Hank Aaron

Anniversary of a historic event

Wednesday marked the 35th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s 715th home run.  On April 8, 1974, Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s record, which had stood for nearly 40 years since Ruth’s retirement from the game in 1935.  While Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and it is widely believed that Willie Mays was a better player, Hammerin’ Hank will forever be remembered as one of the most influential African Americans in sports history.

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of all time (let us disregard an infamous home run hitter who holds the record*).  His name is Hank Aaron and within the first 3 seasons of his career, his long ball numbers are similar to that of Prince Fielder.  In Aaron's first 1679 at bats, he smashed 66 home runs.  Fielder, on the other hand has hit 80 home runs in his first 1354 at bats. And unlike Fielder, Aaron not only never hit 50 home runs by his 23rd birthday, Aaron never hit more than 47 home runs in a season in his 23 year-career!  Let's also take into consideration that, to date, Fielder has only played 2 full seasons so far.   

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