Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame

The 1995 World Series Commissioner's Trophy on display in the museum

The Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame (BMHF) was founded in 1999,^[1] to honor various players, managers, coaches, executives, and others who have been a part of the Atlanta Braves professional-baseball franchise during its years in Boston (1871–1952), Milwaukee (1953–1965), and/or Atlanta (1966–present).^[1] The Museum and Hall of Fame, named after former Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr., was located in Turner Field on the northwest side at Aisle 134.^[1]

Exhibits

"Braves Hall of Fame"

The jersey Hank Aaron wore when he broke Babe Ruth's home run record on display in the museum's "Atlanta" exhibit

The Braves Hall of Fame consists of 32 members who contributed to the franchise during its 148 seasons, whether they were players, managers, broadcasters, or owners.

Braves Hall of Fame members

Key
Year	Year inducted
Bold	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Brave
Bold	Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award

Year	No.	Name	Position(s)	Tenure
Braves Hall of Fame
1999	21	Warren Spahn	P	1942, 1946–1964
	35	Phil Niekro	P	1964–1983, 1987
	41	Eddie Mathews	3B Manager	1952–1966 1972–1974
	44	Hank Aaron	RF	1954–1974
2000	—	Ted Turner	Owner/President	1976–1996
2000	3	Dale Murphy	OF	1976–1990
2001	32	Ernie Johnson	P Broadcaster	1950, 1952–1958 1962–1999
2002	28, 33	Johnny Sain	P Coach	1942, 1946–1951 1977, 1985–1986
2002	—	Bill Bartholomay	Owner/President	1962–1976
2003	1, 23	Del Crandall	C	1949–1963
2004	—	Pete Van Wieren	Broadcaster	1976–2008
	—	Kid Nichols	P	1890–1901
	1	Tommy Holmes	OF Manager	1942–1951 1951–1952
	—	Skip Caray	Broadcaster	1976–2008
2005	—	Paul Snyder	Executive	1973–2007
2005	—	Herman Long	SS	1890–1902
2006	—	Bill Lucas	GM	1976–1979
2006	11, 48	Ralph Garr	OF	1968–1975
2007	23	David Justice	OF	1989–1996
2009	31	Greg Maddux^[2]	P	1993–2003
2010	47	Tom Glavine^[3]	P	1987–2002, 2008
2011	6	Bobby Cox^[4]^[5]^[6]	Manager	1978–1981, 1990–2010
2012	29	John Smoltz^[7]	P	1988–1999, 2001–2008
2013	10	Chipper Jones^[8]	3B/LF	1993–2012
2014	8	Javy López	C	1992–2003
	1	Rabbit Maranville	SS/2B	1912–1920 1929–1933, 1935
	—	Dave Pursley	Trainer	1961–2002
2015	—	Don Sutton	Broadcaster	1989–2006, 2009–present
2016	25	Andruw Jones	CF	1996–2007
2016	—	John Schuerholz	Executive	1990–present
2018	15	Tim Hudson	P	2005–2013
2018	—	Joe Simpson	Broadcaster	1992–present

"City" Exhibits

Individual exhibits for the Braves' NL championship seasons as seen in the "Atlanta" exhibit

The museum featured three "city" exhibits (for Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta) that each featured items and information for the Braves from their times in that respective city. Included in these exhibits were "Babe Ruth as a Brave" and the 1914 World Series exhibit from Boston, a section of an original Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Car and the 1957 World Series exhibit from Milwaukee, and Hank Aaron's 715th home run exhibit and the 1995 World Series exhibit with replica rings and the Commissioner's Trophy from Atlanta.

"Braves in Cooperstown"

This exhibit featured photos of all who played for the Braves franchise who are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Braves in National Baseball Hall of Fame

Atlanta Braves Hall of Famers

Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

**Boston Braves**
Earl Averill Dave Bancroft Dan Brouthers John Clarkson* Jimmy Collins Hugh Duffy* Johnny Evers		Burleigh Grimes Billy Hamilton Billy Herman Rogers Hornsby Joe Kelley King Kelly Ernie Lombardi		Rabbit Maranville Rube Marquard Tommy McCarthy Bill McKechnie Joe Medwick Kid Nichols* Jim O'Rourke		Charley Radbourn Babe Ruth Frank Selee** Al Simmons George Sisler Casey Stengel Ed Walsh		Lloyd Waner Paul Waner Deacon White Vic Willis** George Wright Harry Wright Cy Young

**Milwaukee Braves**
		Eddie Mathews		Red Schoendienst Enos Slaughter		Warren Spahn

**Atlanta Braves**
Hank Aaron Orlando Cepeda		Bobby Cox Tom Glavine Chipper Jones		Greg Maddux* Phil Niekro** Gaylord Perry		John Schuerholz* John Smoltz** Bruce Sutter		Joe Torre Hoyt Wilhelm

Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Braves cap insignia.
* Has no insignia on his cap due to playing at a time when caps bore no insignia.
** Hall of Fame plaque depiction is without a cap.
*** No cap insignia on Hall of Fame plaque. Schuerholz' plaque will not bear a cap because he was elected as an executive.

"The Transformation of Turner Field"

This exhibit showed how Centennial Olympic Stadium was transformed into Turner Field following the 1996 Summer Olympics.

"Braves Leaderboard"

This exhibit featured a large scoreboard that tracked current players' progress into breaking Braves franchise pitching and hitting records.

Move to SunTrust Park

The Braves decided against building a museum into SunTrust Park, instead preferring to have the memorabilia throughout the new park.^[9]

References

1 2 3 "Museum and HOF". atlantabraves.mlb.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ Rogers, Carroll (July 17, 2009). "Maddux enters Braves' Hall of Fame". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
↑ |date=May 10, 2010|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5180358
↑ "Bobby Cox honored in Atlanta (video)". Atlanta Braves official website. August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
↑ Bowman, Mark (August 12, 2011). "Cox humbled by entrance into Braves' Hall". MLB.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
↑ "Bobby Cox's No. 6 retired by Braves". FOXNews.com. Associated Press. August 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
↑ Bowman, Mark (June 8, 2012). "Braves give Smoltz team's highest honor". Atlanta Braves official website. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
↑ Goldman, David. "Braves retire Chipper Jones' No. 10 jersey". AP. SI.com. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/03/13/atlanta-braves-suntrust-park-won-t-have-a-museum.html

External links

Braves Museum and Hall of Fame official webpage

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[Museum&HOF-1] 1 2 3 "Museum and HOF". atlantabraves.mlb.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[2] Rogers, Carroll (July 17, 2009). "Maddux enters Braves' Hall of Fame". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2011-09-13.

[3] |date=May 10, 2010|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5180358

[4] "Bobby Cox honored in Atlanta (video)". Atlanta Braves official website. August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.

[5] Bowman, Mark (August 12, 2011). "Cox humbled by entrance into Braves' Hall". MLB.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.

[6] "Bobby Cox's No. 6 retired by Braves". FOXNews.com. Associated Press. August 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.

[7] Bowman, Mark (June 8, 2012). "Braves give Smoltz team's highest honor". Atlanta Braves official website. Retrieved 2012-10-05.

[8] Goldman, David. "Braves retire Chipper Jones' No. 10 jersey". AP. SI.com. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

[9] ttps://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/03/13/atlanta-braves-suntrust-park-won-t-have-a-museum.html