Today the Atlanta Braves are the "oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America". The team started play in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings. They would go on to be one of the initial members of the National League in its inception in 1876. During their time in Boston they would go through several different identities including Beaneaters, Doves, Rustlers, and Bees before finally landing on Braves.

While the Braves are not known for their time in Boston they did find some success there. Prior to the creation of the World Series in 1903, Boston was the National League champion 11 times with 6 of those seasons taking place in the teams first decade of existence.

In 1914 the Braves won their first World Series. This team is considered one of the most remembered teams of the era. They were dubbed the "Miracle Braves" due to the fact that they were in last place midway through the season. Boston would find a way to finish first in the standings by 10 1/2 games before later sweeping the Athletics in the World Series.

The next few decades would not be particularly notable. Following a second place finish in 1915 the team would finish no better than 3rd until 1948, consistently finding themselves towards the bottom of the standings. Despite this the team did have a few bright spots with Babe Ruth opting to play his final professional season with the team in 1935 and Bob Elliot would win MVP in 1947.

1948-1952 would mark the end of Braves baseball in Boston. In 1948 Boston would find themselves in the World Series only to lose to the Indians. That same year Alvin Dark would win ROY and Sam Jethroe, the team's first African American player, would follow him just two years later. Unfortunately the team's popularity was waning due to their American League counterparts the Boston Red Sox and it was time to look for a new home.

The Braves would see their first season outside of Boston take place in Milwaukee in 1953. Originally it appeared as though the Browns would be the team to relocate to Wisconsin but that was shot down by American League owners. The move immediately became seen as a success with Milwaukee quickly adopting the team as its own.

One year after the move to Milwaukee the Braves would see a player join their roster that would go on to be seen as one of baseball's greatest. That would of course be Hank Aaron. In his time with the franchise he would make the All-Star team 24 times, win an NL MVP award, lead the NL in home runs in 4 separate seasons, and more. He would also become the home run king after the team's move to Atlanta.

After knocking at the door for several season the team would finally finish in first in 1957. That same season they would win the World Series for the first time since 1914, defeating the Yankees in 7 games. This was Hank Aaron's MVP season and the team would also see Warren Spahn win the Cy Young and Lew Burdette win WS MVP.