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The Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball club that originated in Boston, Massachusetts, and played from 1871 to 1952. Afterwards they moved to Milwaukee (and became the Milwaukee Braves ). Then in 1966 they were relocated to Atlanta , where they were renamed the Atlanta Braves .
Louis Robert Perini (November 29, 1903 in Ashland, Massachusetts – April 16, 1972 in West Palm Beach, Florida) [1] [2] was the principal owner of the Boston / Milwaukee Braves of the National League from 1945 through 1962.
The 1914 Boston Braves season was the 44th season of the franchise. The team finished first in the National League , winning the pennant by 10½ games over the New York Giants after being in last place in the NL at midseason.
A program from the 1914 World Series, featuring Braves manager George Stallings.. The 1914 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 1914 season.The 11th edition of the World Series, it was played between the American League champion and defending World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics and the National League champion Boston Braves.
The Braves swept the Athletics in four games. Both the National and American Leagues rejected offers by the Federal League for a postseason matchup. This was the last of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each of the established ...
George Washington Grant was an American businessman who owned the Boston Braves of the National League from 1919 to 1923. Grant was born in Cincinnati, where he worked as a paper boy, messenger, and street car conductor. [2] One of his friends growing up was future Chicago Cubs owner Charles Murphy. [3]
James Edward Gaffney (March 7, 1868 – August 17, 1932) was the owner of the Boston Braves of the National League from 1912, when he purchased the club from the estate of William Hepburn Russell, to 1916, when he sold the franchise to Percy Haughton. [1] Gaffney was born in New York City to Patrick Gaffney and Anne Masterson, Irish immigrants.
Tyler's career earned run average was 2.95. His brother, Fred Tyler , played in the major leagues in 1914 as a catcher. In 1914 , Tyler was a member of the Braves team that went from last place to first place in two months, becoming the first team to win a pennant after being in last place on the Fourth of July. [ 1 ]