The Gwinnett Braves are a professional minor league baseball team based in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The team plays in South Division of International League and they are the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball club.
The team was previously known as the Richmond Braves for 43 seasons (1966-2008). On January 14, 2008, it was announced that the Richmond Braves would move from Richmond, Virginia to suburban Atlanta in 2009. The announcement was made after the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners unanimous vote.
The Gwinnett Braves trace their history back to Atlanta, as the team began its life as the Atlanta Crackers in 1901. By 1965, the Crackers were the then-Milwaukee Braves' top farm club. However, once the Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966, the Crackers were displaced and forced to move to Richmond, where they took the name of their parent club.
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