The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. They compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League East Division. The club was founded in Boston in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings and adopted the Boston Braves name in 1912. It is one of two remaining National League charter franchises that debuted in 1876 and the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in North America. After 82 seasons and one World Series title in Boston the club moved to Milwaukee in 1953, winning the 1957 World Series as the Milwaukee Braves, and moved to Atlanta in 1966. The club has won four World Series championships.
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The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area
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The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area
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The club has won an MLB record 24 divisional titles, 18 National League pennants, and four World Series championships
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The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area
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The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division
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He was the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 World Series as the Braves beat the Cleveland Indians
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Traded to Atlanta in 2021, Soler won the 2021 World Series and earned the World Series Most Valuable Player Award
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he spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL)
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