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Atlanta Braves (1966 - 2009) - 1 World Championship, 5 Pennants, and 16 Playoff Appearances
Milwaukee Braves (1953 - 1965) - 1 World Championship, 2 Pennants, and 2 Playoff Appearances
Boston Braves (1912 - 1935, 1941 - 1952) - 1 World Championship, 2 Pennants, and 2 Playoff Appearances
Boston Bees (1936 - 1940)
Boston Rustlers (1911)
Boston Doves (1907 - 1910)
Boston Beaneaters (1883 - 1906) - 6 Pennants and 1 Playoff Appearance
Boston Red Caps (1876 - 1882) - 2 Pennants and 0 Playoff Appearance

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Rk	Year	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	Ties	W-L%	Finish	Playoffs	R	RA	BatAge	PitchAge	#Bat	#Pitch	Managers
1	2009	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	86	76	0	.531	3rd of 5		735	641	28.8	28.9	45	21	Bobby Cox (86-76)
2	2008	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	72	90	0	.444	4th of 5		753	778	27.1	28.6	49	28	Bobby Cox (72-90)
3	2007	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	84	78	0	.519	3rd of 5		810	733	27.7	29.4	50	28	Bobby Cox (84-78)
4	2006	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	79	83	0	.488	3rd of 5		849	805	27.5	29.4	45	26	Bobby Cox (79-83)
5	2005	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	90	72	0	.556	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	769	674	28.1	28.7	45	26	Bobby Cox (90-72)
6	2004	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	96	66	0	.593	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	803	668	28.9	30.1	39	21	Bobby Cox (96-66)
7	2003	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	101	61	0	.623	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	907	740	30.3	31.1	34	17	Bobby Cox (101-61)
8	2002	Atlanta Braves	NL East	161	101	59	1	.631	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	708	565	30.6	31.1	38	20	Bobby Cox (101-59)
9	2001	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	88	74	0	.543	1st of 5	Lost NLCS (4-1)	729	643	30.4	31.3	47	23	Bobby Cox (88-74)
10	2000	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	95	67	0	.586	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-0)	810	714	30.7	31.4	47	22	Bobby Cox (95-67)
11	1999	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	103	59	0	.636	1st of 5	Lost WS (4-0)	840	661	29.6	28.6	44	22	Bobby Cox (103-59)
12	1998	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	106	56	0	.654	1st of 5	Lost NLCS (4-2)	826	581	28.9	29.4	42	19	Bobby Cox (106-56)
13	1997	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	101	61	0	.623	1st of 5	Lost NLCS (4-2)	791	581	27.9	28.5	38	17	Bobby Cox (101-61)
14	1996	Atlanta Braves	NL East	162	96	66	0	.593	1st of 5	Lost WS (4-2)	773	648	27.9	27.9	42	18	Bobby Cox (96-66)
15	1995	Atlanta Braves	NL East	144	90	54	0	.625	1st of 5	Won WS (4-2)	645	540	27.9	27.4	40	20	Bobby Cox (90-54)
16	1994	Atlanta Braves	NL East	114	68	46	0	.596	2nd of 5		542	448	28.2	27.4	31	13	Bobby Cox (68-46)
17	1993	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	104	58	0	.642	1st of 7	Lost NLCS (4-2)	767	559	28.8	26.8	33	13	Bobby Cox (104-58)
18	1992	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	98	64	0	.605	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-2)	682	569	28.4	27.5	41	19	Bobby Cox (98-64)
