If you love the atlanta braves and the history of the braves franchise you might really love to own an original piece of artwork celebrating the team s historic uniforms as seen in the poster at the top of this blog you can actually own one of those original pieces of art.
Atlanta braves uniforms history. Baseball history was made in this uniform when henry aaron finally eclipsed ruth s career home run record in 1974. With this the team made royal blue and gold the new trim colors and put boston back on the shirts for the first time since 1912. The braves bowed out of atlanta fulton county stadium by setting a franchise mark with 56 home wins topping the old record of 51 set three times previously. The atlanta braves inherited their identity from milwaukee who previously inherited theirs from boston when the milwaukee braves moved to atlanta for the 1966 season they used the exact same logo uniforms and colour scheme.
The braves completed the move to atlanta prior to the 1966 season and drew over 1 5 million in the new stadium that first year. The cream alternate uniforms were introduced in february 2012 as a tribute to the braves first season in atlanta in 1966. Celebrate the braves uniform history by owning a piece of history. The new braves home uniforms america s bicentennial year 1976 were another breakthrough of color barriers spectacle of red white and blue.
The jersey includes the braves script across the breastplate but the player number replaces the tomahawk underneath the braves script on the left placket. Atlanta braves 20th anniversary patch worn home only. The uniform has minimal. The braves overhaul their look with a return to button down jerseys and a refresh of their traditional style introduced in 1946 when the team was in boston and used through 1962 when the team was in milwaukee.
The bicentennial year beyond. The braves were a 500 team in their first few years in atlanta 85 77 in 1966 77 85 in 1967 and 81 81 in 1968. Early years in atlanta. In tribute to the team s earliest days in atlanta the braves unveil new alternate uniforms in a cream shading with numbers on the front of the uniform.
All that changed was the block m was swapped out for the a which the braves still wear today. The braves wear a gray throwback uniform for select games. Learn about the history of braves uniforms. The main difference this time the tomahawk is red not black.
In 2012 the braves re introduced an alternate home uniform quite similar to atlanta s original cream colored home unis. With five different jerseys the braves could just about wear a different jersey every day of the week. The uniforms feature atlanta on the breast in navy blue script with a white outline.