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Hank
Aaron		  
Nickname: Hammerin' Hank
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 5, 1934 in Usa, AL, MOBILE
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
Silver Slugger 1961    1963   
Gold Glove 1961    1963   
All-Star Selections 1955    1956    1957    1958    1959    1960    1961    1963    1964    1965    1967    1968    1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 20 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1955 21 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1956 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1957 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1958 24 NYG NL $ 5,371,429   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1959 25 NYG NL $ 6,292,857   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1960 26 NYG NL $ 6,314,286   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1961 27 NYG NL $ 8,840,000   9 9 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1962 28 NYG NL $ 8,840,000   8 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1963 29 NYG NL $ 8,840,000   8 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1964 30 NYG NL $ 8,840,000   8 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1965 31 NYG NL $ 8,840,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1966 32 NYG NL $ 8,840,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1967 33 NYG NL $ 8,840,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1968 34 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1969 35 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1970 36 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1971 37 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1972 38 BSN NL $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,840,000   9 9 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 20 NYG NL 106 410 57 124 26 3 15 76 0 3 34 27 .302 .352 .490 .842 63.6 8.6
    AAA   54 213 37 65 15 0 13 28 1 1 26 16 .305 .381 .559 .939 42.5  
1955 21 NYG NL 155 590 95 172 39 8 26 113 8 1 54 38 .292 .348 .517 .865 98.4 18.7
1956 22 NYG NL 151 597 99 183 41 7 30 119 4 2 53 41 .307 .359 .549 .909 105.1 21.2
1957 23 NYG NL 154 623 105 192 28 7 42 134 2 4 40 54 .308 .349 .578 .927 114.9 23.3
1958 24 NYG NL 159 593 116 189 53 5 33 116 7 2 70 57 .319 .389 .592 .981 121.3 27.4
1959 25 NYG NL 158 586 109 177 35 4 36 113 7 2 72 67 .302 .379 .560 .939 109.9 22.8
1960 26 NYG NL 159 607 108 169 38 4 34 102 3 1 53 54 .278 .335 .522 .858 97.5 20.4
1961 27 NYG NL 154 577 115 196 34 3 46 121 3 2 62 50 .340 .402 .648 1.051 130.0 31.1
1962 28 NYG NL 52 195 42 70 17 1 13 35 3 0 22 21 .359 .424 .656 1.080 46.6 13.7
1963 29 NYG NL 157 594 107 181 41 4 42 126 4 2 50 64 .305 .356 .599 .956 115.4 26.1
1964 30 NYG NL 150 583 115 194 37 3 37 128 9 1 50 52 .333 .382 .597 .979 117.2 26.3
1965 31 NYG NL 157 622 86 181 35 0 29 110 11 3 46 67 .291 .337 .487 .824 94.3 19.8
1966 32 NYG NL 159 595 80 156 27 2 24 90 16 4 45 94 .262 .311 .435 .746 77.6 14.2
1967 33 NYG NL 150 570 82 157 23 3 33 112 11 0 43 63 .275 .325 .500 .825 85.0 17.1
1968 34 NYG NL 156 611 88 182 38 2 25 95 10 2 48 91 .298 .349 .489 .839 95.0 21.7
1969 35 NYG NL 147 591 89 157 43 2 25 94 13 6 36 99 .266 .306 .472 .779 80.5 11.6
1970 36 NYG NL 90 331 54 96 15 3 18 55 6 4 35 44 .290 .353 .517 .870 56.7 11.3
1971 37 TAM AL 154 596 62 174 11 3 7 64 11 6 28 122 .292 .323 .356 .679 63.8 9.5
1972 38 AAA   50 81 4 15 4 0 1 11 0 0 4 22 .185 .224 .272 .495 4.3  
18 Years Sim 2568 9871 1609 2950 581 64 515 1803 128 45 841 1105 .299 .352 .527 .879 1672.8 344.6
2 Years AAA 104 294 41 80 19 0 14 39 1 1 30 38 .272 .337 .480 .817 46.9  
162 Game Average 622 101 186 36 4 32 113 8 2 53 69 .299 .352 .527 .879 105.5  
Career Highs 159 623 116 196 53 8 46 134 16 6 72 122 .359 .424 .656 1.080 130.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6016 1005 1779 329 37 312 1070 81 25 494 661 .296 .347 .518 .865 1042.9
vs LH   3855 604 1171 252 27 203 733 47 20 347 444 .304 .360 .541 .901 708.7
Home 1282 4787 800 1401 294 28 247 869 62 16 417 533 .293 .348 .521 .868 835.2
Away 1286 5084 809 1549 287 36 268 934 66 29 424 572 .305 .356 .533 .890 916.4
RISP   2460 0 734 162 18 128 1194 0 0 316 306 .298 .369 .535 .904 474.4
Pinch Hitting   122 23 38 8 0 5 18 0 2 13 12 .311 .378 .500 .878 21.2
Close/Late   1160 192 351 58 7 69 206 0 0 147 125 .303 .380 .543 .923 229.2
Mar/Apr 436 1725 302 535 107 9 102 353 26 10 137 189 .310 .359 .560 .919 325.6
May 448 1715 293 521 100 13 90 308 21 5 166 194 .304 .364 .535 .898 318.1
June 433 1690 263 517 93 12 79 291 20 9 121 186 .306 .351 .515 .866 289.0
July 416 1574 255 476 90 10 79 283 33 7 155 162 .302 .362 .523 .885 288.5
August 434 1651 257 465 106 8 79 274 18 8 132 192 .282 .334 .499 .833 266.1
Sep/Oct 401 1516 239 436 85 12 86 294 10 6 130 182 .288 .342 .530 .871 264.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1954 20 NYG NL CF 99 98 877.3 226 7 5 1 .979 2.39   3.7
