Hank Aaron

In Jacksonville, however, Aaron was supported by his manager, Ben Geraghty, who battled, unsuccessfully, with local restaurateurs and hoteliers to gain equal access and treatment for his minority players. Wrote former Braves farmhand Pat Jordan, "Aaron gave [Geraghty] much of the credit for his own swift rise to stardom."

To prepare for the big leagues, Aaron played winter ball in Puerto Rico and learned to play the outfield. On March 13, 1954, Braves left fielder Bobby Thomson broke his ankle sliding into second base during a spring training game. The next day Aaron made his first spring training start for the Braves in left field and hit a home run.

Major leagues

The early years

Hank Aaron team portrait

On April 13, 1954, Aaron made his major league debut and went 0-for-5 against the Cincinnati Reds' Joe Nuxhall. In the same game, Aaron's teammate, Eddie Mathews hit two home runs, the first two of a record 863 home runs the pair would hit as teammates. On April 15, 1954 Aaron got his first major league hit, a single off Cardinals pitcher Vic Raschi. Aaron hit his first Major League home run on April 23, 1954 off Raschi. Over the next 122 games, Aaron batted .280 (he would not hit that low again until 1966) with 13 homers (he wouldn't go below 20 for the next 20 years) before suffering a broken ankle on September 5.

In the following season, Aaron was moved to right field, where he played for most of his career, winning three Gold Gloves. 1955 also saw the first of a record-tying 24 All-Star Games for Aaron — only Willie Mays and Stan Musial appeared in as many All-Star Games. On June 24, 1955, Aaron became the first strike out victim of the Brooklyn Dodgers' future Hall of Famer, Sandy Koufax. Koufax came on in relief for the Dodgers on Milwaukee's County Stadium, pitching two shutout innings and fanning two. Aaron finished the season batting .314 with 27 home runs and 106 RBI.

1956 saw Aaron hit .328 to win the first of two NL batting titles. He is also named The Sporting News' NL Player of the Year. Two changes were made in 1957 that had a profound effect on Aaron. First, he went from second in the batting order to fourth, behind Eddie Mathews instead of in front of him, and, second, he switched from a 36-ounce bat to a 34-ounce model. Due to these changes, Aaron was able to respond by leading the league with 44 home runs, a career-high 132 RBI, batted .322 and won his only NL MVP Award. During a game on August 15th, Aaron belted his 100th major league home run off of the Reds' Don Gross. On September 23, 1957, Aaron had what he called the best moment of his career. Aaron drilled a pitch from the Cardinals' Billy Muffett for a two-run homer in the 11th inning of a game. It clinched the Braves' first pennant in Milwaukee and Aaron was carried off the field by his teammates. That year, Milwaukee registered its only World Series victory behind right-handed pitcher Lew Burdette, who defeated the Yankees three times. Aaron did his part by hitting .393 with three homers and seven RBI.

Prime of career

On June 21, 1959 Aaron had his single most productive day as a hitter. Against the San Francisco Giants, he hit two-run home runs in the 1st, 6th and 7th inning off Johnny Antonelli, Stu Miller and Gordon Jones. It was the only time in his career that he would hit three homers in a game. Exactly one month later, on July 21, Aaron appeared on the television show "Home Run Derby," and had a record-setting stint on the show, earning a record $13,000 his time on the show, which included a most-ever 6 consecutive wins before he was defeated by Wally Post. The prize money encouraged Aaron to change his approach in hitting and swing for more homers. Aaron defended his decision by saying, "I noticed that they never had a show called 'Singles Derby'." Eddie Mathews led the league in home runs with 46 and Aaron led the league in hitting with a .355 average and finished 3rd in MVP voting.

July 3, 1960 saw Aaron hit his 200th home run off of the Cardinals' Ron Kline at Sportsman's Park. On June 8, 1961, Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas became the first four players ever to hit successive home runs in a game. Aaron and Mathews went back to back off of Reds' pitcher Jim Maloney. Adcock and Thomas hit theirs off of reliever Marshall Bridges. Despite the unprecedented feat, the Braves lost the game 10-8.

