Braves Franchise History

1947 – The Boston Braves go over a million in attendance for the first time in their history, but they fall to the Pirates 16-10.

1965 – Eddie Matthews hits his 28th home run of the season to help the Braves to a 4-3 win in Pittsburgh.

1981 – Brett Butler makes his major league debut for the Braves and has a single and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Mets. Butler will appear in 280 games for Atlanta while hitting .260/.331/.339 with 69 stolen bases.

2011 – Dan Uggla homers twice and Freddie Freeman adds one of his own in support of Brandon Beachy as the Braves beat the Diamondbacks 8-1.

MLB History

1903 – The Pirates set a National League record by committing six errors in the first inning of a 13-7 loss to the Giants.

1923 – A four-piece bat used by Babe Ruth

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