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Aaron established the record for most seasons with thirty or more home runs in the National League. On April 27, 1971, Aaron hit his 600th career home run, the third major league player ever to do so. [49] On July 13, Aaron hit a home run in the All-Star Game (played at Detroit's Tiger Stadium) for the first time. [50]
The following is a chronology of the top ten leaders in lifetime home runs in Major League Baseball.This includes any home runs hit by a player during official regular season games (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games) in the National Association (1871–1875), National League (since 1876), the American Association (1882–1891), the Union Association (1884), the Players' League (1890 ...
On Opening Day 1974, Hank Aaron hit a three-run shot off the Reds’ Jack Billingham at Riverfront Stadium to tie Babe Ruth’s record of 714 home runs.
Jan 22, 2021; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Scenes from the 715 Wall site of Hank Aaron’s historic home run on the former grounds of Fulton County Stadium a previous home of the Atlanta Braves.
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.
The 1909 and 1911 Highlanders were noted to have played home minor league games at Cape Fear Fairgrounds Park. The ballpark was located on Gillespie Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina. today, the site has a marker for a Babe Ruth home run, that has his first professional home run, hit in a March 1914 spring training game. [8]
ATLANTA (AP) — Hank Aaron refused to be intimidated by racist hate mail or threats during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record. Aaron's teammates, including Dusty Baker, worried on his behalf even as the future Hall of Famer circled the bases following his record-breaking 715th homer on April 8, 1974.
REUTERSIt never took Hank Aaron long to circle the bases after he had hit another of the home runs that became both his signature and his burden. Even on that April night in 1974 when he smote his ...