The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League.

In their history, the Braves have won 16 divisional titles, nine 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.

One of the National League's two remaining charter franchises (the other being the Chicago Cubs), the club was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings (not to be confused with the American League's Boston Red Sox or the NL Central's Cincinnati Reds).

The team's tenure in Atlanta is famous for Hank Aaron's breaking of the career home run record in 1974; the new record stood until 2007.

In the meantime, fans had to be satisfied with the achievements of Hank Aaron.

In the shadow of Aaron's historical home run pursuit, was the fact that three Atlanta sluggers hit 40 or more home runs in 1973 -- Darrell Evans, Davey Johnson and, of course, Aaron.

In December 2007, the team announced it would not re-sign center fielder Andruw Jones (who later would sign with the Dodgers).

Another major move was acquiring CF Gorkys Hernandez and RHP Jair Jurrjens from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for SS Edgar Rentería and cash considerations.

The Atlanta Brave's first new move for 2008 was acquiring OF Mark Kotsay from the A's (to replace Jones) in exchange for RHP Joey Devine, RHP Jamie Richmond and cash considerations.

Jason Heyward Homers in his FIRST MLB at bat for the Atlanta Braves {Opening Day - April 5th 2010}