1993 - Rockies outfielder Dale Murphy announces his retirement from baseball. The two-time NL MVP retires with 398 career home runs and 1,266 RBI. Murphy spent 15 seasons with Atlanta before he was traded to the Phillies in 1990.
1951 - Braves catcher Walker Cooper has five hits in a 12-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1979 - Dale Murphy homers three times and drives in five runs to help the Braves to a 6-4 win over the Giants.
1993 - The Colorado Rockies sign free agent Dale Murphy. 2000 - Andres Galarraga homers in his first game back after missing the entire 1999 season following cancer surgery to help the Braves beat the Rockies 2-0.
1961 - Warren Spahn finishes second in Cy Young Award voting to Whitey Ford, who led the league in wins and innings pitched. 1983 - Braves outfielder Dale Murphy wins his second straight MVP Award after hitting .302 with 36 home runs, 121 RBI and 30 stolen bases.
1945 - The Boston Braves sign Billy Southworth to a three-year contract. Eddie Dyer will replace Southworth in St. Louis. 1990 - David Justice wins the Rookie of the Year Award for the National League.
1939 - Boston Bees outfielder Johnny Cooney hits his first home run after 15 years as a major league player. Cooney will homer again the next day which will be his final home run in his 20-year career.
Acuña passes Dale Murphy with his 132nd run scored of the season. Ronald Acun1a Jr. is putting together a season for the ages and is rewriting much of the Atlanta Braves franchise record book.
1974 - The Braves and the Reds combine for a major league record three grand slams in a doubleheader sweep by Cincinnati. Cesar Geronimo and Darrell Evans connect in the first game and Johnny Bench does the same in the second.
1973 - The Braves hang on for a 5-4 win over the Padres despite a pinch-hit home run by Dave Winfield. Winfield won’t have another pinch-hit homer until September 29, 1990.
1948 - Boston’s Johnny Sain becomes the National League’s first 11-game winner as he defeats Robin Roberts and the Phillies. Alvin Dark has three hits in the win and extends his hitting streak to 21 games.
Here are the details on one of the most improbable events in Braves history This is a special bonus edition of our “This Day in Braves History” series, because this story deserves more than just a footnote.
Acuña, Jr. tops all vote-getters in the initial phase of 2023 All-Star Game voting. His Atlanta teammates Arcia and Murphy hold the voting lead in the NL at shortstop and catcher, respectively.
1993 - Rockies outfielder Dale Murphy announces his retirement from baseball. The two-time NL MVP retires with 398 career home runs and 1,266 RBI. Murphy spent 15 seasons with Atlanta before he was traded to the Phillies in 1990.
1951 - Braves catcher Walker Cooper has five hits in a 12-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1979 - Dale Murphy homers three times and drives in five runs to help the Braves to a 6-4 win over the Giants.
Big League Utah, a group led by former Jazz owner Gail Miller, is interested in bringing an expansion Major League Baseball franchise to Salt Lake City, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN.
1993 - The Colorado Rockies sign free agent Dale Murphy. 2000 - Andres Galarraga homers in his first game back after missing the entire 1999 season following cancer surgery to help the Braves beat the Rockies 2-0.
Should these three former Braves received more love from HoF voters? With the 2023 Hall of Fame announcement completed. Three notable former Atlanta Braves were represented on the Ballot in Andruw Jones, Gary Sheffield, and Billy Wagner.
It used to be that 509 career home runs was enough for the Hall of Fame. Mitchell Report though. There was a time that 400 career home runs got a player into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Last night, Fred McGriff was officially voted into the Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee. Fred McGriff was a part of an eight-player group that was voted on by a 16-person committee.
The offseason is as slow as molasses on a cold winter morning. Thankfully, the winter meetings take place next week, so hopefully, we’ll get some inkling of an idea of what the Braves are going to do this offseason.
The opportunity for two Braves legends — Dale Murphy and Fred McGriff — to be inducted into the Hall-of-Fame the traditional way has gone and past, but there’s still hope.
Why do we only use the character clause to keep players out of the Hall of Fame?
Atlanta Braves legend Dale Murphy claims his son nearly lost his eye during protests in Colorado after being shot with a rubber bullet.
Can you name the 11 players whose numbers the Atlanta Braves have retired?
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