T he 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron hitting his historic 715th home run was celebrated in spectacular fashion, highlighting ...

That was because Aaron was Black. One piece of hate mail read to the effect: "Dear Hank. Once you hit your 700th (home run), consider a bullet tearing a hole in your body." Another warned ...

An auction company sold several Hank Aaron memorabilia items over the ... auction off the home plate and bases from the night Aaron hit his record-breaking 715th career home run.

"This," Aaron said about the letters, "changed me." The summer of '73 ended with Hammerin' Hank at 713 homers after hitting a remarkable 40 in just 392 at-bats. He was 39. In his first swing of ...

If we look at his career statistics he is starting to look an awful lot like Hank Aaron ... the same number of plate appearances, Aaron was hitting .320 with 372 home runs and a ...

Hank Aaron, their most prolific home run hitter ... Two teammates managed to hit more – and might have done even better if they were able to bat against their own lackluster pitching staff.

cap and helmet worn when he hit the record-breaking 715th homer in Atlanta Fulton County Stadium 50 years ago. Former Baseball Commissioner Albert "Happy" Chandler, Frank Robinson, and Hank Aaron ...

Ohtani and the New York Yankees' Aaron Judge won Hank Aaron Awards as the outstanding ... he broke his left pinkie finger on July 17 when he was hit by a line drive off the bat of the New ...