Number five outfielder on the Atlanta Braves Franchise’s all-time list, Tommy Holmes batter .408/.477/.693/ 1.170 at braves field in 1945. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
Atlanta Braves fans love to complain about the club’s current owners, I have no idea how they’d deal with the problems faced by Emil Fuchs.
Records show that 19 ownership groups or corporations owned the franchise now known as the Atlanta Braves. Of those, only a handful had any success; one nearly drove himself into the poorhouse trying to attain it.