Hank Aaron

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Hank Aaron was a legendary American baseball player, best known as one of the greatest hitters in Major League Baseball history and for long holding the all-time home run record.

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instanceOf Major League Baseball player
human
professional baseball player
advocatedFor civil rights
allStarSelections 25
bats right
battingTitleSeasons 2
careerBattingAverage .305
careerDoubles 624
careerGamesPlayed 3298
careerHits 3771
careerHomeRuns 755
careerOPS .928
careerRBIs 2297
careerRuns 2174
careerSeasons 23
careerSluggingPercentage .555
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1934-02-05
dateOfDeath 2021-01-22
ethnicity African American
familyName Aaron
finalMLBGameDate 1976-10-03
finalMLBTeam Milwaukee Brewers
fullName Henry Louis Aaron
givenName Henry
GoldGloveAwards 3
HallOfFameInductionYear 1982
hallOfFameVotePercentage 97.8
heldRecord MLB career home run record
homeRunRecordSurpassedBy Barry Bonds
homeRunRecordSurpassedYear 2007
homeRunRecordTotal 755
honor Presidential Medal of Freedom
jerseyNumber 44
league American League
National League
memberOf National Baseball Hall of Fame
middleName Louis
MLBDebutDate 1954-04-13
MLBDebutTeam Milwaukee Braves
MVPAwards 1
MVPSeason 1957
nickname Hammerin' Hank
The Hammer
numberOfChildren 6
occupation baseball executive
placeOfBirth Mobile, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath Atlanta, Georgia, United States
playedFor Atlanta Braves
Milwaukee Braves
Milwaukee Brewers
primaryPosition right fielder
receivedHonorYear 2002
religion Baptist
retiredNumber 44
SilverSluggerAwards 0
spouse Barbara Lucas NERFINISHED
Billye Suber Williams
subjectOf Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
teamRetiredNumberBy Atlanta Braves
Milwaukee Brewers
throws right
wonAward National League Most Valuable Player Award
wonChampionship 1957 World Series
workedFor Atlanta Braves front office
WorldSeriesTitles 1


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