Hank Aaron

Also known as Henry Louis Aaron, Henry "Hank" L. Aaron, Henry Aaron, Hammerin' Hank Aaron, Hammerin' Hank

American baseball player (1934–2021)

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Hank Aaron was an American baseball player who served as an outfielder. His professional career began on April 13, 1954, and concluded on October 3, 1976. Born on February 5, 1934, he passed away on January 22, 2021. Standing 183 centimeters tall, he represented the United States in his sport.

Aaron is also recognized as an author with twelve recorded works. These include *I had a hammer*, *Comeback Season*, *Aaron*, *r.f.*, and *Bad Henry*, the latter written in collaboration with Stan Baldwin and Jerry Jenkins. He has been referenced by 1,932 other encyclopedia articles.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Louis
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Mobile
Place of death: Atlanta
Occupation: baseball player
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Sport: baseball
Member of team: Milwaukee Brewers
Position played: right fielder
League: Major League Baseball
Country for sport: United States
Image: Hank Aaron.jpg
Height: 183

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Commons category: Hank Aaron
date of birth: 1934-02-05
name in native language: Hank Aaron
handedness: right-handedness
birth name: Henry Louis Aaron
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
start of work period: 1954-04-13
date of death: 2021-01-22
ethnic group: African Americans
manner of death: natural causes
nickname: Hammerin' Hank
end of work period: 1976-10-03
social media followers: 65919
competition won: 1957 World Series
member of: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Encyclopedic overview

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. Considered one of the greatest baseball players in history, he spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) and two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League (AL). At the time of his retirement, Aaron held most of the game's key career power-hitting records. He broke the long-standing MLB record for career home runs held by Babe Ruth and remained the career leader for 33 years, until Barry Bonds surpassed his famous total of 755 in 2007. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973 and is one of only two players (the other being Alex Rodriguez) to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least 15 times.

Aaron holds the MLB records for the most career runs batted in (RBIs) (2,297), extra base hits (1,477), and total bases (6,856). He is also third all-time for career hits (3,771) and fifth in runs scored (2,174). Aaron is one of only four players to have at least 17 seasons with 150 or more hits. His ability as a hitter can be illustrated by his still having over 3,000 hits even without counting any of his home runs. Aaron was an NL All-Star for 20 seasons and an AL All-Star for one season, and he holds the record for the most All-Star selections (25), while sharing the record for most All-Star Games played (24) with Willie Mays and Stan Musial. Aaron was a three-time Gold Glove winner, and in 1957, he won the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award when the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series.

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