Hank Aaron Passes Away

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April 13, 1954: Hank Aaron makes his major league debut in left field for the Milwaukee Braves and goes 0 for 5 in a 9 - 8 loss to the Cincinnati Redlegs.
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Hank Aaron was good at baseball.
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"If I hadn't been able to hit the hell out of a baseball, I would have never been able to lay a finger on the good life that I've had. Playing baseball has given me all that a man could ask for, a lot more than a timid little black kid ever dared to dream about".
Hank Aaron.
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May 17, 1970: During a 7 - 6 Atlanta loss to Cincinnati in the second game of a doubleheader, Hank Aaron collects his 3,000th career hit and his 500th home run. Aaron, the ninth man to amass 3,000 hits, is the first to also have 500 home runs.
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https://seamheads.com/blog/2023/05/...dylan-searchin-high-searchin-low-for-dignity/
Hank Aaron And Bob Dylan: Searchin? High, Searchin? Low For Dignity.
SeamHeads

 

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June 14, 1952: The Boston Braves sign 18-year-old Henry Aaron and assign him to the Eau Claire Bears (Class C). He?ll play second base & be named the Northern League Rookie of the Year!
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Henry Aaron is the all-time leader in total bases. It would take Albert Pujols 161 more HRs to catch him.
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Henry Aaron, Ted Williams, Stan Musial & Willie Mays chat before the 1959 All-Star Game at the Los Angeles Coliseum! An incredible amount of talent for one photo!
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Eddie Mathews and Henry Aaron hanging out around the Milwaukee Braves batting cage! #MLB #Baseball #Legends #History
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Henry Aaron scouting report.
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?As far as I'm concerned, Hank Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years as to what Joe DiMaggio was before him.
He's never received the credit he's due.?
Mickey Mantle on Hank Aaron.
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As of their 31st birthday:

Hank Aaron: .320 BA, 366 HR, 796 XBH

Miguel Cabrera: .320 BA, 366 HR, 796 XBH

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June 13, 1982: Henry Aaron is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility!
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January 22, 2021: A Legend among Baseball Greats Hank Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth's hallowed mark of 714 career homers and is still the Real Home Run Champion, but stands second on the all-time list, passes away at age 86.
The latest in a long list of Hall of Famers who have died over the past 12 months.

 

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A rare Hank Aaron interview from the 1950’s. Great.
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Hank Aaron lunch box.

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April 8, 1974: 50 years ago today, Henry Aaron became the home run champion - 715.

https://www.mlb.com/news/braves-celebrate-hank-aaron-715-home-run-50th-anniversary

Hank Aaron's No. 715 turns 50: Celebrating the anniversary of his iconic HR.
MLB.com

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April 23, 1954: Milwaukee Braves rookie Henry Aaron hammers his first major league home run! One down, 754 to go.

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Ali and Henry Aaron.

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