Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron
	Right fielder
	Born: February 5, 1934; Mobile, Alabama
	Died: January 22, 2021 (aged 86); Atlanta, Georgia
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 13, 1954, for the Milwaukee Braves
Last MLB appearance
	October 3, 1976, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.305
Hits	3,771
Home runs	755
Runs batted in	2,297
Teams
	Negro leagues Indianapolis Clowns (1952); Major League Baseball Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1954–1974); Milwaukee Brewers (1975–1976);
Career highlights and awards
	25× All-Star (1955–1975); World Series champion (1957); NL MVP (1957); 3× Gold Glove Award (1958–1960); 2× NL batting champion (1956, 1959); 4× NL home run leader (1957, 1963, 1966, 1967); 4× NL RBI leader (1957, 1960, 1963, 1966); Atlanta Braves No. 44 retired; Milwaukee Brewers No. 44 retired; Braves Hall of Fame; Miller Park Walk of Fame; Major League Baseball All-Century Team; MLB records 2,297 career runs batted in; 6,856 career total bases; 1,477 career extra-base hits;
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1982
Vote	97.83% (first ballot)

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021) was a professional baseball player who played right field. He played baseball professionally for 22 years and hit 755 home runs. Even though he has 755 home runs in his career, he never hit 50 or more in a season. He was selected for 25 All-Star games. He was put into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama. He died on January 22, 2021, two weeks before his 87th birthday, in Atlanta.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

Other websites

Media related to Hank Aaron at Wikimedia Commons

Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
Hank Aaron at Baseball Aha Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

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