Braves Franchise History
1991 – The Braves blow out the Twins, 14-5 in Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead in the World Series. Leading 5-3, Atlanta blows the game open scoring nine runs over the final two innings.
1992 – The Braves fall to the Blue Jays 4-3 in 11 innings in Game 6 of the World Series as Toronto clinches the first baseball championship by a team located outside the United States.
1994 – Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher in major league history to win three straight Cy Young Awards. Maddux wins the award unanimously after going 16-6 with a 1.56 ERA which was the third-lowest mark in the last 75 years.
1995 – The Braves fall to Cleveland 7-6 in 11 innings as Eddie Murray singles home pinch-runner Alvaro Espinoza. It was Cleveland’s first win in a World Series game in 47 years and occurs in the first-ever Series game played at Jacobs Field.
1996 – Atlanta falls to the Yankees, 1-0 in the last game played ever at Atlanta-Fulton county Stadium as Andy Pettitte outduels John Smoltz in Game 5 of the World Series.
MLB History
1908 – Take Me Out to the Ballgame is introduced by singer Bill Murray. The song was written by Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth who had never seen a game before writing the song.
1939 – Joe DiMaggio is named American League MVP with Jimmie Fox finishing as runner-up.
1956 – The Associated Press names Reds manager Birdie Tebbetts as its Manager of the Year for the National League.
1963 – Sandy Koufax is the unanimous winner of the Cy Young Award.
1963 – Yogi Berra is named Yankees manager replacing Ralph Houk.
2014 – Joe Maddon resigns as manager of the Rays just a few weeks after GM Andrew Friedman’s departure.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
