Talking Chop · Mar 27, 2022
This Day in Braves History: March 27
Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty ImagesBraves Franchise History
1973 - The Atlanta Braves release pitcher Denny McLain. Atlanta had acquired McLain from Oakland in exchange for Orlando Cepeda.
MLB History
1948 - Hank Greenberg is named farm director of the Cleveland Indians.
1961 - Cardinals pitcher Larry Jackson suffers a broken jaw when he is hit by a fragment of Duke Snider’s broken bat. Jackson will miss the next four weeks.
1973 - Twins pitcher Jim Perry becomes the first player to approve being traded under the new “ten and five” rule. Perry approves a trade to the Tigers.
1978 - Athletics owner Charlie Finley cancels a deal that would have moved the team to Denver, Colorado.