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Aaron would hit 44 home runs in four different seasons, [35] and he hit his record-breaking 715th career home run off Dodgers pitcher Al Downing, who coincidentally also wore number 44. [ 36 ] At this point, Aaron was known to family and friends primarily as "Henry".
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron homered for the 715th time in the majors, breaking Babe Ruth's all-time record as America reckoned with his astounding achievements as a player and a man.
Aaron ended the 1973 season with 713 career home runs, one shy of Babe Ruth’s once-hallowed record. A new record would have to wait until 1974. And for Aaron and the rest of the baseball world ...
This can be accomplished either by hitting the ball out of play while it is still in fair territory (a conventional home run) or by an inside-the-park home run. Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [a] He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007.
Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run 50 years ago. An Athens author's book relives the night, when he was 24-year-old sports editor watching history Athens author's new book relives the night
The road to this record has been closely followed and each additional home run Bonds hits extends the current record further. On August 7, 2007, Barry Bonds became the major leagues' career home run champion by hitting his 756th career home run, which surpassed Hank Aaron's total. [6]
On April 8, 1974 in Atlanta, "Hammerin' Hank" broke the major league home run record that had stood for nearly 40 years. On April 8, 1974 in Atlanta, "Hammerin' Hank" broke the major league home ...
This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the Major Leagues.Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club.