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On opening day, he had a hand in all of the Braves' runs in a 4–2 win over the Giants. However, this could not last. Opening Day proved to be the only time the Braves were over .500 all year. A 4–20 May ended any realistic chance of contention. At the same time, it became apparent that Ruth was finished even as a part-time player.
The starting pitcher for the Braves on May 1, 1920, Joe Oeschger, had a 15–14 win-loss record in 1917, falling to 6–18 in 1918 and 4–4 in 1919. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] A year and a day before the May 1 game, Oeschger, then a member of the Philadelphia Phillies , had pitched 20 innings in a 9–9 tie with Brooklyn, with Grimes pitching for the Dodgers ...
On September 12, 1911, 44-year-old legend Cy Young pitched the final home game of his career in a Boston uniform at the grounds against the New York Giants and fellow future Baseball Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson. [4] The Braves, as they had been rechristened in 1912, moved out of the South End Grounds after their game on August 11, 1914, to ...
The Bruins had sold out all of their home games at the Boston Garden for years, and the team owners thought that placing their minor-league affiliate in the same arena made sense on several levels. Previously, the Bruins' top affiliates were the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League .
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.
In 1941, Maney was a member of a syndicate led by Bob Quinn that purchased controlling interest in the Boston Braves (then known as the Bees) from Charles Adams. [4] In May 1943, in an effort to draw in fans by increasing the amount of home runs at Braves Field, Maney had the park's right field fence moved in 20 feet (340 to 320 feet). [2]
After teaming up for a book on the Buffalo Bills, Budd Bailey and Greg Tranter delve into a Buffalo Braves history that includes Twin Tiers ties. Former Elmirans take readers into Buffalo's NBA ...
The first player in Pittsburgh Pirates history to hit a grand slam as a pinch-hitter, Russell was also the first player in Major League Baseball history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game on two separate occasions, doing so on June 7, 1948 for the Boston Braves and on July 26, 1950 while with the Brooklyn Dodgers.