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Hank Aaron
Henry Louis Aaron (English: Henry Louis Aaron, February 5, 1934 - January 22, 2021), nicknamed Hank Aaron (English: Hank Aaron, formerly translated as Allen), is a former Major League Baseball player and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen joined the Milwaukee Braves from the Negro Leagues in 1951 and was promoted to the major leagues in 1954. In 1966, he moved south to Atlanta with the Braves. He returned to Milwaukee when he retired in 1975 and played for the newly established Brewers until his retirement at the end of the 1976 season. In 1974, Allen broke Babe Ruth's home run record of 714. When he retired in 1976, he held the record of 755 home runs until it was broken by Berry Bonds with 756 on August 7, 2007; Allen also He is also the holder of the most RBIs (2297) and home runs (6856) in his career. He also had a good fielding level. However, because his contemporaries Mays and Clement were better, Allen only won the Gold Glove Award three times. Allen won his only World Series championship ring with the Milwaukee Braves in 1957 and was selected as the National League Most Valuable Player that year. Since the major leagues held two All-Star Games every year for four years from 1959 to 1962, Allen was selected to 25 All-Star Games in his career, the first in history, and is considered a record that is extremely difficult to break.
- Category
- Athletes
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1934-02-05
- Died
- 2021-01-22
- Wikidata
- Q215777