19	1991	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	94	68	0	.580	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-3)	749	644	28.0	27.1	43	20	Bobby Cox (94-68)
20	1990	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	65	97	0	.401	6th of 6		682	821	27.4	25.8	46	23	Russ Nixon (25-40) and Bobby Cox (40-57)
21	1989	Atlanta Braves	NL West	161	63	97	1	.394	6th of 6		584	680	28.0	25.4	46	23	Russ Nixon (63-97)
22	1988	Atlanta Braves	NL West	160	54	106	0	.338	6th of 6		555	741	28.9	27.4	40	19	Chuck Tanner (12-27) and Russ Nixon (42-79)
23	1987	Atlanta Braves	NL West	161	69	92	0	.429	5th of 6		747	829	29.6	29.2	41	20	Chuck Tanner (69-92)
24	1986	Atlanta Braves	NL West	161	72	89	0	.447	6th of 6		615	719	29.7	28.9	36	16	Chuck Tanner (72-89)
25	1985	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	66	96	0	.407	5th of 6		632	781	28.1	28.8	33	14	Eddie Haas (50-71) and Bobby Wine (16-25)
26	1984	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	80	82	0	.494	2nd of 6		632	655	27.8	28.4	38	15	Joe Torre (80-82)
27	1983	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	88	74	0	.543	2nd of 6		746	640	27.7	29.2	40	17	Joe Torre (88-74)
28	1982	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	89	73	0	.549	1st of 6	Lost NLCS (3-0)	739	702	27.0	29.4	39	17	Joe Torre (89-73)
29	1981	Atlanta Braves	NL West	107	50	56	1	.472	5th of 6		395	416	26.5	31.5	40	16	Bobby Cox (50-56)
30	1980	Atlanta Braves	NL West	161	81	80	0	.503	4th of 6		630	660	26.8	29.6	32	11	Bobby Cox (81-80)
31	1979	Atlanta Braves	NL West	160	66	94	0	.413	6th of 6		669	763	26.4	28.9	38	17	Bobby Cox (66-94)
32	1978	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	69	93	0	.426	6th of 6		600	750	25.5	28.2	42	18	Bobby Cox (69-93)
33	1977	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	61	101	0	.377	6th of 6		678	895	25.8	28.4	42	22	Dave Bristol (60-100), Ted Turner (0-1) and Vern Benson (1-0)
34	1976	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	70	92	0	.432	6th of 6		620	700	27.7	29.0	43	18	Dave Bristol (70-92)
35	1975	Atlanta Braves	NL West	161	67	94	0	.416	5th of 6		583	739	27.1	29.4	40	19	Clyde King (58-76) and Connie Ryan (9-18)
36	1974	Atlanta Braves	NL West	163	88	74	1	.543	3rd of 6		661	563	28.0	29.5	36	15	Eddie Mathews (50-49) and Clyde King (38-25)
37	1973	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	76	85	1	.472	5th of 6		799	774	27.9	28.2	43	21	Eddie Mathews (76-85)
38	1972	Atlanta Braves	NL West	155	70	84	1	.455	4th of 6		628	730	27.1	28.2	36	17	Lum Harris (47-57) and Eddie Mathews (23-27)
39	1971	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	82	80	0	.506	3rd of 6		643	699	27.2	28.5	35	14	Lum Harris (82-80)
40	1970	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	76	86	0	.469	5th of 6		736	772	29.5	28.7	37	17	Lum Harris (76-86)
41	1969	Atlanta Braves	NL West	162	93	69	0	.574	1st of 6	Lost NLCS (3-0)	691	631	29.0	27.5	39	18	Lum Harris (93-69)
42	1968	Atlanta Braves	NL	163	81	81	1	.500	5th of 10		514	549	28.7	27.5	38	17	Lum Harris (81-81)
43	1967	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	77	85	0	.475	7th of 10		631	640	28.6	28.1	41	18	Billy Hitchcock (77-82) and Ken Silvestri (0-3)
