Every home run is significant here at baseball almanac, but in early2001, we created a page dedicated to aaron s aaron s significant home runs. He had two brothers, ben, four years older, and joe, five years younger, who also played baseball, and a sister, lillian, two years older. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Baseballs alltime home run king, hank aaron did more than hit home runs. My favorite parts of the book concerned crazy trades such as broadcaster ernie harwell for a minorleague catcher, the top 10 votegetters for the hall of fame, baseball in other countries, and retired uniform numbers. Aaron was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1982 and, from 19551975, was named to 21 consecutive allstar games. He was a consistent producer both at the plate and in the field, reaching the. The world of vintage baseball cards baseball in the attic.
Chaperoned by his parents after just becoming a teenager, james fiorentino took an artists leap of faith by bringing a prized joe dimaggio painting he had done of the legendary yankee great to an autograph show that dimaggio was appearing at. Youll also receive our almanac companion newsletter. View hank aaron s page at the baseball hall of fame plaque, photos, videos. The man who shattered babe ruths lifetime home run record, henry hammering hank aaron left his indelible mark on professional baseball and the world.
Get full details, hobby box breakdown, release date and other important info. Aaron is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank aarons autograph at upcoming event carries sticker shock beverly hagen sits in her cudahy home with her 1957 braves pennant that she had wanted hank aaron to autograph at an upcoming event. Legendary baseball hall of famer hank aaron autographed rawlings official league baseball. The hank aaron story, sagebrush education resources, 1992 jane leavy, sandy koufax.
The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. The 2017 topps tribute baseball checklist features an autograph or memorabilia card per pack. The longest home runs in mlb history bleacher report latest. A leftys legacy, harper collins publishers, 2002 atlanta braves media guide, 2004. September 03, 2017 2017 topps clearly authentic, al kaline, baseball cards, bo jackson, hank aaron, ichiro, mike trout, sandy koufax, topps. Chapter on hank aaron i can fantasize about pitching to babe ruth, but i dont have to fantasize about the man who is topping ruths career home run record. In 2017, atlantas baseball community is embroiled in a rapid succession of. The winner of the 2010 casey award, given to the best baseball book of the year by spitball magazine, is howard bryant, author of the last hero. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books. After playing with the indianapolis clowns of the negro american league and henry louis hank aaron is a retired american baseball player whose major league. Aaron revised edition by henry aaron, furman bisher, hank aaron and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. After the 1976 season, aaron rejoined the braves as an executive.
Aaron thinks, how much pain and strife he had to go through to reach the breaking of ruths home run record, and reading some of the chilling hate mail that he got from bigoted people all over the country, truly reveals aspects of this great americans life. As far as im concerned, hank aaron is the best ball player of my era. Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season full name. In 1982 aaron was voted into the baseball hall of fame at cooperstown, new york, and in 1997 hank aaron stadium in mobile was dedicated to him. Hank aaron, byname of henry louis aaron, born february 5, 1934, mobile, alabama, u. Hank aaron grew from humble beginnings in mobile, alabama, passed through the sandlots with brief stops in the negro leagues and the minor leagues before he settled in with the braves where he ultimately became one of baseballs most iconic figures. Played in the big leagues for 23 years, milwaukee braves 1954. Henry louis aaron born february 5, 1934, nicknamed hammer or hammerin hank, is an american retired major league baseball mlb right fielder who serves as the. I have signed autographs with hank after baseball and participated in hank aaron fundraising golf tournaments in milwaukee. Hank greenberg was born hyman greenberg on january 1, 1911, in greenwich village, new york city, to romanianborn jewish immigrant parents david and sarah greenberg, who owned a successful clothshrinking plant in new york. Babe ruth, atlanta, and the longest home run ever hit the. Hank aaron baseball almanac hank aaron atlanta braves site hank aaron total baseball henry hank aaron.
Baseball almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of every major league player whose last name falls between the names above. Hank aaron is a former mlb outfielder who played from 19541976 with the milwaukeeatlanta braves 19541974 and milwaukee brewers 19751976. In 1999, editors at the sporting news ranked hank aaron fifth on their list of greatest baseball players. The untold story of baseball icon hank aaron featured at the 2017 hope global forum baseball hall of famer hank aaron to participate in a special session with ambassador andrew. State stadium, in 2017, and university officials plan to build a new baseball park on the former. I have faced henry aaron many times over the course of seven seasons in the majors, and im still not sure if ive gotten over my childhood heroworship of him. See more ideas about hank aaron, braves baseball and atlanta braves. Remembering when billy martin had to run after the yankees team bus, and when hank aaron would take the subway. He won the nls most valuable player award in 1957 and has a lifetime batting average of. Henry louis aaron born february 5, 1934, nicknamed hammer or hammerin hank, is an. Hank aaron biography life, family, children, name, story.
Jenkinson, baseball almanacsabrs the home run encyclopedia. Hank aaron became the alltime homerun champion via one of the most consistent offensive careers in baseball history, with 3,771 hits. Congress passed a resolution recognizing him as one of baseballs greatest players and praising his work with his chasing the dream foundation, which helps. If you are a hank aaron fan or a fan of mlb in general, you will find this book fascinating. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. Hank aaron has books on goodreads with 1620 ratings. Hank aarons autograph at upcoming event carries sticker shock. Henry louis aaron born february 5, 1934, nicknamed hammer or hammerin hank, is an american retired major league baseball mlb right fielder who serves as the senior vice president of the atlanta braves.
In 1999, mlb introduced the hank aaron award to recognize the top offensive. Sure, aaron led the national league nl four times, he also was a twotime batting champion and led the league in rbis four times and runs scored three times. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Postplaying career hank aarons hall of fame plaque at the baseball hall of fame in cooperstown, new york. Henry louis aaron born february 5, 1934, nicknamed hammer or hammerin hank, is a retired american major league baseball mlb right fielder who serves as the senior vice president of the atlanta braves. Hank aaron new york yankees baseball cards for sale ebay.
Februar 1934 in mobile, alabama, auch hammerin hank. He was always tough at these things and usually didnt sign artwork. The hobby of collecting baseball cards picked up steam in the early 1950s, when athletes such as mickey mantle, hank aaron, willie mays and. Aaron is one of the absolute top few hitters in the history of the game and it a tremendous shame that this bloated sham on the giants now has hanks record the one revered as the most important in baseball history and perhaps all of sports. Also the special section comparing hank aaron and babe ruth. It was one of five home runs baseball almanac listed as going at least 500 feet. When baseball stars were people metropolitan diary.
Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Included on the chart are links to the players biography, the years he played, an auto graphed baseball card notation yyes and a hof hall of fame mark yyes. I had a hammer is much more than the intimate autobiography of one of the greatest names in pro sportsit is a fascinating social history of twentieth. Hank aaron was elected to the baseball hall of fame. I recommend it not only as the best baseball book of this year but the best ive seen in many years. The hank aaron world series stats seen below include his world series yearbyyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats where applicable.
Babe ruth was the first player to hit three home runs in game at least once both leagues, once with the new york yankees in 1930, and once in the national league, with the boston braves in 1935 merv connors had eight career home runs, the fewest career home runs by any player with a 3homer game on their resume rafael palmeiro 569 hrs, david ortiz 541 hrs, and gary sheffield 509 hrs. View hank aarons page at the baseball hall of fame plaque, photos, videos. Hank aarons most popular book is i never had it made. Henry louis hank aaron born february 5, 1934, nicknamed hammer, or hammerin hank, is a retired american baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in major league.
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