Henry "Hank" Aaron was born on February 5, 1934. He was an American baseball player and is now a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is most famous for setting the Major League record for most career home runs (755). He broke the previous record of 714 HR's, held by Babe Ruth, on April 8, 1974. Hank also holds records for RBI's (2,297), extra base hits (1,477) and total bases (6,856). He garnered the National League MVP award in 1957 while leading the Milwaukee Braves to a World Series title. Aaron appeared in 24 All-Star games and took home 3 Gold Glove Awards.
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He had the MLB record for most career home runs of 755 until Barry Bonds broke the record. "He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and is the only player to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least 15 times. He is one of only four players to have at least 17 seasons with 150 or more hits." He also made the All-star team. This information can be found at Wikipeda at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron.
Hank Aaron was a Major League Baseball right fielder from 1954 through 1976 with Atlanta Braves. He was affectionately known as "Hammer.