Braves Franchise History
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.
1954 – Hank Aaron makes his major league debut for the Milwaukee Braves and goes 0-for-5 in a 9-8 loss to the Cincinnati Redlegs.
2011 – Chipper Jones records his 1,500th career RBI with a solo home run off of Randy Choate. Jones is just the third switch hitter to reach that milestone joining Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray.
MLB History
1921 – Babe Ruth goes 5-for-5 to help the Yankees to an 11-1 win over the Philadelphia Athletics in the season opener.
1962 – The Mets fall to the Pirates, 4-3 in the return of National League baseball to New York. Only 12,447 fans showed up at the Polo Grounds for the game.
1963 – Pete Rose records his first major league hit after starting his career 0-for-11.
1970 – The Oakland Athletics use gold colored bases during the club’s home opener. The bases are subsequently banned by the Rules Committee.
1972 – The first player strike in Major League Baseball history ends, with an abbreviated schedule to begin two days later.
1980 – In his first major league start, Charlie Leibrandt shuts out the Atlanta Braves at Riverfront Stadium.
1984 – Pete Rose records his 4,000th hit joining Ty Cobb as the only major league players to reach that threshold.
1988 – Rick Honeycutt becomes the second pitcher in as many days to tie the American League’s 28-year old balk record by committing four in four innings.
1993 – Lee Smith becomes the all-time saves leader as he picks up his 358th career save in a 9-7 win by the Cardinals over the Dodgers.
1998 – Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the second youngest player to reach 300 home runs with a two-run shot off Jose Mesa.
2004 – Barry Bonds hits his 661st career home run and passes Willie Mays to move into third place on the all-time list.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