On June 18, 1962, Aaron hit what most consider to be the longest home run of his career — a 470-foot shot to straight-away center at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Only two other players ever hit a ball there — Joe Adcock in 1953 and Lou Brock, who oddly did it the day before Aaron. On April 19, 1963 he hit his 300th home run off of the Mets' Jay Hook. Aaron just missed winning the triple crown in 1963 by leading the league with 44 home runs and 130 RBI. He finished .007 behind Tommy Davis in batting. Aaron became the third member of the 30-30 club behind Ken Williams and Willie Mays. He again finished third in the MVP voting.

On September 20, 1965, Aaron hit the last home run by a Milwaukee Braves player at Milwaukee County Stadium. It came off Ray Culp of the Phillies. The Braves moved to Atlanta the following season and made Fulton County Stadium their new home. Aaron's home run output increased due to the hitter friendly park — later nicknamed "The Launching Pad".

Aaron hit his 400th home run on April 20, 1966 off Bob Priddy of the San Francisco Giants. On August 23 he homered to set a major league record with Eddie Mathews for most career home runs by teammates (863). The first two batters faced by Nolan Ryan in his career were Mathews and Aaron, on September 11, 1966. Neither of them struck out against Ryan.

In the first game of a double header against the Phillies on May 10, 1967, Aaron hit his only inside-the-park home run off Jim Bunning. Aaron hit a conventional home run in the second game of the double header off of Larry Jackson.

Aaron hit his 500th home run on July 14, 1968 off Mike McCormick of the San Francisco Giants at Fulton County Stadium. Aaron was just the eighth player to reach the milestone and he did it exactly one year after his former teammate Eddie Mathews did it with the Houston Astros. At the time, Aaron was the second youngest player to ever do so at 34 years, five months and nine days, a year and a half older than the youngest player to do so, Jimmie Foxx.

The chase is on

The Braves marked the first year of division play by winning the West. The Braves were fifth place on August 19, but outplayed the Giants and Reds down the stretch to win the division. Aaron slugged 44 homers and knocked in 97 runs. The Braves lost to the Miracle Mets in the playoffs, three games to none. Aaron and brother Tommie were the first siblings to appear in a League Championship series together as teammates. Hank Aaron finished 3rd in MVP voting.

Aaron got his 3,000th career hit off of the Reds' Wayne Simpson on May 17, 1970 with a single in the second game of a doubleheader at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, becoming the first player to reach that milestone and hit 500 career home runs. On July 31, he hit a home run against Dave Guisti of the Pirates in Atlanta for this 30th homer of the season, establishing a National League record for most seasons with 30 or more homers (12).

1971 saw several milestones for Aaron. On April 27 he hit his 600th career homer off the San Francisco Giants' Gaylord Perry in Atlanta. The greatest home run hitter slugged two homers off the great strikeout pitcher, Nolan Ryan, the first of which was on May 21, 1971, in Shea Stadium. On July 31 Aaron homered in an All-Star Game for the first time, connecting off Vida Blue in Detroit. He hit his 40th home run of the season against the Giants' Jerry Johnson on August 10, establishing a National League record for most seasons with 40 or more home runs (seven). On September 21, Aaron homered against the Padres' Jay Franklin for his 46th home run of the season — a new career high. Five days later, he hit his 47th home run, the most he hit in a season. He finished third in MVP voting for the 6th time in his career.

During the strike shortened season of 1972, Aaron tied and then surpassed Willie Mays for second place on the career home run list with home runs on May 31 (648) off of the Padres' Fred Norman and June 10 (649) off of the Phillies' Wayne Twitchell. His home run on June 10 was also his 14th grand slam, tying him with Willie McCovey and Gil Hodges for the National League record. On June 28 Aaron hit a two-run homer to tie Lou Gehrig for second place on the all-time RBI list with 1,990. The next day he passed Gehrig with a home run off of the Padres' Mike Caldwell to move into sole possession of second place on the all-time RBI list. Aaron got his 2,000 career RBI when he homered off Astros' Jim York. Aaron tied then surpassed Babe Ruth for the most home runs by a player with a single team when he homered for the 659th time as a Brave on July 19 against the Pirates' Nelson Briles and for the 660th on July 25 against the Reds' Wayne Simpson. At the first All-Star Game in Atlanta, Aaron thrilled the hometown crowd by homering in the sixth inning off the Cleveland Indians' Gaylord Perry. Aaron homered twice against the Phillies to break Stan Musial's major league record for total bases (6,134).