    RF 2 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1955 21 NYG NL CF 142 140 1248.0 351 9 7 1 .981 2.60   4.6
    RF 9 6 56.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1956 22 NYG NL CF 146 144 1290.3 329 4 6 3 .982 2.32   4.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1957 23 NYG NL CF 147 146 1307.3 362 9 9 2 .976 2.55   4.4
    RF 6 3 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 24 NYG NL CF 150 148 1334.3 334 7 4 2 .988 2.30   4.6
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 25 NYG NL CF 117 117 1046.3 274 3 11 1 .962 2.38   4.7
    LF 32 29 273.0 42 3 3 0 .938 1.48    
1960 26 NYG NL CF 151 147 1330.3 315 5 10 1 .970 2.16   4.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 27 NYG NL RF 139 139 1237.0 255 8 7 2 .974 1.91   4.7
    LF 6 0 20.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    CF 5 0 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1962 28 NYG NL CF 26 25 219.7 53 0 1 0 .981 2.17   1.1
    RF 23 23 204.0 27 2 1 0 .967 1.28    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1963 29 NYG NL RF 121 121 1078.3 242 4 7 2 .972 2.05   3.1
    CF 30 25 227.7 65 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 30 NYG NL RF 143 141 1254.7 225 7 7 2 .971 1.66   2.9
    CF 6 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1965 31 NYG NL RF 150 148 1354.3 282 7 8 0 .973 1.92   4.2
    LF 4 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    CF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1966 32 NYG NL CF 149 148 1333.7 340 6 3 1 .991 2.33   4.8
    LF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1967 33 NYG NL CF 139 136 1221.3 344 7 8 4 .978 2.59   4.5
    LF 8 5 48.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.44    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 34 NYG NL CF 151 148 1319.3 339 6 10 1 .972 2.35   3.0
    LF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 35 NYG NL CF 145 144 1274.0 333 8 3 4 .991 2.41   3.7
    LF 2 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05    
1970 36 NYG NL RF 78 76 669.7 138 3 4 0 .972 1.89   1.8
    CF 12 11 99.0 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.82    
1971 37 TAM AL CF 151 151 1281.7 314 4 7 1 .978 2.23   4.6
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 1767 1728 15437.6 4016 76 84 23 .980 2.39   51.8
  RF 687 658 5928.0 1197 32 34 6 .973 1.87   16.7
  LF 69 34 389.7 64 4 3 0 .958 1.57    
Career Totals   2523 2420 21755.2 5277 112 121 29 .978 2.23   68.5
Career Highs   156 151 1363.7 370 9 14 4 .991 2.57    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1956 22 NYG NL 11 42 6 13 3 0 3 13 0 0 6 5 .310 .396 .595 .991
1957 23 NYG NL 10 39 7 16 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 1 .410 .444 .513 .957
1958 24 NYG NL 12 48 11 19 8 2 2 17 0 0 3 8 .396 .431 .771 1.202
1959 25 NYG NL 7 23 6 10 2 0 2 6 0 1 6 2 .435 .552 .783 1.334
1960 26 NYG NL 4 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .200 .214 .414
1965 31 NYG NL 11 46 7 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 .217 .294 .326 .620
1967 33 NYG NL 19 72 12 26 5 2 3 15 0 0 5 12 .361 .392 .611 1.004
1968 34 NYG NL 11 40 3 9 1 0 1 5 1 0 5 6 .225 .311 .325 .636
Career Post-Season Batting 85 324 54 105 29 4 11 70 1 1 35 41 .324 .386 .540 .926
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1956-6-.307
1957-6-.308
1958-6-.319
1959-6-.302
1961-1-.340
1963-4-.305
1964-1-.333
1968-5-.298
1971-10-.292
 On-Base Pct
1958-7-.389
1959-6-.379
1961-3-.402
1964-3-.382
 Slugging Pct
1956-8-.549
1957-2-.578
1958-7-.592
1959-5-.560
1960-8-.522
1961-2-.648
1963-1-.599
1964-1-.597
1967-6-.500
1968-8-.489
CAR-22-.527
 OPS
1956-7-.909
1957-7-.927
1958-8-.981
1959-5-.939
1960-9-.858
1961-2-1.051
1963-1-.956
1964-2-.979
1968-8-.839
CAR-36-.879
 XR
1957-4-114.9
1958-4-121.3
1959-5-109.9
1960-7-97.5
1961-1-130.0
1963-1-115.4
1964-2-117.2
1965-9-94.3
1968-8-95.0
CAR-13-1672.8
 Games
1955-8-155
1958-2-159
1959-1-158
1960-2-159
1963-8-157
1965-4-157
1966-1-159
1968-7-156
CAR-18-2568
At-Bats
1955-8-590
1956-5-597
1957-1-623
1958-6-593
1959-2-586
1960-1-607
1961-6-577
1963-2-594
1964-8-583
1965-1-622
1966-7-595
1968-4-611
1971-7-596
CAR-7-9871
 Runs
1956-8-99
1957-4-105
1958-4-116
1959-4-109
1960-2-108
1961-1-115
1963-3-107
1964-2-115
1968-9-88
CAR-18-1609
 Hits
1955-7-172
1956-2-183
1957-3-192
1958-3-189
1959-3-177
1960-8-169
1961-1-196
1963-2-181
1964-1-194
1965-3-181
1968-3-182
1971-5-174
CAR-7-2950
 Total Bases
1955-8-305
1956-4-328
1957-1-360
1958-4-351
1959-4-328
1960-4-317
1961-1-374
1963-1-356
1964-1-348
1965-3-303
1967-6-285
1968-1-299
1969-6-279
CAR-4-5204
 Singles
1957-9-115
1959-10-102
1964-8-117
1968-10-117
1971-2-153
CAR-19-1790
 Doubles
1955-2-39
1956-2-41
1958-2-53
1959-2-35
1960-3-38
1961-3-34
1963-1-41
1964-4-37
1965-1-35
1968-1-38
1969-1-43
CAR-13-581
Triples
1955-2-8
1956-4-7
