1995 - Gaffney Street, near the former site of Braves Field in Boston, MA, is renamed Harry Agganis Way, after the former Boston University and Boston Red Sox star, who died during the 1955 season.
1996 - John Smoltz, who won a major league-high 24 games for the Atlanta Braves, wins the 1996 National League Cy Young Award in a runaway. Smoltz led the NL in strikeouts (276), innings pitched (253.2), and winning percentage (.750). He received 26 of 28 first-place votes. Kevin Brown of the Florida Marlins, who led the majors in ERA (1.