Hank Aaron was a Major League Baseball player that is considered by many the greatest baseball player ever. He played right field for the Milwaukee Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers. on April 8th, 1974 he hit his 715th home run, which broke the then record of 714 held by Babe Ruth. He had received many death threats before that game saying things like “If you break Babe Ruth’s record me and my friends will go to your house and steal your child and keep it until you promise not to break that record”. He had put all of those threats aside and still had the bravery to break that record. That is who Hank Aaron is to me. How did he revolutionize how the game is played and what are his achievements?
When Hank Aaron broke the home run record he had put aside all of the death threats and just played his own game. The 2 fans that greeted him when he was rounding the bases startled him, but just went with the flow. Many journalists said his playing abilities were never going to be matched by any other player and they were right. Probably the closest players to him are Ken Griffey jr. and Willie Mays. He was the best all around hitter ever, and he was granted 25 all-star votings. He also holds the record for most rbi’s with 2,297 and the most total bases with 6,856.
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He joined the Negro Leagues when he was 18, and he joined the Indianapolis Clowns. Scouts came to watch him play and noticed how much of a skilled player he was. He could hit like a pro and was a really good fielder. The reason he had such a good eye was that as a kid he hit bottle caps, because he didn’t have a baseball. All he ever did as a kid was play baseball he would stay out all night and play baseball then he would go to bed. He joined the MLB in 1954 and got his first hit off of Vic