Atlanta Braves Trivia
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79 free Atlanta Braves trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 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 79 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 01From which disbanded Cincinnati club did Harry Wright bring players to Boston in 1871 to launch the Braves franchise?
The Red Stockings
The Red Stockings. Baseball's first openly professional team went unbeaten in 1869, folded after one more season, and Wright took its name with him to Boston.
Q 02What distinction do the Braves hold among North American professional sports franchises?
The oldest in continuous operation
The oldest in continuous operation. The Cubs' club also took the field in 1871, but it sat out two seasons after the Great Chicago Fire, while the Braves have played every year since.
Q 03The Braves' 1912 name saluted which organization their owner belonged to?
Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall. Owner James Gaffney's New York political machine used Native American imagery, and the club's first Indian-head logo arrived with the new name.
Q 04A 1936 fan poll renamed the Boston Braves after which insect for five seasons?
Bees
Bees. Braves Field was restyled 'the Beehive' to match, but five years later the club went back to being the Braves.
Q 05The 1914 'Miracle Braves' sat in last place in July; how did their season end?
With a World Series sweep
With a World Series sweep. From last place they won the pennant by more than ten games, then beat the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics four straight.
Q 06Which legend played his final games for the Boston Braves in 1935?
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth. Brought in at 40 as a gate attraction, he homered on opening day but batted only .181 and retired in June, his career total fixed at 714.
Q 07What did the Braves manage every season in Milwaukee?
A winning record
A winning record. From 1953 to 1965 the club never finished below .500, and it still left for Atlanta as its crowds dwindled.
Q 08Whom did the Milwaukee Braves beat to win the 1957 World Series?
New York Yankees
New York Yankees. Lew Burdette beat them three times in the seven-game Series, twice by shutout, and New York took its revenge in a rematch a year later.
Q 09Which other Atlanta team played its first season in 1966, when the Braves arrived?
Falcons
Falcons. Atlanta built a stadium to lure a baseball team, and once it stood finished in 1965 the NFL handed the city an expansion club as well.
Q 10Through 2025, which World Series feat belonged to the Braves alone?
Titles in three cities
Titles in three cities. Boston and Milwaukee brought one each, and Atlanta's first, in 1995, was the only one its 14 straight division winners managed.
Q 11Off which Dodgers pitcher did Hank Aaron hit his record-breaking 715th home run in April 1974?
Al Downing
Al Downing. Aaron hit his 1-0 pitch into the Braves' bullpen, ending a chase he had endured through a year of hate mail and death threats.
Q 12Hank Aaron hit the last 22 of his 755 homers for which team?
Brewers
Brewers. He homered in his last at-bat as a Brave in 1974, then went back to Milwaukee, where his big-league career began, for two final seasons.
Q 13As of 2025, which career record did Hank Aaron still hold?
Most runs batted in
Most runs batted in, with 2,297. He also still led in total bases, and would have more than 3,000 hits even if every one of his home runs were taken away.
Q 21Which Braves ace won his only Cy Young Award in 1996?
John Smoltz
John Smoltz: he won 14 straight decisions in 1996 on the way to 24 victories, taking an award that a teammate had held for the previous four years.
Q 22Who managed the Braves through the entire 14-division-title run?
Bobby Cox
Bobby Cox: as general manager he replaced his own manager with himself in June 1990, then stayed in the dugout until he retired after the 2010 season.
Q 23Which switch-hitting third baseman spent his whole career in Atlanta and had his number 10 retired?
Chipper Jones
Chipper Jones: his final game was the 2012 wild-card loss, held up for 19 minutes while fans pelted the field with bottles and cans over an infield-fly call.
Q 14Where was Hank Aaron born and raised?
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama. He left at 18 to play shortstop for the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League, and within months the Braves had bought his contract.
Q 15Which media mogul bought the Braves in 1976?
Ted Turner
Ted Turner. He bought the team as a draw for his Atlanta TV station, the future cable superstation TBS.
Q 16How long did the owner last as the Braves' self-appointed manager in 1977?
One game
One game. With the team deep in a losing streak he put himself in the dugout, lost 2-1 in Pittsburgh for a 17th straight defeat, and was ordered back upstairs.
Q 17Which team ended the Braves' run of 14 straight division titles in 2006?
Mets
Mets: New York took the 2006 NL East by 12 games for its first division title since 1988, while Atlanta slid to third with its first losing record since 1990.
Q 18What was the Braves' 1991 season nicknamed?
Worst to First
Worst to First: Atlanta had baseball's worst record in 1990, then surged after the 1991 All-Star break to clinch the division on the season's next-to-last day.
Q 19Whom did the Braves beat in the 1995 World Series for their first title in Atlanta?
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians: they had won 100 of 144 games that year, but Atlanta's pitchers held their hitters to a .179 average over the six games.
Q 20Which ace did the Braves sign away from the Cubs before the 1993 season to complete their rotation?
Greg Maddux
Greg Maddux: his first start for Atlanta was the 1993 opener at Wrigley Field, against the club he had just left, and he beat his old teammates 1-0.
Q 24Whose number 25 did the Braves retire in 2023?
Andruw Jones
Andruw Jones: Hall of Fame voters gave him just 7.3 percent on his first ballot in 2018, yet he was elected in 2026, three years after Atlanta retired his number.
Q 25Which trade-deadline pickup was named MVP of the 2021 World Series after homering in three Braves wins?
Jorge Soler
Jorge Soler: one of four outfielders Atlanta added in July after losing its star to a knee injury, he capped the Series with a three-run blast in Game 6.
Q 26Whom did the Braves defeat in the 2021 World Series?
Houston Astros
Houston Astros: Atlanta beat them in six games despite a losing record at the All-Star break and the loss of Ronald Acuña Jr. to a knee injury in July.
Q 27What feat did Ronald Acuña Jr. achieve in his 2023 MVP season?
40 homers and 70 steals in a season
40 homers and 70 steals in a season: nobody had paired them before, and he did it two years after a torn knee ligament kept him out of Atlanta's title run.
Q 28Where is Truist Park, the Braves' home since 2017, located?
Cumberland in Cobb County
Cumberland in Cobb County: the club left a relatively young downtown ballpark after 20 seasons, saying it needed costly renovations and lacked parking.
Q 29What was Truist Park, the Braves' stadium, called when it opened in 2017?
SunTrust Park
SunTrust Park: the name lasted only three seasons, until the bank on the sign merged with BB&T and the combined company rebranded as Truist.
Q 30Whose 54 home runs in 2023 broke the Braves' single-season record?
Matt Olson
Matt Olson: he grew up in suburban Atlanta and, as a boy, had watched the old record of 51 being set in 2005.