Hank Aaron was a Hall of Fame slugger for the Braves who held the Major League Baseball career home run record for 33 years.Born Henry Louis Aaron on Feb.
5, 1934, Aaron grew up in poverty and as a child had to fashion homemade bats and baseballs to practice the sport. After excelling in the Negro Leagues and minor league baseball, Aaron made it to the majors with the 1954 Milwaukee Braves.
Though he had a respectable rookie season, it was in the following year that he began to hit his stride, batting .314 with 27 home runs and 106 RBIs.
In 1957, he led the Braves to a World Series win against the New York Yankees and was voted the National League’s MVP. He hit 44 home runs in ’57, a total he matched again in 1963 and 1966, the year the.
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