This article details the History of the Atlanta Braves, which concerns the evolution of the Major League Baseball team Atlanta Braves over time.
Brian McCann bats for Atlanta in July 2007
Braves manager Bobby Cox retired in 2010 after 25 years of management.
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel pitching in 2011
Chipper Jones salutes the crowd at Turner Field prior to his final regular-season game on September 30, 2012. Jones announced he would retire after 19 seasons with the Braves.
William Bartholomay
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William Conrad Bartholomay was an American business executive who made his living in the insurance industry in Chicago but became widely known as the owner who brought Major League Baseball to the Sou
History of the Atlanta Braves
…from 1953 to 1960. In the early-to-mid-1960s, however, the Braves failed to play World Series-caliber baseball, and in 1962, Perini sold the team to William Bartholomay, who relocated the team to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1966. With the exceptions of National League West division titles in 1969 and 1982, the Braves were a…
Bartholomay in 1970