Racism and the record

Hank Aaron's jersey worn when he broke Babe Ruth's record

The chase to beat the Babe heated up in the summer of 1973 and with it the mail. Aaron needed a secretary to sort it as he received more than an estimated 3,000 letters a day, more than any American outside of politics. Unfortunately, racists initially did much of the writing. A sampling:

"Dear Nigger Henry,
You are (not) going to break this record established by the great Babe Ruth if I can help it. ...
Whites are far more superior than jungle bunnies. My gun is watching your every black move."

"Dear Henry Aaron,
How about some sickle cell anemia, Hank?"

The letters came from every state, but most were postmarked in northern cities. They were filled with hate; more hate than Aaron had ever imagined. "This," Aaron said later about the letters, "changed me."

Aaron hit his 700th home run off of the Phillies' Ken Brett. The 1973 season ended with Aaron at 713 homers after hitting a remarkable 40 in just 392 at-bats. He was 39. The Braves became the first team to have three players hit 40 or more homers in a season. Darrell Evans and Davey Johnson also reached the 40-homer mark.

Over the winter, Aaron endured death threats and a large assortment of racist hate mail from people who did not want to see a black man break Ruth's home run record. Lewis Grizzard, then sports editor the Atlanta Journal became so concerned that he had an obituary written just in case. However, when the harassment became widely known, the ballplayer enjoyed a massive flood of public support motivated at least partially to counter the bigotry. This included Babe Ruth's widow who denounced the racists and declared that her husband would have enthusiastically cheered Aaron's attempt at the record.

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The ball landed in the Braves bullpen where reliever Tom House caught it. While cannons were firing in celebration and Aaron rounded the bases, two college students appeared and ran alongside, congratulating him before security stepped in. Aaron's mother ran onto the field and into the arms of her son, tears brimming in her eyes. Mrs. Aaron wasn't just proud of her son; she rushed the plate because she thought her son had been shot. On October 2, 1974, Aaron hit his 733rd and final home run as a Brave.

One month later, on November 2, 1974, the Braves traded Aaron to the Milwaukee Brewers for Roger Alexander and Dave May. Because the Brewers were an American League team, Aaron could extend his career by taking advantage of the designated hitter rule.

As a popular member of the long-missed Milwaukee Braves club, Aaron brought credibility to the new Brewers franchise.

Aaron broke baseball's all time RBI record on May 1, 1975 and on July 20, 1976 Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final home run off the California Angels' Dick Drago at Milwaukee County Stadium.

Post-playing career

Hank Aaron's Plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame

Aaron rejoined the Atlanta Braves organization as player development director four days after retiring from baseball. On August 1, 1982 Hank Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving votes on 97.8 percent of the ballots. At the time, only Ty Cobb received a higher percentage (98.2) of votes cast.

Aaron became one of the first blacks in Major League Baseball upper-level management as Atlanta's vice president of player development. Since December 1989, he has served as senior vice president and assistant to the president, but he is more active for Turner Broadcasting as a corporate vice president of community relations and a member of TBS's board of directors. He also is vice president of business development for The Airport Network.

Henry Aaron is a proud member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Inc.

On February 5, 1999, at a celebration for his 65th birthday, Aaron was honored for his achievements as a player and a person. Major League Baseball announced the introduction of the Hank Aaron Award, to be presented annually to the best hitters in the American League and National League. The first major award to be introduced in more than thirty years, it is also the first to be named after a former player still living at the time the award was inaugurated. Later that year, he ranked number 5 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

In 2002 Aaron received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

Aaron attended Game 4 of the 2004 World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri and personally awarded the Hank Aaron Award to the winners — Barry Bonds in the NL, Manny Ramirez in the AL.

His autobiography I Had a Hammer was published in 1990. Aaron now owns Hank Aaron BMW of south Atlanta where every car is sold with an autographed baseball. The book's title is a play on his nickname, "The Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", itself a play on comparing his power hitting with the legendary steel-driving hammer of John Henry; and on the title of the folk song, If I Had a Hammer.

Statues of Aaron now stand outside the front entrance of both Turner Field and Miller Park, where the Braves and Brewers currently play. (Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and Milwaukee County Stadium, which were Aaron's home parks for his entire career, were demolished in 1997 and 2001, respectively. A parking lot occupies the site where Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium used to stand and a youth baseball field (named Helfaer Field) occupies the site where Milwaukee County Stadium used to stand (next to Miller Park)).

