Richmond Braves
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| Richmond Braves | ||
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| League | International League | |
| Division | South Division | |
| Year founded | 1961 | |
| Major League affiliation | Atlanta Braves | |
| Home ballpark | The Diamond | |
| Previous home ballparks | {{{previous ballparks}}} | |
| City | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Current uniform colors | scarlet, navy blue | |
| Previous uniform colors | ||
| Logo design | The teal baseball diamond outlined in gold and navy blue with the "Braves" wordmark centered above a tomahawk. The word "Richmond" rounds the top of the diamond. | |
| Division titles | ||
| League titles | 1978, 1986, 1989, 1994 | |
| Manager | Dave Brundage | |
| Owner | ||
The Richmond Braves are the AAA team of the Atlanta Braves and are part of the International League. Colloquially referred to as the R-Braves, they are based in Richmond, Virginia, where they have played since 1966, when the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, where their Triple-A team, the Crackers, had been playing for four years. The Braves play their home games at a stadium called The Diamond, which is also home to the Virginia Commonwealth University baseball team. The Diamond is located on Boulevard and features a sculpture of a gigantic Native American brave (named "Connecticut") on the outside walkway. The stadium as we know it was established in 1985 at a site that had been used for minor league baseball since 1954.
In 2004, a project was proposed to build a new stadium for the Braves in the Shockoe Bottom district of downtown Richmond. The aging Diamond is said to be in disrepair, including the fact that the field floods after heavy rains due to the clay soil under the playing surface. After Tropical Storm Gaston devastated Shockoe Bottom, the proposal lost some popular support but was still being heavily promoted by some city leaders. The deal with a Washington-based developer fell through late in 2005, but Shockoe is still being looked at as well as the former site of Fulton Gas Works, and Chesterfield County to some extent. Others still have faith in a renovation of the current Diamond.
[edit] Titles
The R-Braves have won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the IL, 4 times, and played in the championship series 10 times.
- 1959 - Lost to Havana
- 1966 - Lost to Toronto
- 1976 - Lost to Syracuse
- 1978 - Defeated Pawtucket
- 1981 - Lost to Columbus
- 1983 - Lost to Tidewater
- 1986 - Defeated Rochester
- 1989 - Defeated Syracuse
- 1994 - Defeated Syracuse
- 2004 - Lost to Buffalo
[edit] Alumni
- Dusty Baker
- Wilson Betemit
- Joe Borowski
- Brett Butler
- Jose Capellan
- Vinny Castilla
- Roman Colon
- Bobby Cox
- Kyle Davies
- Jermaine Dye
- Marcus Giles
- Tom Glavine
- Tony Graffanino
- Chuck James
- Kelly Johnson
- Andruw Jones
- Chipper Jones
- Ryan Klesko
- Ryan Langerhans
- Adam LaRoche
- Tony LaRussa
- Javy Lopez
- Andy Marte
- Kevin Millwood
- Dale Murphy
- David Nied
- John Rocker
- Deion Sanders
- Jason Schmidt
- John Smoltz
- Scott Thorman
- Turk Wendell
- Ned Yost
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