This Day in Braves History: Atlanta Acquires Joc Pederson from the Cubs

Braves Franchise History

1934: The Pittsburgh Pirates and Waite Hoyt shut out the Boston Braves 5-0.

1948: The Boston Braves beat the Cubs 2-1 in 13 innings.

1956: The Milwaukee Braves sweep the Pirates in a doubleheader. Hank Aaron begins his 25-game hitting streak in the second game.

1969: The Braves split a doubleheader against the Reds. Cincinnati first baseman Lee May hit four home runs and drove in 10 runs in the doubleheader.

2011: The Braves beat Washington 11-1 on pitcher Tim Hudson to win the franchise’s 10,000th game since the Boston Red Caps in 1876. They are the third team to reach the milestone.

2012: Ben Sheets makes a successful return to the major leagues after a nearly two-year absence due to Tommy John. He shuts out the Mets in six innings in a 6-1 Braves victory. Freddie Freeman hits a three-run home run in the win.

2021: The Cubs traded outfielder Joc Pederson to the Braves in exchange for minor league prospect 1B Bryce Ball. Pederson would hit .249/.325/.428 with seven home runs in the final season. He added three more home runs in the postseason, including two in the Division Series and a huge one off Max Scherzer in the NLCS to help the Braves win a World Series title.

MLB History

1973: Nolan Ryan throws his second no-hitter of the season against the Tigers in a 6-0 victory. Ryan struck out 17 batters, the most ever in a nine-inning no-hitter, including eight in a row, but only one in the last two innings.

1993: Cal Ripken hits his 278th home run as a shortstop, the most hits ever by a major league player at that position, breaking Cubs great Ernie Banks’ record.

2001: Umpires file a lawsuit against Major League Baseball, claiming the commissioner’s office is pushing them to call more strikes by tracking pitch totals. As part of the effort, cameras were installed over the weekend at Shea Stadium to track every pitch. Fenway and Shea are the only parks with the tracking system, which is similar to the one used on FOX broadcasts, but Major League officials hope to have four more by September.

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