Turner Field's home address is 755 Hank Aaron Drive SE, in honor of Aaron's 755 career home runs.

Aaron's jersey number "44" has been retired by both the Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers.

The fact so few Americans consider Aaron the greatest player of all time despite his coming closer than any other player to the near equivalent of an all-time triple crown (1st in all-time homers, 1st in all-time RBI's, 3rd in all-time hits) is attributed by some to his personal humility, the east coast bias of the baseball press which influences fan opinion, and simple racism. Others attribute this to his winning only one MVP, his team's winning only one World Series, and his leading in home runs, RBI's, and hits in few seasons.

Records and achievements

• All-time home run leader: 755
• All-time games played: 3,298 (at time of retirement, currently 3rd behind Pete Rose and Carl Yastrzemski)
• All-time at-bats leader: 12,364 (at time of retirement, currently 2nd behind Pete Rose)
• All-time RBI leader: 2,297
• All-time total bases leader: 6,856
• All-time extra-base hits leader: 1,477
• NL MVP: 1957
• Gold Glove award: 1958 – 1960
• The Sporting News NL Player of the Year: 1956, 1963
• NL batting champion: 1956 (.328), 1959 (.355)
• NL home run champion: 1957 (44), 1963 (44), 1966 (44), 1967 (39)
• NL RBI leader: 1957 (132), 1960 (126), 1963 (130), 1966 (127)
• NL total bases leader: 1956 (340), 1957 (369), 1959 (400), 1960 (334), 1961 (358), 1963 (370), 1967 (344), 1969 (332)
• NL slugging percentage leader: 1959 (.636), 1963 (.586), 1971 (.669)
• NL runs scored leader: 1957 (118); 1963 (121); 1967(113)
• Lou Gehrig Memorial Award: 1970
• NL hits leader: 1956 (200), 1959 (223)
• NL doubles leader: 1955 (37), 1956 (34), 1961 (39), 1965 (40)
• Three home runs in one game: June 21, 1959
• Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: 1982
• Third in career hits (3,771)
• Only player to hit at least 30 home runs in 15 seasons
• Only player to hit at least 20 home runs in 20 seasons
• Hit 40 home runs in a season 8 times
• First player to reach 3,000 hits and 500 home runs
• 21 All-Star appearances
• Player of the Month for June 1967 and co-Player of the Month for May 1959.

Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	HR%	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	SLG	OBA	OPS	RC	RCAA	RCAP	OWP	RC/G	TB	EBH	ISO	SEC	BPA	IBB	HBP	SAC	SF	GIDP	OUTS	PA	POS
1954	Braves	20	122	468	58	131	27	6	13	2.78	69	28	39	2	2	0.280	0.447	0.322	0.769	63	2	-3	0.512	4.70	209	46	0.167	0.226	0.451	0	3	6	4	13	362	509	LF
1955	Braves	21	153	602	105	189	37	9	27	4.49	106	49	61	3	1	0.314	0.540	0.366	0.906	113	39	37	0.679	6.86	325	73	0.226	0.311	0.546	5	3	7	4	20	445	665	RF
1956	Braves	22	153	609	106	200	34	14	26	4.27	92	37	54	2	4	0.328	0.558	0.365	0.923	115	39	34	0.679	6.96	340	74	0.230	0.287	0.544	6	2	5	7	21	446	660	RF
1957	Braves	23	151	615	118	198	27	6	44	7.15	132	57	58	1	1	0.322	0.600	0.378	0.978	135	66	64	0.772	8.40	369	77	0.278	0.371	0.612	15	0	0	3	13	434	675	RF
1958	Braves	24	153	601	109	196	34	4	30	4.99	95	59	49	4	1	0.326	0.546	0.386	0.931	120	54	49	0.745	7.53	328	68	0.220	0.323	0.557	16	1	0	3	21	430	664	RF
1959	Braves	25	154	629	116	223	46	7	39	6.20	123	51	54	8	0	0.355	0.636	0.401	1.037	156	82	71	0.794	9.71	400	92	0.281	0.375	0.641	17	4	0	9	19	434	693	RF
1960	Braves	26	153	590	102	172	20	11	40	6.78	126	60	63	16	7	0.292	0.566	0.352	0.919	119	51	49	0.732	7.22	334	71	0.275	0.392	0.598	13	2	0	12	8	445	664	RF
1961	Braves	27	155	603	115	197	39	10	34	5.64	120	56	64	21	9	0.327	0.594	0.381	0.974	131	59	35	0.746	8.02	358	83	0.267	0.380	0.615	20	2	1	9	16	441	671	RF
1962	Braves	28	156	592	127	191	28	6	45	7.60	128	66	73	15	7	0.323	0.618	0.390	1.008	139	64	54	0.752	8.77	366	79	0.296	0.421	0.643	14	3	0	6	14	428	667	CF
1963	Braves	29	161	631	121	201	29	4	44	6.97	130	78	94	31	5	0.319	0.586	0.391	0.977	149	79	61	0.798	8.92	370	77	0.268	0.433	0.648	18	0	0	5	11	451	714	RF
1964	Braves	30	145	570	103	187	30	2	24	4.21	95	62	46	22	4	0.328	0.514	0.393	0.907	112	47	36	0.727	7.36	293	56	0.186	0.326	0.554	9	0	0	2	22	411	634	RF
1965	Braves	31	150	570	109	181	40	1	32	5.61	89	60	81	24	4	0.318	0.560	0.379	0.938	121	51	37	0.729	7.85	319	73	0.242	0.382	0.603	10	1	0	8	15	416	639	RF
1966	Braves	32	158	603	117	168	23	1	44	7.30	127	76	96	21	3	0.279	0.539	0.356	0.895	117	42	32	0.689	6.87	325	68	0.260	0.416	0.590	15	1	0	8	14	460	688	RF
1967	Braves	33	155	600	113	184	37	3	39	6.50	109	63	97	17	6	0.307	0.573	0.369	0.943	126	55	41	0.735	7.75	344	79	0.267	0.390	0.608	19	0	0	6	11	439	669	RF
1968	Braves	34	160	606	84	174	33	4	29	4.79	86	64	62	28	5	0.287	0.498	0.354	0.852	104	45	40	0.736	6.06	302	66	0.211	0.355	0.546	23	1	0	5	21	463	676	RF
1969	Braves	35	147	547	100	164	30	3	44	8.04	97	87	47	9	10	0.300	0.607	0.396	1.003	127	58	41	0.750	8.36	332	77	0.307	0.464	0.635	19	2	0	3	14	410	639	RF
1970	Braves	36	150	516	103	154	26	1	38	7.36	118	74	63	9	0	0.298	0.574	0.385	0.958	115	42	32	0.693	8.15	296	65	0.275	0.436	0.615	15	2	0	6	13	381	598	RF
1971	Braves	37	139	495	95	162	22	3	47	9.49	118	71	58	1	1	0.327	0.669	0.410	1.079	135	73	60	0.804	1.47	331	72	0.341	0.485	0.689	21	2	0	5	9	348	573	1B
1972	Braves	38	129	449	75	119	10	0	34	7.57	77	92	55	4	0	0.265	0.514	0.390	0.904	90	30	20	0.675	6.96	231	44	0.249	0.463	0.572	15	1	0	2	17	349	544	1B
1973	Braves	39	120	392	84	118	12	1	40	1.20	96	68	51	1	1	0.301	0.643	0.402	1.045	103	47	36	0.751	9.72	252	53	0.342	0.515	0.675	13	1	0	4	7	286	465	LF
1974	Braves	40	112	340	47	91	16	0	20	5.88	69	39	29	1	0	0.268	0.491	0.341	0.832	57	14	8	0.616	5.97	167	36	0.224	0.341	0.528	6	0	1	2	6	258	382	LF
1975	Brewers	41	137	465	45	109	16	2	12	2.58	60	70	51	0	1	0.234	0.355	0.332	0.687	55	-6	-8	0.450	3.92	165	30	0.120	0.269	0.406	3	1	1	6	15	379	543	DH
1976	Brewers	42	85	271	22	62	8	0	10	3.69	35	35	38	0	1	0.229	0.369	0.315	0.684	31	-1	-4	0.481	3.8	100	18	0.140	0.266	0.409	1	0	0	2	8	220	308	DH
TOTALS			3298	12364	2174	3771	624	98	755	6.11	2297	1402	1383	240	73	0.305	0.555	0.374	0.928	2533	1032	822	0.719	7.49	6856	1477	0.25	0.376	0.584	293	32	21	121	328	9136	13940
LG AVG				11637	1479	3062	477	96	298	2.56	1380	1116	1665	158	97	0.263	0.397	0.329	0.727	1533	0	0	0.500	4.53	4625	871	0.134	0.235	0.434	130	72	109	91	264	9136	13026
POS AVG				11844	1634	3238	519	104	389	3.28	1592	1144	1768	160	92	0.273	0.433	0.338	0.772	1736	202	0	0.551	5.13	5132	1012	0.16	0.262	0.467	147	68	69	96	273	9136	13222

