Henry Aaron

Name Note: commonly referred to as Hank Aaron

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 5, 1934 in Mobile, AL us

Died: January 22, 2021 in Atlanta, GA

Buried: Southview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA

High School: Allen Institute (Mobile, AL)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 20-067d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1976 (Age 42-241d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1982. (Voted by BBWAA on 406/415 ballots)
View Henry Aaron's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Henry Louis Aaron

Nicknames: Hammer, Hammerin' Hank or Bad Henry

Twitter: @HenryLouisAaron

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Relatives: Brother of Tommie Aaron

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

143.1

12364

3771

755

.305

2174

RBI

2297

240

OBP

.374

SLG

.555

OPS

.928

OPS+

155

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	ATL	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	RF 1B
2	2	Apr 16 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
3	4 (1)	Apr 17	ATL		LAD	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
4	5	Apr 18	ATL		LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
5	6	Apr 19	ATL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
6	7	Apr 20	ATL		LAD	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
7	9 (1)	Apr 22	ATL		CIN	W,11-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
8	10	Apr 23	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
9	11	Apr 25	ATL		STL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
10	12	Apr 26	ATL		STL	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
11	13	Apr 28	ATL	@	PIT	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
12	14	Apr 29	ATL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16 (1)	May 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-12	GS	32	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	17	May 3	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
15	18	May 4	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	19	May 5	ATL	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
17	20	May 6	ATL	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	23 (2)	May 10	ATL		PIT	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	24	May 12	ATL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
20	25	May 14	ATL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	26	May 15	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
22	27	May 16	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
23	28	May 17	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	29	May 19	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
25	31 (1)	May 21 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	37	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
26	32	May 21 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
27	33	May 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
28	35 (1)	May 26	ATL		SFG	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
29	36	May 27	ATL		SFG	L,9-11	CG	51	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
30	37	May 28 (1)	ATL		SFG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
31	38	May 28 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	9	3	0	12	3	1B
32	39	May 29	ATL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
33	40	May 31	ATL		SDP	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	41	Jun 2	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
35	42	Jun 3	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
36	43	Jun 4	ATL	@	NYM	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
37	44	Jun 6	ATL	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
38	47 (2)	Jun 9	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
39	48	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,15-3	GS	21	5.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
40	49	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	50	Jun 12	ATL		NYM	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
42	51	Jun 13	ATL		NYM	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
43	52	Jun 14	ATL		NYM	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
44	53	Jun 16 (1)	ATL		MON	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
45	55 (1)	Jun 17	ATL		MON	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	17	2	0	19	0	1B
46	56	Jun 18	ATL		MON	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
47	57	Jun 21	ATL		PHI	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	RF
48	58	Jun 23	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	60 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
50	61	Jun 25	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	62	Jun 26	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
52	63	Jun 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
53	64	Jun 28 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
54	66 (1)	Jun 29	ATL	@	SDP	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
55	67	Jun 30	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	68	Jul 1	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
57	69	Jul 2	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
58	70	Jul 3	ATL	@	HOU	W,13-9	GS	36	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
59	74 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
60	75	Jul 6	ATL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	76	Jul 7 (1)	ATL		PIT	L,2-10	GS	38	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
62	78 (1)	Jul 8	ATL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
63	79	Jul 9	ATL		PIT	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	80	Jul 11	ATL	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	60	15.0	14	2	1	17	2	1B
65	82 (1)	Jul 13	ATL	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
66	83	Jul 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	33	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
67	84	Jul 15	ATL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
68	85	Jul 16	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
69	86	Jul 17	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
70	87	Jul 18	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
71	88	Jul 19	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
72	89	Jul 20	ATL		STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
73	90	Jul 21	ATL		STL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
74	91	Jul 22	ATL		STL	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
75	92	Jul 23	ATL		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
76	94 (1)	Jul 29	ATL		SFG	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
77	95	Jul 30 (1)	ATL		LAD	W,14-4	GS	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
78	96	Jul 30 (2)	ATL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
79	97	Jul 31	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	98	Aug 1 (1)	ATL		SDP	L,0-9	GS	23	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
81	99	Aug 1 (2)	ATL		SDP	L,7-11	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
82	100	Aug 2	ATL		SDP	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
83	101	Aug 3	ATL		SDP	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
84	103 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
85	104	Aug 5	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	105	Aug 6	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
87	106	Aug 7	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
88	107	Aug 8	ATL		HOU	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
89	108	Aug 9	ATL		HOU	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
90	109	Aug 10	ATL		HOU	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
91	110	Aug 11	ATL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
92	111	Aug 12	ATL		CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
93	112	Aug 13	ATL		CIN	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
94	113	Aug 14	ATL		CIN	L,2-12	GS	41	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
95	114	Aug 15	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
96	115	Aug 16	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	10	4	0	14	3	1B
97	118 (2)	Aug 19	ATL	@	MON	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
98	119	Aug 20	ATL	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
99	120	Aug 21	ATL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
100	123 (2)	Aug 25	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
101	124	Aug 26	ATL		NYM	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
102	125	Aug 27	ATL		NYM	L,6-13	GS	22	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
103	126	Aug 29	ATL		MON	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	128 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	ATL		PHI	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
105	130 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	ATL		PHI	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
106	132 (1)	Sep 3	ATL		PHI	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
107	133	Sep 4	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
108	134	Sep 5	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	1B
109	135	Sep 7	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
110	137 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
111	139 (1)	Sep 12	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
112	140	Sep 13	ATL		CIN	L,6-8	CG	43	10.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
113	142 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
114	143	Sep 17	ATL		SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
115	146 (2)	Sep 22	ATL		SDP	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
116	147	Sep 23	ATL		SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
117	149 (1)	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
118	150	Sep 27	ATL	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
119	151	Sep 29	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
120	153 (1)	Oct 1	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
121	154	Oct 3	ATL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
122	155	Oct 4	ATL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
							124gm		1050.0	996	70	17	1083	79