List of Boston and Milwaukee Braves Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Boston and Milwaukee Braves Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Year	Pitcher	Decision	Opponent	Location	Reference

1876	Borden, JoeJoe Borden	(W)	Philadelphia Athletics	Jefferson Street Grounds

1877	Bond, TommyTommy Bond	T	Brooklyn Hartfords	Union Grounds

1878	Bond, TommyTommy Bond (2)	W	Providence Grays	Messer Street Grounds

1879	Bond, TommyTommy Bond (3)	(W)	Buffalo Bisons	Riverside Park

1880	Bond, TommyTommy Bond (4)	(L)	Providence Grays	Messer Street Grounds

1881	Whitney, JimJim Whitney	(W)	Providence Grays	Messer Street Grounds

1882	Whitney, JimJim Whitney (2)	(W)	Worcester Ruby Legs	South End Grounds

1883	Whitney, JimJim Whitney (3)	(L)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1884	Whitney, JimJim Whitney (4)	(W)	Buffalo Bisons	South End Grounds

1885	Whitney, JimJim Whitney (5)	(L)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1886	Radbourn, CharlesCharles Radbourn	(L)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1887	Radbourn, CharlesCharles Radbourn (2)	(W)	Washington Nationals	Swampoodle Grounds

1888	Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson	(W)	Philadelphia Phillies	Huntingdon Grounds

1889	Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson (2)	(W)	New York Giants	Oakland Park, New Jersey

1890	Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson (3)	W	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	South End Grounds

1891	Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson (4)	(W)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1892	Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson (5)	(W)	Washington Nationals	Boundary Field

1893	Nichols, KidKid Nichols	(W)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1894	Stivetts, JackJack Stivetts	(W)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	South End Grounds

1895	Stivetts, JackJack Stivetts (2)	(W)	Washington Nationals	South End Grounds

1896	Nichols, KidKid Nichols (2)	(W)	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1897	Nichols, KidKid Nichols (3)	(L)	Philadelphia Phillies	South End Grounds

1898	Nichols, KidKid Nichols (4)	(W)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1899	Nichols, KidKid Nichols (5)	(W)	Brooklyn Superbas	Washington Park

1900	Willis, VicVic Willis	(L)	Philadelphia Phillies	South End Grounds

1901	Nichols, KidKid Nichols (6)	(W)	New York Giants	South End Grounds

1902	Willis, VicVic Willis (2)	(L)	Brooklyn Dodgers	Washington Park

1903	Willis, VicVic Willis (3)	(W)	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1904	Willis, VicVic Willis (4)	(L)	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1905	Wilhelm, KaiserKaiser Wilhelm	(L)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1906	Young, IrvIrv Young	(W)	Brooklyn Dodgers	Washington Park

1907	Young, IrvIrv Young (2)	(W)	Brooklyn Dodgers	South End Grounds

1908	Young, IrvIrv Young (3)	(W)	Brooklyn Dodgers	Washington Park

1909	Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	(W)	Philadelphia Phillies	South End Grounds

1910	Mattern, AlAl Mattern	(W)	New York Giants	South End Grounds

1911	Brown, BusterBuster Brown	W	Brooklyn Dodgers	South End Grounds

1912	Perdue, HubHub Perdue	(W)	Philadelphia Phillies	South End Grounds

1913	Perdue, HubHub Perdue (2)	(W)	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1914	Tyler, LeftyLefty Tyler	(L)	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field

1915	Rudolph, DickDick Rudolph	(L)	Philadelphia Phillies	Fenway Park

1916	Rudolph, DickDick Rudolph (2)	(W)	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field

1917	Rudolph, DickDick Rudolph (3)	(L)	New York Giants	Braves Field

1918	Ragan, PatPat Ragan	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1919	Rudolph, DickDick Rudolph (4)	L	Brooklyn Dodgers	Braves Field

1920	Eayrs, EddieEddie Eayrs	W	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1921	Oeschger, JoeJoe Oeschger	L	Brooklyn Dodgers	Braves Field

1922	Oeschger, JoeJoe Oeschger (2)	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1923	McNamara, TimTim McNamara	L	New York Giants	Braves Field

1924	Genewich, JoeJoe Genewich	T	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1925	Barnes, JesseJesse Barnes	W	New York Giants	Braves Field

1926	Genewich, JoeJoe Genewich (2)	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1927	Smith, BobBob Smith	L	Brooklyn Dodgers	Braves Field

1928	Smith, BobBob Smith (2)	L	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1929	Smith, BobBob Smith (3)	W	Brooklyn Dodgers	Braves Field

1930	Seibold, SocksSocks Seibold	L	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1931	Zachary, TomTom Zachary	ND (W)	Brooklyn Dodgers	Braves Field

1932	Brandt, EdEd Brandt	W	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field

1933	Betts, HuckHuck Betts	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Braves Field

1934	Brandt, EdEd Brandt (2)	L	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field

1935	Brandt, EdEd Brandt (3)	W	New York Giants	Braves Field

1936	MacFayden, DannyDanny MacFayden	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Baker Bowl

1937	Bush, GuyGuy Bush	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Braves Field

1938	MacFayden, DannyDanny MacFayden (2)	L	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1939	Turner, JimJim Turner	ND (W)	Philadelphia Phillies	Braves Field

1940	Posedel, BillBill Posedel	L	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field

1941	Errickson, DickDick Errickson	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Shibe Park

1942	Javery, AlAl Javery	W	Philadelphia Phillies	Shibe Park

1943	Javery, AlAl Javery (2)	L	New York Giants	Braves Field

1944	Javery, AlAl Javery (3)	L	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1945	Javery, AlAl Javery (4)	L	New York Giants	Braves Field

1946	Sain, JohnnyJohnny Sain	W	Brooklyn Dodgers	Braves Field

1947	Sain, JohnnyJohnny Sain (2)	L	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field

1948	Sain, JohnnyJohnny Sain (3)	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Shibe Park

1949	Sain, JohnnyJohnny Sain (4)	L	Philadelphia Phillies	Braves Field

1950	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn	W	New York Giants	Polo Grounds

1951	Bickford, VernVern Bickford	L	New York Giants	Braves Field

1952	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (2)	L	Brooklyn Dodgers	Braves Field

1953	Surkont, MaxMax Surkont	W	Cincinnati Reds	Crosley Field

1954	Buhl, BobBob Buhl	ND (L)	Cincinnati Reds	Crosley Field

1955	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (3)	W	Cincinnati Reds	County Stadium

1956	Burdette, LewLew Burdette	W	Chicago Cubs	County Stadium

1957	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (4)	W	Chicago Cubs	Wrigley Field

1958	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (5)	ND (L)	Pittsburgh Pirates	County Stadium

1959	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (6)	W	Pittsburgh Pirates	Forbes Field

1960	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (7)	ND (W)	Pittsburgh Pirates	County Stadium

1961	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (8)	L	St. Louis Cardinals	County Stadium

1962	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (9)	L	San Francisco Giants	Candlestick Park

1963	Burdette, LewLew Burdette (2)	ND (L)	Pittsburgh Pirates	Forbes Field

1964	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn (10)	L	San Francisco Giants	Candlestick Park

1965	Cloninger, TonyTony Cloninger	W	Cincinnati Reds	Crosley Field

Sentence(s)

Stivetts was the Boston and Milwaukee Braves's starting pitcher for Boston's season-opening game versus the Bridegrooms of Brooklyn.

final_sentence: Stivetts was the Boston and Milwaukee Braves's starting pitcher for Boston's season-opening game versus the Bridegrooms of Brooklyn.