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This Day in Braves History: Brett Butler makes his major league debut

1947 - The Boston Braves go over a million in attendance for the first time in their history, but they fall to the Pirates 16-10.

1965 - Eddie Matthews hits his 28th home run of the season to help the Braves to a 4-3 win in Pittsburgh.

1981 - Brett Butler makes his major league debut for the Braves and has a single and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Mets. Butler will appear in 280 games for Atlanta while hitting .260/.331/.339 with 69 stolen bases.

2011 - Dan Uggla homers twice and Freddie Freeman adds one of his own in support of Brandon Beachy as the Braves beat the Diamondbacks 8-1.