Braves Franchise History
1958 – Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to have nine career 20 win seasons with an 8-2 victory over St. Louis. Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove each won 20 games eight times.
1959 – Red Schoendienst returns to the Braves lineup for the first time since he was diagnosed with tuberculosis last November.
2015 – The Mets win their seventh straight and hand the Braves their 12th straight loss at home with a 10-7 win. Daniel Murphy hits a three-run home run off Ryan Kelly in the ninth and then score three more in the 10th to win 10-7. New York records its first four-game sweep of Atlanta since 1989 and it is the first time the Braves have lost 12-straight at home since 1931.
MLB History
1909 – Ty Cobb clinches the American League home run title with an inside-the-par