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This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox becomes Braves manager for the second time

June 22, 2025 by Talking Chop

Baseball Argument Between Mark Hirschbeck and Bobby Cox

The second stint certainly went better than the first stint

Braves Franchise History

1916: The Braves pull off a triple steal in the 11th inning of a game against the Giants. It is the National League’s only extra inning triple steal.

1962: The Braves defeat the Giants 11-9 in the National League’s longest nine-inning game ever at four hours and two minutes.

1982: Pete Rose’s third inning double against the Cardinals moves him past Hank Aaron and into second place on the all-time hits list with 3,772.

1990: The Atlanta Braves fire Russ Nixon and replace him with general manager Bobby Cox.

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1995: The Reds beat the Braves 9-8 as Eric Anthony and Eddie Taubensee hit pinch-hit home runs in the eighth inning. It is only the second time in league history that a club has hit two pinch-hit homers in the same inning since 1975.

1997: Atlanta homers four times in a nine-run third inning to help defeat the Phillies 12-5. Chipper Jones, Fred McGriff, Michael Tucker and Jeff Blauser all go deep in the inning.

2001: The Braves trade John Rocker and minor league infielder Troy Cameron to Cleveland for relievers Steve Karsay and Steve Reed.

MLB History

1930: Babe Ruth ties a major league record by hitting five homers in two games and six homers in three games.

1932: In a meeting of club presidents, the National League approves players wearing numbers on their uniforms. The American League first allowed the practice in 1929.

1962: Stan Musial becomes the all-time total bases leader, raising his total to 5,864, in the first game against the Phillies. St. Louis wins the opener, 7-3, but loses the nightcap, 11-3.

1980: Claudell Washington hits his first three National League home runs to help the Mets snap a seven game losing streak with a 9-6 win over the Dodgers.

2015: ESPN reveals it has obtained a copy of a notebook belonging to Pete Rose which contains evidence of regular betting on baseball games during the 1986 season. The notebook was seized during a police raid on one of Rose’s associates in 1989, after Rose was banned from baseball by Commissioner Bart Giamatti, and had been under court-ordered seal since.


Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.

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