Although he was on the roster of its farm club, Milwaukee manager At this point, Aaron was known to family and friends primarily as "Henry". With his second wife, he had one child, Ceci.Aaron is a long time fan of the Cleveland Browns, having attended many games in disguise in their "Dog Pound" seating section.On February 5, 1999, at his 65th birthday celebration, In July 2000 and again in July 2002, Aaron threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the On January 8, 2001, Hank Aaron was presented with the In 2001, a recreational trail in Milwaukee connecting In 2002, Aaron was honored with the "Lombardi Award of Excellence" from the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation.Aaron dedicated the new exhibit "Hank Aaron-Chasing the Dream" at the The Elite Development Invitational, a youth baseball tournament organized by the Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association to increase diversity in the sport, was renamed the Hank Aaron Invitational for the 2019 season.Aaron was 34 years, five months and nine days old.
He is currently #2 on the Top 1,000 , behind Barry Bonds (762). That ball is gonna be-eee"What a marvelous moment for baseball; what a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia; what a marvelous moment for the country and the world.
During his rookie year, his other well-known nicknames, "Hammerin' Hank" (by teammates) and "Bad Henry" (by opposing pitchers) are reported to have arisen.Considerably later in his career, Aaron coined "Stone-fingers", which would prove a popular handle for one of baseball's more colorful characters, the famously distance-hitting but defensively challenged first baseman Aaron hit .314 with 27 home runs and 106 RBI, in 1955. A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFJohnson2013 ( harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFVascellaro2005 ( harvnb error: no target: CITEREFAssociated_Press1999 ( harvnb error: no target: CITEREFAssociated_Press2000 ( harvnb error: no target: CITEREFJefferson_Awards2013 ( Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis.
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