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The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in
Atlanta, Georgia. They are in the Eastern Division of the National League. They
are most recently known for their ongoing record of 13 consecutive division
championships (1991-2004, except for the strike-shortened 1994 season), the most
in any professional North American sport, while collecting one World Series
championship in that time (in 1995).
Founded: 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts as the Boston Red Stockings 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,
Red Stockings founder Harry Wright and the best players from that team re-formed
in Boston and took the nickname with them.
Formerly known as: Boston Braves (1912-1935 and 1941-1952), Milwaukee Braves
(1953-1965). Prior to 1912, the Boston team had several unofficial nicknames:
"Red Stockings" 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", a name which never really caught
on; even Quinn refused to use it. The team switched back to "Braves" in 1941.
Home ballpark: Turner Field, Atlanta (aka "The Ted", after Ted Turner)
Ownership: Time Warner
Uniform colors: Navy blue, Garnet red, and White
Logo design: The script word "Braves" above a tomahawk
Teams in Division: Florida Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets,
Washington Nationals
Wild Card titles won (0): none
Division titles won (15): 1969, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
National Association pennants won (4): 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875
National League pennants won (17): 1877, 1878, 1883, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1897,
1898, 1914, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999
World Series championships won (3): 1914, 1957, 1995
Official television stations: TBS, Turner South, Fox Sports South
Official radio station: WKLS-FM, WGST-AM (flagship)
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