Hank Aaron

April 8, 1974 Atlanta, Ga

October 2, 1974 Atlanta, Ga

Aug 1, 1982 Cooperstown, NY

Jan 9, Cooperstown, NY

April 8, 1994 Atlanta, Ga - 25th Anniversary

April 8, 1999 Atlanta, Ga

Hank Aaron - right fielder for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers, 1954-1976. Hammerin' Hank held the Major League record for career home runs when he surpassed Babe Ruth on April 8, 1974 to hit his 715 home run off Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth inning in Atlanta. Aaron would hit his 733 on October 2, 1974, in his farewell game with the Braves. However Aaron decided not to retire and was traded to the Brewers so he could finish his career in the city he started in. Aaron would finish with a career total of 755 home runs, a record which stood for 33 years...

1973.08.11

Aaron received an outpouring of public support in response to the bigotry, hate mail and threats he received. Charles Schulz in his Peanuts cartoon, August 1973 saw Snoopy attempt to break Ruth's record and in turn receives hate mail. Snoopy would fall one home run short, as Charlie Brown gets picked off of first with Snoopy at bat..

1982 Hank Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

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