Braves History
1928 – The Boston Braves trade National League batting champion Rogers Hornsby to the Chicago Cubs for $200,000 and players Freddie Maguire (IF), Percy Jones (P), Lou Legett (C), Socks Seibold and P Bruce Cunningham. The hard-hitting Hornsby, who posted a .387 batting average with 21 home runs for the Braves, will enjoy another spectacular season in 1929 for his new club. He will compile a .380 average with 39 home runs and 149 RBI.
1928 – Braves owner-president Emil Fuchs also decides to be his own manager.
Under Fuchs, the Braves will finish 56-98, good for last place. He will be the last manager with no professional playing experience until Ted Turner’s one game on May 11, 1977.
1964 – The National League approves the move of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta but orders them to stay in Milwaukee for the 1965 season, in spite of poor attendance over the last two years. The Braves will eventually move to Atlanta in 1966.
2000 – Receiving 25 of 32 first-place votes, Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal is selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America as the National League Rookie of the Year Award winner. Furcal, the only player listed on all 32 ballots, easily outdistances Cardinals pitcher Rick Ankiel and Mets outfielder Jay Payton.
2019 – Winners of the Silver Slugger Awards are announced. The Atlanta Braves have the most winners with three: Freddie Freeman (1B); Ozzie Albies (2B); and Ronald Acuna (OF). All three are first-time winners; on the other end of the spectrum, OF Mike Trout wins the award for the seventh time.
MLB History
1963 – New York Yankees catcher Elston Howard becomes the first black player to win the American League MVP Award. Howard beats out Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers by 248 votes to 148 in the balloting.
1995 – MLB signs a $1.7 billion, five-year national broadcast deal with FOX, NBC, ESPN and Liberty Media.
2012- The Rockies name their former shortstop, Walt Weiss, as their new manager. Weiss had been coaching high school baseball in the Denver, CO area.
2017 – Former two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay dies when the private plane he pilots crashes into the Gulf of Mexico, 10 miles west of St. Petersburg, FL
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
