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This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Justin Upton to the Padres

2014 - The Braves trade Justin Upton and Aaron Northcraft to the Padres in exchange for Max Fried, Dustin Peterson, Jace Peterson and Mallex Smith.

MLB History

1914 - Clark Griffith meets with Walter Johnson in Kansas City and convinces him to re-sign with Washington for $12,500.

1934 - The Yankees send five players to San Francisco as part of the payment for Joe DiMaggio. He will play one more season in the PCL and then report to the Yankees at the end of 1935.

1976 - A single engine plane crashes into the upper deck of Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium injuring the pilot and three others.