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The story goes that Stanley Burrell received the nickname 'Hammer' while a batboy for the Oakland Athletics because he closely resembled Hank Aaron. Reggie Jackson takes credit for giving Burrell the Hammer nickname. He was a batboy for the Athletics between 1972-1980.

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