecutive times beginning with 1991 and ending
in 2005, omitting the strike-shortened 1994 season in which no
division champions were officially crowned. The Braves have won 16
divisional titles, nine National League pennants, and three World
Series championships (1914, 1957, and 1995). The Braves are one of
the only two remaining charter members left in the National League
along with the Chicago Cubs.
Founded: 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts as the Boston Red
Stockings, a charter member of the National Association. The club
became a charter member of the National League in 1876 and has
remained in the league without a break since then. The Braves are
the oldest continuously operating sports franchise in North
American sports. Arguably, they can trace their ancestry to the
original Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869-1870, baseball's first
openly professional team. When the N.A. formed, Cincinnati's
backers declined to field a team in the new league, and Red
Stockings player-manager Harry Wright along with three of the best
players from that team moved collectively to Boston and took the
nickname with them.
Formerly known as: Boston Braves (1912-1952), and Milwaukee
Braves (1953-1965). Prior to 1912, the Boston team had several
unofficial nicknames: "Red Stockings" and "Red Caps" in the 1870s
and 1880s; "Beaneaters" in the 1890s and early 1900s; "Doves"
(when the Dovey family owned the franchise, 1907-1910) and
"Rustlers" (when William Russell owned the franchise, 1911).
Following the 1935 season, after enduring bankruptcy and a series
of poor seasons, new owner Bob Quinn asked a team of sportswriters
to choose a new nickname, to change the team's luck. The
sportswriters chose "Bees", which was adopted in 1936, though it
never really caught on, with Quinn even refusing to use it,
although their home uniforms in this interval were changed to
feature a large block letter B ("bee"). The team dropped the
nickname in 1941, using only the official name "Braves" from 1941
on.
Ownership: Liberty Media
Uniform colors: Navy blue, Garnet red, and White
Logo design: The script word "Braves" above a tomahawk
Team motto: Atlanta's Pastime Since 1966
Spring Training Facility: The Ballpark at Disney's Wide
World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Playoff appearances (20): 1914, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1969,
1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
World Series Titles (3): 1914, 1957, 1995
National League Pennants Won (9): 1914, 1948, 1957, 1958,
1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999
National Association pennants won (4): 1872, 1873, 1874,
1875
Official television stations: FSN South, SportSouth and TBS
Official radio station: WUBL-FM, WGST-AM (flagship)
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