1957-3-7
1958-9-5
1960-10-4
 Homeruns
1956-10-30
1957-3-42
1958-10-33
1959-5-36
1960-5-34
1961-3-46
1963-1-42
1964-3-37
1965-10-29
1967-3-33
1968-10-25
1969-8-25
CAR-11-515
 RBIs
1955-5-113
1956-6-119
1957-1-134
1958-4-116
1959-3-113
1960-8-102
1961-1-121
1963-1-126
1964-1-128
1965-2-110
1967-2-112
1968-7-95
CAR-6-1803
 Stolen Bases
1955-8-8
1956-10-4
1958-5-7
1959-10-7
1966-10-16
1969-10-13
 Caught Stealing
1956-8-2
1957-7-4
1958-8-2
 Walks
1959-8-72
 
   Black Ink Test: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 287    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 71    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954
Had first career hit (double) on 6/1/1954, off Billy Hoeft (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1954, off Connie Johnson (STL)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 6/26/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1954, hitting .579 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/30/1954
Drove in 8 runs against New York (A) on 6/9/1955
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/2/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1956, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 4 runs on 5/7/1956
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Injured on 8/28/1956 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 8 runs against Pittsburgh on 10/3/1956
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 5/7/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1957, hitting .385 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 7/17/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1957, hitting .619 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,371,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 8/28/1958
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 10/6/1958
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Montreal on 10/6/1958
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,292,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1959, hitting .519 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1959, hitting .276 with 9 HR, 23 RBI
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,314,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 5/11/1960
6/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $8,840,000 per year, for 7 years
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against San Diego on 6/27/1960
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1961, hitting .378 with 9 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1961, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/28/1961
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/5/1961
Injured on 9/23/1961 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Won Silver Slugger in 1961, hitting .340 with 46 HR, 121 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1961
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1962, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 5/30/1962 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1962, hitting .404 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1963, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1963, hitting .333 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1963, hitting .305 with 42 HR, 126 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1963
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1964, hitting .382 with 9 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against St. Louis on 7/20/1964
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1964, hitting .366 with 9 HR, 27 RBI
Injured on 9/21/1964 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won Silver Slugger in 1964, hitting .333 with 37 HR, 128 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1965, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 8/31/1965, off Billy Hoeft (STL)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/25/1967
Injured on 5/20/1967 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
6/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1967, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 5/24/1969
Injured on 5/29/1969 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had 500th career homerun on 5/10/1970, off Danny Coombs (STL)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1970, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 1 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Injured on 7/17/1970 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 10-11 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/13/1971 (Going to NYG: C Milt May, P Wayne Schurr, P Steve Hamilton. Going to TAM: RF Hank Aaron, P Eddie Fisher)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1971, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/8/1972 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
 
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