when did braves win the world series?
1995 World Series
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 In 1966 , the major leagues moved to the " Deep South " when the Braves moved to Atlanta . In 1968 , the Kansas City Athletics moved west to become the Oakland Athletics . In 1969 , the American and National Leagues both added two expansion franchises . The American League added the Seattle Pilots ( who became the Milwaukee Brewers after one disastrous season in Seattle ) and the Kansas City Royals . The NL added the first Canadian franchise , the Montreal Expos , as well as the San Diego Padres . 

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 Atlanta is home to professional franchises for three major team sports : the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball , the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association , and the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League . The Braves , who moved to Atlanta in 1966 , were established as the Boston Red Stockings in 1871 and are the oldest continually operating professional sports franchise in the United States . The Braves won the World Series in 1995 , and had an unprecedented run of 14 straight divisional championships from 1991 to 2005 . 

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 = = = = Continued success and first World Series ( 2006 – 2008 ) = = = = 

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 During its five @-@ year run , the series gained large UK audience figures , including 18 @.@ 74 million for the 1991 episode " The Trouble with Mr. Bean " . The series has received a number of international awards , including the Rose d 'Or . The show has been sold in 245 territories worldwide and has inspired an animated cartoon spin @-@ off , two feature films , and an appearance at the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony . 

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 Facing competition as varied as television and football , baseball attendance at all levels declined . While the majors rebounded by the mid @-@ 1950s , the minor leagues were gutted and hundreds of semipro and amateur teams dissolved . Integration proceeded slowly : by 1953 , only six of the 16 major league teams had a black player on the roster . That year , the Major League Baseball Players Association was founded . It was the first professional baseball union to survive more than briefly , but it remained largely ineffective for years . No major league team had been located west of St. Louis until 1958 , when the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants relocated to Los Angeles and San Francisco , respectively . The majors ' final all @-@ white bastion , the Boston Red Sox , added a black player in 1959 . With the integration of the majors drying up the available pool of players , the last Negro league folded the following year . In 1961 , the American League reached the West Coast with the | Los Angeles Angels expansion team , and the major league season was extended from 154 games to 162 . This coincidentally helped Roger Maris break Babe Ruth 's long @-@ standing single @-@ season home run record , one of the most celebrated marks in baseball . Along with the Angels , three other new franchises were launched during 1961 – 62 . With this , the first major league expansion in 60 years , each league now had ten teams . 
