Atlanta Braves all-time roster

This is the Atlanta Braves all-time roster from 1866, when the team began its life as the Cincinnati Red Stockings, to the present. The franchise has moved from Cincinnati to Boston, then on to Milwaukee and their current home in Atlanta in 1966, but has maintained continuity throughout this period.

Cincinnati Red Stockings

This is a roster of the ball players who played for the Red Stockings from 1866 to 1870, when they were baseball's first professional team but before the major leagues had been invented.

Included in the roster are front office personnel, like Aaron Champion, and J. William Johnson. After the team's dissolution in 1870, manager Harry Wright took his brother, George Wright, Charlie Gould and Cal McVey as well as the team nickname to the East Coast and formed the Boston Red Stockings, who joined the new National Association. The remaining players went elsewhere. However some like Andy Leonard and Charlie Sweasy would eventually wind up playing with their former teammates in Boston.

Red Stockings Players
Team	Years
Doug Allison	1868 to 1870
Silas Bascom	1868
Asa Brainard	1868 to 1870
Charles A. Callahan	1866
C. Calvert	1866
Aaron B. Champion	1866
Comegys	1868
Harry Deane	1870
George Ellard	1866 to 1868
James Fowler	1869
Charlie Gould	1868 to 1870
Moses Grant	1867 to 1868
William Hall	1868
John Hatfield	1868
Holmes Hoge	1866
John Con. Howe	1866 to 1868
Hunter	1868
Dick Hurley	1869
J. William Johnson	1866 to 1868
Samuel Kemper	1866 and 1868
Rufus King	1868
Kingsley	1868
Andy Leonard	1869 to 1870
John McLean	1867
Cal McVey	1869 to 1870
J. Wayne Neff	1867
Prentiss	1868
Ringwalt	1868
Dave Schwartz	1867
Bellamy Storer	1867 to 1868
Charlie Sweasy	1869 to 1870
Oak Taylor	1869
Fred Waterman	1868 to 1870
George Wright	1869 to 1870
Harry Wright	1866 to 1870

Atlanta Braves Roster

The Boston National Association Baseball Club, also known as the Boston Red Stocking was organized on January 20, 1871. The core four players came from the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The rest came from the Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, and the Morrisana Unions. Outfielder Frank Barrows was a member of the Boston Tri-Mountains (1867-1870), while Second Baseman n was making his baseball debut. These 11 men were the first in a long list of ballplayers to play for the team during its years in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. Among those to have played for the team were: Tommy Bond, King Kelly, Jimmy Collins, Fred Tenney, Cy Young, Johnny Evers, Babe Ruth, Warren Spahn, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Bob Uecker, Joe Torre, Phil Niekro, John Smoltz, Chipper Jones and the Upton Brothers: (B.J. Upton and Justin Upton).

• Boston Red Stockings all time roster: [1]
• Atlanta Braves all-time roster: [2]

Fun Facts:

• Braves' 3rd baseman Eddie Mathews is the only player to play in all three major league sites the Braves played ball in.
• Hall of Famer Robin Roberts is the only pitcher to beat the Braves in all 3 locations. He defeated the Boston Braves on Jul. 4, 1948 in his rookie season with the Phillies. His win against the Milwaukee Braves came on June 6, 1953. His win against the Atlanta Braves took place on August 29, 1966 as member of the Chicago Cubs and in his last year.

Source: Baseball Almanac: Robin Roberts