44	1966	Atlanta Braves	NL	163	85	77	1	.525	5th of 10		782	683	28.2	27.9	44	21	Bobby Bragan (52-59) and Billy Hitchcock (33-18)
45	1965	Milwaukee Braves	NL	162	86	76	0	.531	5th of 10		708	633	28.0	26.6	37	14	Bobby Bragan (86-76)
46	1964	Milwaukee Braves	NL	162	88	74	0	.543	5th of 10		803	744	27.5	27.9	42	19	Bobby Bragan (88-74)
47	1963	Milwaukee Braves	NL	163	84	78	1	.519	6th of 10		677	603	27.6	28.1	37	14	Bobby Bragan (84-78)
48	1962	Milwaukee Braves	NL	162	86	76	0	.531	5th of 10		730	665	28.1	28.9	37	16	Birdie Tebbetts (86-76)
49	1961	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	83	71	1	.539	4th of 8		712	656	28.8	30.8	40	16	Chuck Dressen (71-58) and Birdie Tebbetts (12-13)
50	1960	Milwaukee Braves	NL	154	88	66	0	.571	2nd of 8		724	658	29.9	30.4	36	14	Chuck Dressen (88-66)
51	1959	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	86	70	1	.551	2nd of 8		724	623	29.4	30.2	37	11	Fred Haney (86-70)
52	1958	Milwaukee Braves	NL	154	92	62	0	.597	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-3)	675	541	28.7	29.9	35	13	Fred Haney (92-62)
53	1957	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	95	59	1	.617	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3)	772	613	28.0	29.0	39	14	Fred Haney (95-59)
54	1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	92	62	1	.597	2nd of 8		709	569	27.6	28.6	33	14	Charlie Grimm (24-22) and Fred Haney (68-40)
55	1955	Milwaukee Braves	NL	154	85	69	0	.552	2nd of 8		743	668	27.1	27.2	32	15	Charlie Grimm (85-69)
56	1954	Milwaukee Braves	NL	154	89	65	0	.578	3rd of 8		670	556	26.6	27.4	31	13	Charlie Grimm (89-65)
57	1953	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	92	62	3	.597	2nd of 8		738	589	27.3	28.1	31	13	Charlie Grimm (92-62)
58	1952	Boston Braves	NL	155	64	89	2	.418	7th of 8		569	651	28.4	28.8	34	14	Tommy Holmes (13-22) and Charlie Grimm (51-67)
59	1951	Boston Braves	NL	155	76	78	1	.494	4th of 8		723	662	29.9	28.0	33	15	Billy Southworth (28-31) and Tommy Holmes (48-47)
60	1950	Boston Braves	NL	156	83	71	2	.539	4th of 8		785	736	29.1	28.6	35	16	Billy Southworth (83-71)
61	1949	Boston Braves	NL	157	75	79	3	.487	4th of 8		706	719	29.7	28.9	34	12	Billy Southworth (55-54) and Johnny Cooney (20-25)
62	1948	Boston Braves	NL	154	91	62	1	.595	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-2)	739	584	29.6	29.6	35	16	Billy Southworth (91-62)
63	1947	Boston Braves	NL	154	86	68	0	.558	3rd of 8		701	622	29.5	30.4	34	17	Billy Southworth (86-68)
64	1946	Boston Braves	NL	154	81	72	1	.529	4th of 8		630	592	29.5	30.9	48	21	Billy Southworth (81-72)
65	1945	Boston Braves	NL	154	67	85	2	.441	6th of 8		721	728	28.7	30.8	42	22	Bob Coleman (42-51) and Del Bissonette (25-34)
66	1944	Boston Braves	NL	155	65	89	1	.422	6th of 8		593	674	27.7	29.0	37	14	Bob Coleman (65-89)
67	1943	Boston Braves	NL	153	68	85	0	.444	6th of 8		465	612	26.8	28.1	37	18	Bob Coleman (21-25) and Casey Stengel (47-60)
68	1942	Boston Braves	NL	150	59	89	2	.399	7th of 8		515	645	27.0	26.6	34	15	Casey Stengel (59-89)
69	1941	Boston Braves	NL	156	62	92	2	.403	7th of 8		592	720	27.7	26.4	39	15	Casey Stengel (62-92)
70	1940	Boston Bees	NL	152	65	87	0	.428	7th of 8		623	745	26.3	28.1	41	17	Casey Stengel (65-87)
71	1939	Boston Bees	NL	152	63	88	1	.417	7th of 8		572	659	28.4	31.1	39	15	Casey Stengel (63-88)
