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In 1894 the Braves became the first major league baseball team to wear letterforms on their uniform caps when they added a monogram-style device to their front. [ 7 ] They only managed one winning season from 1900 to 1913, and lost 100 or more games six times.
Typically, home uniforms feature the team's nickname, while away uniforms feature the name of the team's geographic designation. Currently, the Tampa Bay Rays , Los Angeles Angels , Philadelphia Phillies , St. Louis Cardinals , and Athletics are the only exceptions to this rule, although the Cardinals' aforementioned 2013 alternate placed "St ...
The Boston teams are sometimes called Boston Red Stockings 1871–1876, Boston Red Caps 1876–1882, Boston Beaneaters 1883–1906, Boston Doves 1907–1910, Boston Rustlers 1911, Boston Braves 1912–1935, Boston Bees 1936–1940, Boston Braves 1941–1952. Here is a list of all their players in regular season games beginning 1871.
Corbin Burnes wearing Baltimore's City Connect uniforms during a game in 2024. Six teams wore City Connect uniforms for the first time in 2023. [22] Atlanta Braves, with a white base, blue sleeves, and red accents, heavily inspired by the team's 1974 season home uniform worn by Hank Aaron when he surpassed Babe Ruth with his 715th home run. [23]
Braves Field: Recap: 4 October 9 New York Giants: W 14–6 1–1 Braves Field: Recap: 5 October 16 Chicago Cardinals: L 0–9 1–2 Braves Field: Recap: 6 October 23 at New York Giants: T 0–0 1–2–1 Polo Grounds: Recap: 7 October 30 Chicago Bears: T 7–7 1–2–2 Braves Field: Recap: 8 November 6 Staten Island Stapletons: W 19–6 2–2 ...
The use of numbers on uniforms to better identify one player from another, and hence to boost sales of scorecards, was tried briefly by the Cleveland Indians of 1916, but this failed. The first team to permanently adopt the practice was the New York Yankees of 1929. By 1932, all 16 major league clubs were issuing numbers, and by 1937, the ...
Another version is that the media and the team chose Cleveland Indians as a play on the name of the Boston Braves, then known as the "Miracle Braves" after going from last place on July 4 to a sweep in the 1914 World Series. The informal "Indians" name sometimes used during Sockalexis' time with the club reinforced the new name.
[1] [2] The team was named after the Boston Braves baseball team, with whom they shared Braves Field, with the inaugural season being coached by Lud Wray. The team saw several changes in 1933, including a name change to the "Redskins" and playing their home games at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.