Hammerin' Hank is a baseball icon. Who hasn't seen that video of Hank trotting around the bases after swatting number 715, fans trying to touch a piece of history, swatted aside by the most prolific home run hitter of the 20th century?
Reggie Jackson and Willie McCovey could also be considered at this number, but there really is no other choice for the best MLB athlete to wear the uniform number 44 than Mr. Hank Aaron.
Logged in at number 5 on the 1999 Sporting News list of the greatest baseball players, Aaron put up some extremely gaudy numbers between the years of 1954 and 1976 in the big leagues.
- 755 career homers
- .305 career batting average
- 2,297 career RBI
- 3,771 career hits
- 6,856 career total bases (#1 all-time)
Hank Aaron was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
Did you know.........that Hank Aaron's uniform number 44 has been retired by both the Braves and the Brewers?
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