A very busy day in Braves history
Braves Franchise History
1912: A day after the Braves went 14 innings to beat St. Louis, they go 19 innings with the Pirates. Lefty Otto Hess goes all the way for Boston. The Pirates score three in the 19th, and the Braves come back with two, losing, 7-6. Honus Wagner, who earlier stole home, drives in the final run for Pittsburgh. Wagner, at 38, is the oldest player in the National League.
1935: Judge Emil Fuchs, president of the Boston Braves since 1925, forfeits his majority stock and retires.
1948: With a 7-6 win over the Cards, the Braves lengthen their lead over the Pirates and the Dodgers in the National League.
1954: Using a borrowed bat, Dodger killer Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double for 18 total bases in the Braves’ 15-7 victory at Ebbets Field. The 18 total bases is a major-league mark and, combined with the seven total bases from the day before, gives him a two-day tally of 25. The two-game total ties him with Ty Cobb.
1955: On the anniversary of his four-homer game, Braves 1B Joe Adcock has his arm broken by a pitch from Giant Jim Hearn. He will be out for the rest of the season.
1957: The Pirates lose to the Braves and Bob Buhl, 4-2. Bucs manager Bobby Bragan is ejected in the bottom of the 5th for making obscene gestures. Before he departs, he strolls onto the field sipping an orange drink through a straw and offers the umpires a drink. Two days later Bragan will be fired by the Pirates
1973: The Reds sweep a pair from the Atlanta Braves, winning, 9-5, in the opener, then scoring five runs in the 9th to take the nitecap, 13-11. Joe Morgan totals three homers and seven RBIs for the afternoon. The Reds set a club record with 24 wins in the month of July.
1978: Pete Rose singles off Phil Niekro to extend his hitting streak to 44 games, as the Reds edge the Braves, 3-2. Rose ties Willie Keeler’s 81-year-old National League record achieved when foul balls didn’t count as strikes.
1991: The Astros trade P Jim Clancy to the Braves for P Matt Turner and a player to be named later.
2000: The Braves obtain OF B.J. Surhoff and P Gabe Molina from the Orioles in exchange for OF Trenidad Hubbard and two minor leaguers
2007: At the trading deadline, the Rangers make the big deals. In a seven-player move, they deal Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay to the Braves for Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison and Beau Jones.
2010: The Braves add veterans P Kyle Farnsworth and OF Rick Ankiel from the Royals for Jesse Chavez, Gregor Blanco and Tim Collins,
2011: The Braves land CF Michael Bourn from Houston for OF Jordan Schafer and three minor league prospects.
2018: The Orioles send Ps Kevin Gausman and Darren O’Day to the Braves for four prospects.
2019: The Braves strengthen their bullpen with Shane Greene and Mark Melancon.
MLB History
1972: White Sox slugger Dick Allen becomes the seventh major leaguer to hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game. The homers pace the White Sox over the Twins, 8-1.
1987: Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Baltimore to an 8-4 win over Texas.
2004: The long-anticipated trade of Nomar Garciaparra is finally accomplished as the Red Sox shortstop is traded to the Cubs in a four-team deal which includes the Twins and Expos.
2014: The A’s are active at the trading deadline as they send All-Star OF Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox in return for P Jon Lester
2021: Seby Zavala becomes the first player in major league history to hit his first three career homers in the same game as he connects three times in today’s game. He goes deep twice against Triston McKenzie, including a grand slam in the 4th, and adds a two-run jack off Bryan Shaw in the 7th, but in spite of his heroics, the White Sox lose the game, 12-11, to the Indians. Zavala was 5 for 40 in 17 career games before starting today’s game behind the plate.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.