League leadership rankings

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Trivia

Despite hitting more career home runs than any other player, Hank Aaron's single-season high was 47. This figure puts him in a tie for the 64th-best season mark by a hitter. His second-best total, 45, is only tied for 100th-best. However, his statistics were quite consistent from year-to-year and he remained free from major injuries throughout his career, never playing in fewer than 145 games from 1955 to 1970.

Hank Aaron hit home runs against 23 Major League Baseball clubs and he had 2 favorite targets; He hit a home run 97 times against the Cincinnati Reds and 91 times against the St. Louis Cardinals.

An astounding statistic about Aaron, is the fact that if all his home runs were to be taken away from his hit total, he still would have over 3,000 hits, which shows how great a hitter he truly was.

His uniform number 44, assigned early in his major league career, proved to be an amusing coincidental "good luck" number, as he hit 44 home runs in four different season. Also, his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record, came off a pitch by the Dodgers' Al Downing, who also bore number 44 on his back.

Although Hank Aaron is still the all time home run hitter in Major League Baseball, he is second under former Japanese baseball player Sadaharu Oh (868) as the all time home run hitter in recorded baseball history (Negro League player Josh Gibson was said to have also hit "almost 800" home runs, but recordkeeping in the Negro Leagues was fragmentary).

For 50 years, from 1954 to 2004, Henry Aaron was baseball's premiere player from an alphabetical standpoint. Prior to Aaron's arrival on the major league scene in 1954, the alphabetically premiere players had been:

• Ed Abbaticchio - debut in 1897
• Bert Abbey - debut in 1892
• Dan Abbott - debut in 1890
• George Adams - debut in 1879
• Bob Addy - debut in 1876

(Source: The Baseball Encyclopedia)

Aaron's brother Tommie was #2 in this esoteric category. Both Aarons were bumped down one notch in baseball's player register in April 2004, when San Francisco Giants relief pitcher David Aardsma joined the series.

Tommie Aaron and Hank Aaron combined for the most major league home runs by brothers (Tommie hit 13 career home runs).

It is jokingly said that Hank Aaron has an Erdős number of 1 because he and Paul Erdős both autographed the same baseball when Emory University awarded them honorary degrees on the same day.

In 2002, Aaron played himself (and his fictional decendent Hank Aaron XXIV) in an episode of Futurama called "A Leela of Her Own", and in an episode of the sitcom "Happy Days".

American rapper MC Hammer was given his nickname after initially trying to become a baseball player, and some of his colleagues noted similarities between him and Aaron, who was nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank".

The Mobile BayBears, the Class AA minor league team in Aaron's hometown, play in Hank Aaron Stadium.

His jersey number during his rookie year was #5, stemming from the fact his birthday was on the 5th of February. The following year, he was given the jersey number he is best remembered for, #44.

References

4. Jordan, Pat. A False Spring. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975.

See also

• 500 home run club
• 3000 hit club
• 3000-500 Club
• List of lifetime home run leaders through history
• List of major league players with 2,000 hits
• Hank Aaron has been featured in several video games, including Baseball Stars
• Pietrusza, David, Matthew Silverman & Michael Gershman, ed. (2000). Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia. Total/Sports Illustrated.

External links

• [Baseball Hall of Fame]
• [Baseball-Reference.com] - career statistics and analysis
• [Baseball Page]
• [Baseball Library]
• [Hickok Sports]
• [Hank Aaron Quotes]
• [New Georgia Encyclopedia]
• [Hank Aaron stats, biography and information.]
• [Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]
• [The Sporting News' Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Hammerin' Hank and The Babe]

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