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Hank Aaron
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Birthdate: 2/5/1934
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 180 lbs.
Place of Birth: Mobile, AL, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

 

 

Hank Aaron was one of baseball's greatest players. He combined strong wrists, quick reflexes, and consistent performances to hit still-standing records of 755 career home runs, 2,297 RBIs, 1,477 extra base hits, and 6,856 total bases.

Hank Aaron, with his natural physical ability and longevity of 23 years in the major leagues, ranks 2nd in lifetime runs scored, 2,174,and third in career hits, 3,771. Aaron, always quiet and consistent, hit more than 20 HRs in 20 consecutive years, a baseball record.  He averaged 33 HR/year.

Hank Aaron lifetime batting mark: .305, slugging pct .555, with 624 D, 98 T, stole 240 bases, and walked 1402 times. He struckout only 1383 times in 23 yrs. Hank Aaron batted .300 or better 13 times and in 11 different years knocked in over 100 runs. Aaron played on two pennant winning teams, the 1957 World Champions Milwaukee. Braves and the 1958 NL Champs.  Aaron was selected MVP in 1957.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
23 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1954 MLN (NL) 122 468 58 131 27 6 13 69 28 39 2 2 0 3 6 4 .280 .322 SLG
1955 MLN (NL) 153 602 105 189 37 9 27 106 49 61 3 1 5 3 7 4 .314 .366 SLG
1956 MLN (NL) 153 609 106 200 34 14 26 92 37 54 2 4 6 2 5 7 .328 .365 SLG
1957 MLN (NL) 151 615 118 198 27 6 44 132 57 58 1 1 15 0 0 3 .322 .378 SLG
1958 MLN (NL) 153 601 109 196 34 4 30 95 59 49 4 1 16 1 0 3 .326 .386 SLG
1959 MLN (NL) 154 629 116 223 46 7 39 123 51 54 8 0 17 4 0 9 .355 .401 SLG
1960 MLN (NL) 153 590 102 172 20 11 40 126 60 63 16 7 13 2 0 12 .292 .352 SLG
1961 MLN (NL) 155 603 115 197 39 10 34 120 56 64 21 9 20 2 1 9 .327 .381 SLG
1962 MLN (NL) 156 592 127 191 28 6 45 128 66 73 15 7 14 3 0 6 .323 .390 SLG
1963 MLN (NL) 161 631 121 201 29 4 44 130 78 94 31 5 18 0 0 5 .319 .391 SLG
1964 MLN (NL) 145 570 103 187 30 2 24 95 62 46 22 4 9 0 0 2 .328 .393 SLG
1965 MLN (NL) 150 570 109 181 40 1 32 89 60 81 24 4 10 1 0 8 .318 .379 SLG
1966 ATL (NL) 158 603 117 168 23 1 44 127 76 96 21 3 15 1 0 8 .279 .356 SLG
1967 ATL (NL) 155 600 113 184 37 3 39 109 63 97 17 6 19 0 0 6 .307 .369 SLG
1968 ATL (NL) 160 606 84 174 33 4 29 86 64 62 28 5 23 1 0 5 .287 .354 SLG
1969 ATL (NL) 147 547 100 164 30 3 44 97 87 47 9 10 19 2 0 3 .300 .396 SLG
1970 ATL (NL) 150 516 103 154 26 1 38 118 74 63 9 0 15 2 0 6 .298 .385 SLG
1971 ATL (NL) 139 495 95 162 22 3 47 118 71 58 1 1 21 2 0 5 .327 .410 SLG
1972 ATL (NL) 129 449 75 119 10 0 34 77 92 55 4 0 15 1 0 2 .265 .390 SLG
1973 ATL (NL) 120 392 84 118 12 1 40 96 68 51 1 1 13 1 0 4 .301 .402 SLG
1974 ATL (NL) 112 340 47 91 16 0 20 69 39 29 1 0 6 0 1 2 .268 .341 SLG
1975 MIL (AL) 137 465 45 109 16 2 12 60 70 51 0 1 3 1 1 6 .234 .332 SLG
1976 MIL (AL) 85 271 22 62 8 0 10 35 35 38 0 1 1 0 0 2 .229 .315 SLG
23 years   3298 12364 2174 3771 624 98 755 2297 1402 1383 240 73 293 32 21 121 .305 .374 .SLG



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