72	1938	Boston Bees	NL	153	77	75	1	.507	5th of 8		561	618	28.7	30.4	39	17	Casey Stengel (77-75)
73	1937	Boston Bees	NL	152	79	73	0	.520	5th of 8		579	556	28.2	30.8	30	12	Bill McKechnie (79-73)
74	1936	Boston Bees	NL	157	71	83	3	.461	6th of 8		631	715	28.9	30.9	37	20	Bill McKechnie (71-83)
75	1935	Boston Braves	NL	153	38	115	0	.248	8th of 8		575	852	29.3	33.2	31	11	Bill McKechnie (38-115)
76	1934	Boston Braves	NL	152	78	73	1	.517	4th of 8		683	714	29.2	32.3	29	12	Bill McKechnie (78-73)
77	1933	Boston Braves	NL	156	83	71	2	.539	4th of 8		552	531	29.3	32.0	31	11	Bill McKechnie (83-71)
78	1932	Boston Braves	NL	155	77	77	1	.500	5th of 8		649	655	29.6	30.2	30	11	Bill McKechnie (77-77)
79	1931	Boston Braves	NL	156	64	90	2	.416	7th of 8		533	680	30.3	30.2	32	11	Bill McKechnie (64-90)
80	1930	Boston Braves	NL	154	70	84	0	.455	6th of 8		693	835	29.6	30.9	32	12	Bill McKechnie (70-84)
81	1929	Boston Braves	NL	154	56	98	0	.364	8th of 8		657	876	30.6	29.8	43	15	Judge Fuchs (56-98)
82	1928	Boston Braves	NL	153	50	103	0	.327	7th of 8		631	878	29.8	28.5	42	21	Jack Slattery (11-20) and Rogers Hornsby (39-83)
83	1927	Boston Braves	NL	155	60	94	1	.390	7th of 8		651	771	29.5	29.0	36	15	Dave Bancroft (60-94)
84	1926	Boston Braves	NL	153	66	86	1	.434	7th of 8		624	719	28.6	28.4	31	12	Dave Bancroft (66-86)
85	1925	Boston Braves	NL	153	70	83	0	.458	5th of 8		708	802	28.0	27.9	38	15	Dave Bancroft (70-83)
86	1924	Boston Braves	NL	154	53	100	1	.346	8th of 8		520	800	29.0	26.6	39	15	Dave Bancroft (53-100)
87	1923	Boston Braves	NL	155	54	100	1	.351	7th of 8		636	798	29.3	29.1	33	12	Fred Mitchell (54-100)
88	1922	Boston Braves	NL	154	53	100	1	.346	8th of 8		596	822	29.2	28.7	33	16	Fred Mitchell (53-100)
89	1921	Boston Braves	NL	153	79	74	0	.516	4th of 8		721	697	27.9	26.5	26	12	Fred Mitchell (79-74)
90	1920	Boston Braves	NL	153	62	90	1	.408	7th of 8		523	670	27.7	26.9	30	12	George Stallings (62-90)
91	1919	Boston Braves	NL	140	57	82	1	.410	6th of 8		465	563	28.6	28.0	39	13	George Stallings (57-82)
92	1918	Boston Braves	NL	124	53	71	0	.427	7th of 8		424	469	29.1	28.0	37	14	George Stallings (53-71)
93	1917	Boston Braves	NL	157	72	81	4	.471	6th of 8		536	552	27.8	27.3	34	11	George Stallings (72-81)
94	1916	Boston Braves	NL	158	89	63	6	.586	3rd of 8		542	453	27.9	27.7	28	9	George Stallings (89-63)
95	1915	Boston Braves	NL	157	83	69	5	.546	2nd of 8		582	545	27.4	26.9	34	13	George Stallings (83-69)
96	1914	Boston Braves	NL	158	94	59	5	.614	1st of 8	Won WS (4-0)	657	548	25.7	25.2	34	12	George Stallings (94-59)
97	1913	Boston Braves	NL	154	69	82	3	.457	5th of 8		641	690	26.5	27.7	46	13	George Stallings (69-82)
98	1912	Boston Braves	NL	155	52	101	2	.340	8th of 8		693	861	27.4	29.4	37	14	Johnny Kling (52-101)
99	1911	Boston Rustlers	NL	156	44	107	5	.291	8th of 8		699	1021	27.8	27.5	43	18	Fred Tenney (44-107)
100	1910	Boston Doves	NL	157	53	100	4	.346	8th of 8		495	701	26.5	26.8	35	12	Fred Lake (53-100)
101	1909	Boston Doves	NL	155	45	108	2	.294	8th of 8		435	683	27.0	25.9	38	15	Frank Bowerman (22-54) and Harry Smith (23-54)
102	1908	Boston Doves	NL	156	63	91	2	.409	6th of 8		537	622	30.8	28.3	30	13	Joe Kelley (63-91)
103	1907	Boston Doves	NL	152	58	90	4	.392	7th of 8		502	652	28.4	28.2	29	10	Fred Tenney (58-90)
