The History of the Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves were founded in the year 1871 by Iver Whitney Adams, a wealthy businessman, with the assistance of a man named Harry Wright, who also helped form teams like the Cincinnati “Reds”. as well as other now popular teams. Soon afterward they joined the National Professional Baseball Players Association as one of the founding members. When they were born they were a very strong team and did very well in their first years of playing baseball. Even going so far as to win 26 games in a row. And that was just the beginning of their very long history full of name changes, status changes and the 17 National League pennants and 3 World Series victories they won over the years. One of the most notable parts of the Braves' history was the many times they changed states. They have changed states 3 times in total and have also changed names multiple times. As I said before, they started in Boston in 1871 under the name Boston Red Stockings, as the Red Stockings did outstanding and had great streaks as one of the first major league baseball teams in history. Shortly after their formation they changed their name to the Boston Beaneaters in 1883 due to confusion between them and the Cincinnati Red Stockings. shortly after changing their name to the Boston Beaneaters, they went on a long, difficult streak without winning either championships or pennants. Then the team went to new ownership in 1916 when James Gaffney purchased it for $500,000, which in today's dollars is worth over $10,900,000. But after just three years the Boston Beaneaters would once again be sold to George Washington Grant after another unproductive season of low…middle grade…but with Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews hitting over sixty homers. And Spahn and Burdette had 42 pitching victories, the Yankees still managed to come through and win the World Series by one game. Unfortunately, Hank Aaron narrowly missed his opportunity to claim the Triple Crown, leading baseball with 44 home runs and an RBI rating of 130. In an old-age feat that same season Warren Spahn won 23 games at the age of forty-two. Not surprisingly, the team was sold, this time to a millionaire named William Bartholomay. and he had something in his sights, the city of Atlanta, their current home, for a larger TV market for the team. He contracted the construction of the new stadium and announced the move to Atlanta, but the city of Milwaukee did not lose them without a fight. They filed several lawsuits to try to get them to stay, but were only able to get them for one more season.