Braves Franchise History
1957 – The Braves move to within a half game of the division leading Redlegs with a 7-2 win over the Dodgers. Roy Campanella hits his 237th career home run and passes Gabby Hartnett and Yogi Berra on the all-time list.
1977 – The Braves fall to the Phillies 13-10 as Greg Luzinski drives in seven.
1999 – Atlanta falls to the Orioles 6-2, but Albert Belle’s streak of 392 games ends when he is benched by manager Ray Miller for not running out a ground ball.
2002 – Andruw Jones, Vinny Castilla and Matt Franco hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the fifth inning to help the Braves to an 11-0 win over the Twins. It is the first time that the Braves hit three straight homers since 1994. Tom Glavine tossed seven shutout innings in the win.
2011 – The Braves beat Houston 6-3 and even their all-time franchise record at 9,982-9,982. They had not been at .500 since 1923 and were 526 games under .500 on April 20, 1991.
MLB History
1925 – Rogers Hornsby purchases 1,167 shares of the Cardinals at $42.85 a share. Hornsby pays $5,000 in cash and borrows the rest from the bank with Cardinals’ owner Sam Breadon endorsing the note. Breadon retains the right to buy back the stock at 6% interest.
1927 – The Philadelphia Athletics field a team of seven future Hall of Famers: Ty Cobb, Mickey Cochrane, Eddie Collins, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Al Simmons and Zack Wheat.
1947 – Mel Ott makes his last appearance as a player when he pops out as a pinch-hitter in an 8-7 loss to the Pirates.
1961 – Norm Cash becomes the first Detroit player to hit a home run over the right field roof.
1980 – J.R. Richard tosses his third consecutive shutout in a 3-0 win over the Cubs.
1988 – Yankees pitcher Rick Rhoden becomes the first pitcher to start a game as the designated hitter since the rule was adopted in 1973. Rhoden hits seventh and delivers a sacrifice fly in an 8-6 win.
1990 – Nolan Ryan throws the sixth no-hitter of his career for the Rangers in a 5-0 win over Oakland.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.