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Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron
Full name Henry Louis Aaron
Born February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama
Died January 22, 2021, Atlanta, Georgia
Buried at Southview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
First Game: April 13, 1954 ; Final Game: October 3, 1976
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180
Brother of Tommie Aaron
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1982
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1957)
Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1956 and 1963)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1956 and 1958 to 1959)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1963, 1965, 1967 and 1969 to 1971)
Won NL Gold Glove as right fielder (1958 to 1960)
Ejections: 1966 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1954 MIL N Daily Splits 122 468 58 131 27 6 13 69 28 0 39 3 6 4 0 11 13 2 2 .280 .322 .447 -1.1 1954 MIL N
1955 MIL N Daily Splits 153 602 105 189 37 9 27 106 49 5 61 3 7 4 0 13 20 3 1 .314 .366 .540 3.8 1955 MIL N
1956 MIL N Daily Splits 153 609 106 200 34 14 26 92 37 6 54 2 5 7 0 9 21 2 4 .328 .365 .558 4.2 1956 MIL N
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 151 615 118 198 27 6 44 132 57 15 58 0 0 3 0 8 13 1 1 .322 .378 .600 4.7 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 153 601 109 196 34 4 30 95 59 16 49 1 0 3 0 13 21 4 1 .326 .386 .546 3.9 1958 MIL N
1959 MIL N Daily Splits 154 629 116 223 46 7 39 123 51 17 54 4 0 9 0 7 19 8 0 .355 .401 .636 6.6 1959 MIL N
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 153 590 102 172 20 11 40 126 60 13 63 2 0 12 0 12 8 16 7 .292 .352 .566 4.5 1960 MIL N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 155 603 115 197 39 10 34 120 56 20 64 2 1 9 0 6 16 21 9 .327 .381 .594 5.1 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 156 592 127 191 28 6 45 128 66 14 73 3 0 6 0 13 14 15 7 .323 .390 .618 5.2 1962 MIL N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 161 631 121 201 29 4 44 130 78 18 94 0 0 5 0 13 11 31 5 .319 .391 .586 5.4 1963 MIL N
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 145 570 103 187 30 2 24 95 62 9 46 0 0 2 0 8 22 22 4 .328 .393 .514 4.5 1964 MIL N
1965 MIL N Daily Splits 150 570 109 181 40 1 32 89 60 10 81 1 0 8 0 11 15 24 4 .318 .379 .560 4.8 1965 MIL N
1966 ATL N Daily Splits 158 603 117 168 23 1 44 127 76 15 96 1 0 8 0 15 14 21 3 .279 .356 .539 3.8 1966 ATL N
1967 ATL N Daily Splits 155 600 113 184 37 3 39 109 63 19 97 0 0 6 0 16 11 17 6 .307 .369 .573 5.4 1967 ATL N
1968 ATL N Daily Splits 160 606 84 174 33 4 29 86 64 23 62 1 0 5 0 8 21 28 5 .287 .354 .498 5.0 1968 ATL N
1969 ATL N Daily Splits 147 547 100 164 30 3 44 97 87 19 47 2 0 3 0 14 14 9 10 .300 .396 .607 5.1 1969 ATL N
1970 ATL N Daily Splits 150 516 103 154 26 1 38 118 74 15 63 2 0 6 0 8 13 9 0 .298 .385 .574 3.0 1970 ATL N
1971 ATL N Daily Splits 139 495 95 162 22 3 47 118 71 21 58 2 0 5 0 7 9 1 1 .327 .410 .669 4.3 1971 ATL N
1972 ATL N Daily Splits 129 449 75 119 10 0 34 77 92 15 55 1 0 2 0 10 17 4 0 .265 .390 .514 2.2 1972 ATL N
1973 ATL N Daily Splits 120 392 84 118 12 1 40 96 68 13 51 1 0 4 0 2 7 1 1 .301 .402 .643 3.5 1973 ATL N
1974 ATL N Daily Splits 112 340 47 91 16 0 20 69 39 6 29 0 1 2 0 6 6 1 0 .268 .341 .491 0.5 1974 ATL N
1975 MIL A Daily Splits 137 465 45 109 16 2 12 60 70 3 51 1 1 6 0 6 15 0 1 .234 .332 .355 -0.6 1975 MIL A
1976 MIL A Daily Splits 85 271 22 62 8 0 10 35 35 1 38 0 0 2 0 6 8 0 1 .229 .315 .369 -0.1 1976 MIL A
Total NL (21 Years) 3076 11628 2107 3600 600 96 733 2202 1297 289 1294 31 20 113 0 210 305 240 71 .310 .377 .567 84.4 Total NL
Total AL ( 2 Years) 222 736 67 171 24 2 22 95 105 4 89 1 1 8 0 12 23 0 2 .232 .326 .360 -0.7 Total AL
Total (23 Years) Splits 3298 12364 2174 3771 624 98 755 2297 1402 293 1383 32 21 121 0 222 328 240 73 .305 .374 .555 83.7 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1969 ATL N Daily Splits 3 14 3 5 2 0 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .357 .357 1.143 1969 ATL N
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 7 28 5 11 0 1 3 7 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .393 .414 .786 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 7 27 3 9 2 0 0 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .419 .407 1958 MIL N
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 14 55 8 20 2 1 3 9 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .364 .417 .600 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1955 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1955 NL
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 NL
