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A Short Biography of Hank Aaron

Author Name:

Hank Aaron

Born As:

Henry Louis Aaron

Other Names:

Hank Aaron

Born:

5 Feb 1934

Died:





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Baseball player                          
                          
Parents Herbert and Estella Aaron                          
Played 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, and his last two years (1975-1976) with the Milwaukee Brewers all in the National League.
The most notable achievement was setting the MLB record for most career home runs with 755, which he held for 33 years until being surpassed by San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds on August 7, 2007.                          
On August 1, 1982 Hank Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and received votes on 97.8 percent of the ballots, second to only Ty Cobb, who received votes on 98.2% of the ballot in the inaugural 1936 Hall of Fame election.[23] Aaron was then named the Braves' vice president and director of player development. This made him one of the first minorities in Major League Baseball upper-level management.