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80 free Atlanta Braves trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
72 free Atlanta Braves trivia questions with answers. The Braves are the oldest continuously operating franchise in North American pro sports, which means the trivia goes back further than most fans realise: a Miracle season in 1914, Babe Ruth's last games, a World Series in Milwaukee, and an owner who managed the team for exactly one game. This quiz runs 80 questions from the Boston Red Stockings through the Milwaukee years with Aaron, Mathews and Spahn, the move south, 715, Ted Turner and TBS, the 14 straight division titles and the rotation that powered them, 1995, Chipper and Andruw, the 2021 title, Acuña's 40/70 season and Truist Park. It starts with the basics and works up to questions for people who remember Chief Noc-A-Homa. Every answer has been checked against reference sources, shown under each question once you answer, so it works for a game-day tailgate or a baseball round at pub trivia.
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Q 01Harry Wright brought his players east in 1871 to form the Braves' ancestor. Which disbanded team had they come from?
The Red Stockings
Harry Wright brought them to Boston as the Boston Red Stockings, a charter member of the National Association.
Q 02What distinction do the Braves hold among North American professional sports franchises?
Oldest continuously operating franchise
They are one of two remaining National League charter franchises from 1876.
Q 03In what year did the club adopt the Boston Braves name?
1912
Owner James Gaffney was one of the 'braves' of New York's Tammany Hall political machine, whose symbol was a Native American chief.
Q 04Which of these was NOT an earlier nickname of the Boston franchise?
Pilgrims
They were the Red Caps for the first National League game in 1876 and briefly rebranded as the Bees in 1935.
Q 05What was remarkable about the 1914 'Miracle Braves'?
They upset Connie Mack's A's in the World Series
Led by NL MVP Johnny Evers, they were underdogs against Philadelphia and swept them.
Q 06Which legend played his final games for the Boston Braves in 1935?
Babe Ruth
Owner Emil Fuchs brought him in to boost attendance; Ruth retired on June 1 shortly after his last three home runs.
Q 07In what year did the Braves move from Boston to Milwaukee?
1953
Owner Lou Perini cited television and poor Boston attendance; Milwaukee drew an NL-record 1.8 million fans in year one.
Q 08Whom did the Milwaukee Braves beat to win the 1957 World Series?
New York Yankees
Hank Aaron won the NL MVP that year; the Yankees took the rematch in 1958.
Q 09In what year did the Braves begin playing in Atlanta?
1966
Owners voted to move in 1964, but Wisconsin legal action kept them in Milwaukee for the 1965 season.
Q 10The Braves are the only MLB franchise to have won the World Series in how many different home cities?
Three
Boston (1914), Milwaukee (1957) and Atlanta (1995 and 2021).
Q 11Off which pitcher did Hank Aaron hit his record-breaking 715th home run on April 8, 1974?
Al Downing
The Dodgers pitcher, by coincidence, also wore Aaron's number 44.
Q 12How many career home runs did Hank Aaron finish with?
755
He held the record for 33 years until Barry Bonds passed him in 2007; all but 22 came as a Brave.
Q 13Which MLB career record does Hank Aaron still hold?
Most runs batted in
2,297 RBIs, plus records for extra-base hits and total bases; he would still have 3,000 hits without a single home run.
Q 21Which of the big-three Braves pitchers won his only Cy Young Award in 1996?
John Smoltz
Maddux won four straight and Glavine two.
Q 22Who managed the Braves through the entire 14-division-title run?
Bobby Cox
He returned as manager in 1990 and retired after the 2010 season; his number 6 is retired.
Q 23Which switch-hitting third baseman spent his whole career in Atlanta and had his number 10 retired?
Chipper Jones
His last game in 2012 was the wild-card loss remembered for the infield fly call.
Whose number 25 did the Braves retire in 2023?
Q 14Where was Hank Aaron born and raised?
Mobile, Alabama
He briefly played for the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League before the Braves signed him.
Q 15Which media mogul bought the Braves in 1976 to keep them on his Atlanta superstation?
Ted Turner
WTBS branded them 'America's Team'; in 1977 he named himself manager for one game before MLB stepped in.
Q 16How long did the owner last as the Braves' self-appointed manager in 1977?
One game
A 1950s rule bars managers from owning a stake in their team; the Braves lost to Pittsburgh for a 17th straight defeat.
Q 17How many consecutive division titles did the Braves win from 1991 to 2005?
14
The record run does not count the strike-shortened 1994 season and included eight straight NLCS appearances.
Q 18What was the Braves' 1991 season nicknamed?
Worst to First
They had baseball's worst record in 1990; Terry Pendleton was a surprise MVP and they lost a seven-game World Series to Minnesota.
Q 19Whom did the Braves beat in the 1995 World Series for their first title in Atlanta?
Cleveland Indians
They had lost the 1991 and 1992 Series to the Twins and Blue Jays.
Q 20Which Cy Young winner did the Braves sign from the Cubs in 1993 to complete their rotation?
Greg Maddux
With Glavine and Smoltz he formed what many call the best rotation in baseball history; three Braves won six NL Cy Youngs in the 1990s.
Andruw Jones
Six of the eleven numbers retired by then were on the team at the same time in the 1990s.
Q 25Which retired-number Brave is the only eligible one NOT in the Hall of Fame?
Dale Murphy
The two-time MVP's number 3 hangs alongside Aaron's 44 and Spahn's 21.
Q 26Whom did the Braves defeat in the 2021 World Series?
Houston Astros
They won in six games after an 88-73 regular season, their first pennant since 1999.
Q 27What unprecedented feat did Ronald Acuña Jr. achieve in 2023?
40 homers and 70 steals in a season
He was the unanimous NL MVP and the Braves led the majors at 104-58.
Q 28Where is Truist Park, the Braves' home since 2017, located?
Cumberland in Cobb County
It sits about 10 miles northwest of downtown, surrounded by the Battery Atlanta development.
Q 29What was Truist Park, the Braves' stadium, called when it opened in 2017?
SunTrust Park
It was renamed after the bank merger that created Truist Financial in 2020.
Q 30Whom did the Braves sweep in the first regular-season series at their new home in April 2017?
San Diego Padres
Season-ticket holders got a soft opening against the Yankees two weeks earlier.