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1957 NL
1958 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1958 NL
1959 NL Daily Splits 2 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .250 .286 1959 NL
1960 NL Daily Splits 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1960 NL
1961 NL Daily Splits 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1961 NL
1962 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1962 NL
1963 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1963 NL
1964 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1964 NL
1965 NL Daily Splits 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 1965 NL
1966 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1966 NL
1967 NL Daily Splits 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 1967 NL
1968 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 1968 NL
1969 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1969 NL
1970 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 NL
1971 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 1971 NL
1972 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1972 NL
1973 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1973 NL
1974 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 NL
1975 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 AL
Total (21 Years) Splits 24 67 7 13 0 0 2 8 3 0 8 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 .194 .222 .284 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1954 MIL N Daily Splits OF 116 113 111 1031 223 5 7 0 0 .970 105 0 11
1954 MIL N LF 105 102 100 924.1 209 3 6 0 0 .972
1954 MIL N RF 11 11 11 106.2 14 2 1 1 0 .941
1955 MIL N Daily Splits OF 126 125 113 1109.2 254 9 9 2 0 .967 30 0 104
1955 MIL N RF 104 102 92 899.2 211 8 8 1 0 .965
1955 MIL N LF 30 23 21 210 46 1 1 0 0 .979
1955 MIL N 2B 27 26 25 236.1 86 84 6 23 1 .966
1956 MIL N Daily Splits OF 152 152 148 1349.1 316 17 13 4 0 .962 0 0 152
1956 MIL N RF 152 152 148 1349.1 315 17 13 4 0 .962
1957 MIL N Daily Splits OF 150 150 144 1356.1 346 9 6 0 0 .983 0 69 84
1957 MIL N RF 84 81 81 745 165 6 3 0 0 .983
1957 MIL N CF 69 69 63 611.1 178 3 3 0 0 .984
1958 MIL N Daily Splits OF 153 153 147 1361 305 12 5 0 0 .984 0 39 119
1958 MIL N RF 119 115 113 1019.1 226 11 2 0 0 .992
1958 MIL N CF 39 38 34 341.2 79 0 3 0 0 .963
1959 MIL N Daily Splits OF 152 149 142 1326.2 261 12 5 3 0 .982 0 13 144
1959 MIL N RF 144 137 134 1226.2 239 11 5 2 0 .980
1959 MIL N CF 13 12 8 100 28 1 0 1 0 1.000
1959 MIL N 3B 5 5 2 42 2 10 0 0 0 1.000
1960 MIL N Daily Splits OF 153 153 149 1376.1 320 13 6 6 0 .982 0 5 150
1960 MIL N RF 150 149 147 1342.1 313 13 6 6 0 .982
1960 MIL N CF 5 4 2 34 12 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 MIL N 2B 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 MIL N Daily Splits OF 154 154 144 1367 377 13 7 3 0 .982 0 83 78
1961 MIL N CF 83 80 75 712.1 212 2 4 0 0 .982
1961 MIL N RF 78 74 69 654.2 169 11 3 2 0 .984
1961 MIL N 3B 2 0 0 9 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
1962 MIL N Daily Splits OF 153 153 147 1339.2 340 11 7 1 0 .980 0 83 71
1962 MIL N CF 83 83 78 718 212 5 5 0 0 .977
1962 MIL N RF 71 70 69 621.2 130 6 2 1 0 .986
1962 MIL N 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 MIL N Daily Splits OF 161 161 157 1446 267 10 6 1 0 .979 0 0 161
1963 MIL N RF 161 161 157 1446 266 11 5 1 0 .982
1964 MIL N Daily Splits OF 139 134 122 1171.1 270 13 5 5 0 .983 0 0 139
1964 MIL N RF 139 134 122 1171.1 263 14 5 6 0 .982
1964 MIL N 2B 11 8 4 62 14 15 1 2 0 .967
1965 MIL N Daily Splits OF 148 148 142 1307.1 298 9 4 2 0 .987 0 0 148
1965 MIL N RF 148 148 142 1307.1 298 9 4 2 0 .987
1966 ATL N Daily Splits OF 158 157 128 1355.1 315 12 4 5 0 .988 0 5 158
1966 ATL N RF 158 157 128 1345.2 317 11 4 5 0 .988
1966 ATL N CF 5 0 0 9.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 ATL N 2B 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1967 ATL N Daily Splits OF 152 152 143 1348 321 12 7 3 0 .979 0 11 142
1967 ATL N RF 142 141 135 1249 300 11 7 2 0 .978
1967 ATL N CF 11 11 8 99 20 1 0 1 0 1.000
1967 ATL N 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 ATL N Daily Splits OF 151 143 136 1296.1 330 13 3 2 0 .991 0 0 151
1968 ATL N RF 151 143 136 1296.1 328 13 3 2 0 .991
1968 ATL N 1B 14 14 4 98 88 7 2 8 0 .979
1969 ATL N Daily Splits OF 144 142 129 1247.2 267 11 5 3 0 .982 0 0 144
1969 ATL N RF 144 142 129 1247.2 255 11 5 3 0 .982
1969 ATL N 1B 4 3 1 26 32 2 0 3 0 1.000
1970 ATL N Daily Splits OF 125 125 103 1060 246 6 6 1 0 .977 0 0 125
1970 ATL N RF 125 125 103 1060 229 6 6 1 0 .975
1970 ATL N 1B 11 10 8 80.2 73 4 1 6 0 .987
1971 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 71 70 60 614.2 629 38 3 56 0 .996
