Atlanta Braves baseball team stats, statistics, stadium, roster, information

Stadium

• The Braves first regular-season game at Atlanta Stadium was played April 12, 1966, against Pittsburgh. A sellout crowd saw the Braves lose 3-2 in 13 innings.
  
• Felipe Alou was the first Brave to bat at Atlanta Stadium, and his son Moises Alou of Montreal was the last (regular season).
  
• The 52,769-seat stadium was constructed in less than one year at a cost of approximately $18 million.
  
• In September 1966, the National Football League's expansion Atlanta Falcons joined the Braves as tenants until they departed to the new Georgia Dome after the 1991 season.
  
• Atlanta Stadium was commonly referred to as the "Launching Pad"
  as it had a reputation as a home run hitter's paradise.
  
• A record crowd of 53,775 saw Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974, breaking Babe Ruth's longstanding record. Aaron also hit his 500th (July 14, 1968), 600th (April 27, 1971) and 700th (July 21, 1973) home runs at Atlanta Stadium.
  
• Atlanta Stadium became Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in 1976 when Ted Turner bought the team.
  
• Prior to the Colorado Rockies joining the league in 1993, Atlanta's altitude of 1,057 feet was the highest in the Majors.
  
• Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was host to one World Series title (1995), four pennants (1991, 1992, 1995, and 1996) and seven division championships (1969, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996).
  
• The last game played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was on October 24, 1996.
  
• Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was imploded August 2, 1997, and the site converted into a parking lot for Turner Field.
  
  Milwaukee County Stadium (1953-65)
  
• The first regular-season game played at Milwaukee County Stadium was on April 6, 1953.
  
• County Stadium's seating capacity increased from 36,011 in 1953 to 43,394 in 1954.
  
• County Stadium was the first Major League ballpark built with lights and the first to be completely financed by public funds.
  
• With less than a month's warning that the Braves were moving to Milwaukee, and no off-season promotion or ticket sales, the team attracted a then-National League record 1,826,397 to County Stadium in 1953.
  
• On May 20, in only their 13th home game, the Braves passed their 1952 season attendance of 281,278 in Boston.
  
• Patients of the Veterans Hospital used to sit atop a hill beyond the right-field fence and watch the games until their view was blocked by the addition of outfield bleachers.
  
• Milwaukee County Stadium hosted the 1957 and 1958 World Series.
  
• The Braves world championship season of 1957 saw attendance peak at 2,215,404, the all-time franchise record until it was surpassed in 1992. Milwaukee's love affair with the team steadily declined thereafter.
  
  Braves Field (1915-52)
  
• Braves Field opened in Boston on August 18, 1915.
  
• The 43,500-seat ballpark was the largest in America when it opened. It was hailed as "the last word in baseball parks" by National League President John Tener.
  
• Bigger then Fenway Park, Braves Field was used by the Boston Red Sox for games during the 1915 and 1916 World Series and on Sundays from 1929 to 1932.
  
• The most distinctive feature of this park was the vast expanse of outfield grass from foul line to foul line. Ty Cobb once said that no one would ever hit a ball out of Braves Field, and, indeed, it was nearly a decade before Frank "Pancho" Snyder conquered the left field wall. It wasn't until 1928 that the fences
  were moved inward and home runs became commonplace.
  
• The "Jury Box" bleachers in right field served as home to a rowdy group of fans who worshiped right fielder Tommy Holmes.
  
• From 1936-40, Braves Field was called "the Beehive."
  
• The Braves had to use Fenway Park for a short time after the 1946 home opener. Braves Field had received a fresh coat of green paint prior to the start of the season and the paint on some seats had not completely dried when the fans arrived on Opening Day. Consequently, many departed with green splotches on their clothes. The Braves apologized and paid more than $6,000 in cleaning bills to some 5,000 fans.
  
• The last game played at Braves Field was on September 21, 1952.
  
  
  South End Grounds (1871-1914)
  
• In their 44 seasons playing at South End Grounds, the Boston Red Stockings/Beaneaters/Braves won 13 league championships and one World Series.
  
• South End Grounds opened on May 16, 1871.
  
• A second deck was added in 1888 to accommodate crowds eager to see Boston's King Kelly and John Clarkson.
  
• Boston's first double-decked ballpark was also referred to as the Grand Pavilion
  
• In 1894, South End Grounds was destroyed by "The Great Roxbury Fire."
  
• The Boston club played at the Congress Street Grounds while South End Grounds was being rebuilt.
  
• After the fire, the new South End Grounds was smaller than its predecessor because the previous structure had been underinsured, and there was not enough money from the insurance claim to finance a new park of equal size with two decks.
  
• The most distinctive architectural feature was the spires atop the grandstand. Originally there were six, but the number was reduced to two when the park was rebuilt.
  
• The Braves used Fenway Park to accommodate large crowds for a Memorial Day doubleheader in 1913 and the last two games of the 1914 World Series.
  
• The last game played at South End Grounds was on August 11, 1914.
  
• The Braves continued to play some home games at Fenway Park in 1915 until Braves Field was completed.