104	1906	Boston Beaneaters	NL	152	49	102	1	.325	8th of 8		408	649	27.4	26.9	24	9	Fred Tenney (49-102)
105	1905	Boston Beaneaters	NL	156	51	103	2	.331	7th of 8		468	733	28.6	29.3	23	10	Fred Tenney (51-103)
106	1904	Boston Beaneaters	NL	155	55	98	2	.359	7th of 8		491	749	27.7	28.4	24	8	Al Buckenberger (55-98)
107	1903	Boston Beaneaters	NL	140	58	80	2	.420	6th of 8		578	699	27.6	29.1	17	7	Al Buckenberger (58-80)
108	1902	Boston Beaneaters	NL	142	73	64	5	.533	3rd of 8		572	516	28.7	27.0	21	10	Al Buckenberger (73-64)
109	1901	Boston Beaneaters	NL	140	69	69	2	.500	5th of 8		531	556	29.6	27.4	25	5	Frank Selee (69-69)
110	1900	Boston Beaneaters	NL	142	66	72	4	.478	4th of 8		778	739	29.6	26.5	21	8	Frank Selee (66-72)
111	1899	Boston Beaneaters	NL	153	95	57	1	.625	2nd of 12		858	645	29.3	26.3	27	12	Frank Selee (95-57)
112	1898	Boston Beaneaters	NL	152	102	47	3	.685	1st of 12		872	614	28.4	25.6	22	7	Frank Selee (102-47)
113	1897	Boston Beaneaters	NL	135	93	39	3	.705	1st of 12		1025	665	28.0	26.4	20	7	Frank Selee (93-39)
114	1896	Boston Beaneaters	NL	132	74	57	1	.565	4th of 12		860	761	28.1	26.8	22	8	Frank Selee (74-57)
115	1895	Boston Beaneaters	NL	132	71	60	1	.542	6th of 12		907	826	28.2	25.2	22	9	Frank Selee (71-60)
116	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	133	83	49	1	.629	3rd of 12		1220	1002	27.5	25.6	22	12	Frank Selee (83-49)
117	1893	Boston Beaneaters	NL	131	86	43	2	.667	1st of 12		1008	795	28.3	24.9	18	7	Frank Selee (86-43)
118	1892	Boston Beaneaters	NL	152	102	48	2	.680	1st of 12	Won LDS (5-0-1)	862	649	27.4	24.2	19	7	Frank Selee (102-48)
119	1891	Boston Beaneaters	NL	140	87	51	2	.630	1st of 8		847	658	27.0	25.1	22	10	Frank Selee (87-51)
120	1890	Boston Beaneaters	NL	134	76	57	1	.571	5th of 8		763	593	27.0	24.4	19	6	Frank Selee (76-57)
121	1889	Boston Beaneaters	NL	133	83	45	5	.648	2nd of 8		826	626	28.7	27.4	17	6	Jim Hart (83-45)
122	1888	Boston Beaneaters	NL	137	70	64	3	.522	4th of 8		669	619	27.6	25.6	24	5	John Morrill (70-64)
123	1887	Boston Beaneaters	NL	127	61	60	6	.504	5th of 8		831	792	27.7	25.4	16	5	King Kelly (49-43) and John Morrill (12-17)
124	1886	Boston Beaneaters	NL	118	56	61	1	.479	5th of 8		657	661	27.6	26.5	17	5	John Morrill (56-61)
125	1885	Boston Beaneaters	NL	113	46	66	1	.411	5th of 8		528	589	26.8	25.5	23	4	John Morrill (46-66)
126	1884	Boston Beaneaters	NL	116	73	38	5	.658	2nd of 8		684	468	26.9	24.1	17	5	John Morrill (73-38)
127	1883	Boston Beaneaters	NL	98	63	35	0	.643	1st of 8		669	456	25.8	23.8	12	3	Jack Burdock (30-24) and John Morrill (33-11)
128	1882	Boston Red Caps	NL	85	45	39	1	.536	3rd of 8		472	414	26.2	26.1	12	4	John Morrill (45-39)
129	1881	Boston Red Caps	NL	83	38	45	0	.458	6th of 8		349	410	26.2	23.1	17	5	Harry Wright (38-45)
130	1880	Boston Red Caps	NL	86	40	44	2	.476	6th of 8		416	456	26.7	24.0	18	4	Harry Wright (40-44)
131	1879	Boston Red Caps	NL	84	54	30	0	.643	2nd of 8		562	348	25.7	23.0	13	4	Harry Wright (54-30)
132	1878	Boston Red Caps	NL	60	41	19	0	.683	1st of 6		298	241	26.3	22.0	10	2	Harry Wright (41-19)
133	1877	Boston Red Caps	NL	61	42	18	1	.700	1st of 6		419	263	25.9	21.0	12	2	Harry Wright (42-18)
134	1876	Boston Red Caps	NL	70	39	31	0	.557	4th of 8		471	450	24.6	22.0	17	6	Harry Wright (39-31)

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