1971 ATL N RF 60 59 46 516.1 105 2 2 0 0 .982
1971 ATL N OF 60 59 46 516.1 104 2 2 0 0 .981 0 0 60
1972 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 109 106 98 932 968 66 14 79 0 .987
1972 ATL N RF 15 15 12 118 28 4 3 0 0 .914
1972 ATL N OF 15 15 12 118 28 4 3 0 0 .914 0 0 15
1973 ATL N Daily Splits OF 105 105 62 857.2 206 5 5 0 0 .977 87 0 18
1973 ATL N LF 87 87 47 699.2 171 3 4 0 0 .978
1973 ATL N RF 18 18 15 158 36 2 1 0 0 .974
1974 ATL N Daily Splits OF 89 89 30 664 142 3 2 0 0 .986 89 0 0
1974 ATL N LF 89 89 30 664 140 3 2 0 0 .986
1975 MIL A Daily Splits DH 127 126 98 -
1975 MIL A LF 3 3 1 21 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 MIL A OF 3 3 1 21 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 0
1976 MIL A Daily Splits DH 74 70 54 -
1976 MIL A LF 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 MIL A OF 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
Total (23 Years) Splits OF 2760 2735 2456 24028 5539 201 117 41 0 .980 315 308 2174
Total (20 Years) RF 2174 2134 1989 18881 4207 179 88 39 0 .980
Total ( 6 Years) LF 315 304 199 2521 569 10 13 0 0 .978
Total ( 8 Years) CF 308 297 268 2626 744 12 15 2 0 .981
Total ( 6 Years) 1B 210 203 171 1752.1 1791 117 20 152 0 .990
Total ( 2 Years) DH 201 196 152 -
Total ( 5 Years) 2B 43 34 29 304.1 102 99 7 25 1 .966
Total ( 2 Years) 3B 7 5 2 51 4 12 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1969 ATL N Daily Splits OF 3 3 3 26 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3
1969 ATL N RF 3 3 3 26 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1957 MIL N Daily Splits OF 7 7 7 62 11 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 0
1957 MIL N CF 7 7 7 62 11 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 MIL N Daily Splits OF 7 7 6 63 15 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 7
1958 MIL N RF 7 6 6 56 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 MIL N CF 1 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 14 14 13 125 26 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 7
Total ( 2 Years) CF 8 8 7 69 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) RF 7 6 6 56 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1955 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1955 NL RF 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 -
1956 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1956 NL LF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1957 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1957 NL RF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1958 NL RF 1 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 NL Daily Splits OF 2 2 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2
1959 NL RF 2 2 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 NL Daily Splits OF 2 2 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2
1960 NL RF 2 2 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1961 NL RF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1962 NL CF 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1963 NL RF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1965 NL RF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
1966 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1966 NL LF 1 1 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 0
1967 NL LF 1 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 NL CF 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1968 NL RF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1969 NL RF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1970 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1970 NL RF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1971 NL RF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1972 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1972 NL RF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 -
1973 NL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1974 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1974 NL RF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total (18 Years) Splits OF 20 16 8 138.2 20 1 0 0 0 1.000 3 2 16
Total (14 Years) RF 16 14 7 106 15 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) LF 3 1 1 21.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) CF 2 1 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-19-1966 BOX ATL N Tony Venzon Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Signed as a free agent by Boston Braves (June 14, 1952 ).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Dave May and a player
to be named later (November 2, 1974 ); Atlanta Braves received Roger Alexander
(December 2, 1974 ).
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