Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves
2017 Atlanta Braves season
Established in 1871
Based in Atlanta since 1966
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
National League (1876–present) East Division (1994–present) West Division (1969–1993)
Current uniform
Retired numbers	3 6 10 21 29 31 35 41 44 47 42
Colors
Navy blue, scarlet red, white
Name
Atlanta Braves (1966–present) Milwaukee Braves (1953–1965) Boston Braves (1941–1952) Boston Bees (1936–1940) Boston Braves (1912–1935) Boston Rustlers (1911) Boston Doves (1907–1910) Boston Beaneaters (1883–1906) Boston Red Caps (1876–1882) Boston Red Stockings (1871–1875)
Other nicknames
The Bravos, The Team of the 90s, America's Team
Ballpark
SunTrust Park (2017–present) Turner Field (1997–2016) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium (1966–1996) a.k.a. Atlanta Stadium (1966–1976) Milwaukee County Stadium (1953–1965) Braves Field (1915–1952) a.k.a. National League Park (1936–1941) Fenway Park (1914–1915) South End Grounds (1894–1914) Congress Street Grounds (1894) South End Grounds (1871–1894)
Major league titles
World Series titles (3)	1914 1957 1995
NL Pennants (17)	1877 1878 1883 1891 1892 1893 1897 1898 1914 1948 1957 1958 1991 1992 1995 1996 1999
East Division titles (12)	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2013
West Division titles (5)	1969 1982 1991 1992 1993
Wild card berths (2)	2010 2012
Front office
Owner(s)	Liberty Media
Manager	Brian Snitker
General Manager	John Coppolella
President of Baseball Operations	John Hart

The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The franchise competes in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. The Braves played home games at Turner Field in Atlanta from 1997 to 2016, and play spring training games in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. In 2017, the team will move to SunTrust Park, a new stadium complex in the Cumberland district of Cobb County just northwest of Atlanta.

The "Braves" name, which was first used in 1912, originates from a term for a Native American warrior. They are nicknamed "the Bravos", and often referred to as "America's Team" in reference to the team's games being broadcast on the nationally available TBS from the 1970s until 2007, giving the team a nationwide fan base.

From 1991 to 2005, the Braves were one of the most successful franchises in baseball, winning division titles an unprecedented 14 consecutive times in that period (omitting the strike-shortened 1994 season in which there were no official division champions). The Braves won the NL West 1991–93 and the NL East 1995–2005, and they returned to the playoffs as the National League Wild Card in 2010. The Braves advanced to the World Series five times in the 1990s, winning the title in 1995. Since their debut in the National League in 1876, the franchise has won 16 divisional titles, 17 National League pennants, and three World Series championships—in 1914 as the Boston Braves, in 1957 as the Milwaukee Braves, and in 1995 in Atlanta. The Braves are the only Major League Baseball franchise to have won the World Series in three different home cities.

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