Hank Aaron

Records and Achievements

• All-time home run leader: 755
• All-time games played: 3,298 (at time of retirement, currently 3rd behind Pete Rose and Carl Yastrzemski)
• All-time at-bats leader: 12,364 (at time of retirement, currently 2nd behind Pete Rose)
• All-time RBI leader: 2,297
• All-time total bases leader: 6,856
• All-time extra-base hits leader: 1,477
• NL MVP: 1957
• Gold Glove award: 1958 ? 1960
• The Sporting News NL Player of the Year: 1956, 1963
• NL batting champion: 1956 (.328), 1959 (.355)
• NL home run champion: 1957 (44), 1963 (44), 1966 (44), 1967 (39)
• NL RBI leader: 1957 (132), 1960 (126), 1963 (130), 1966 (127)
• NL total bases leader: 1956 (340), 1957 (369), 1959 (400), 1960 (334), 1961 (358), 1963 (370), 1967 (344), 1969 (332)
• NL slugging percentage leader: 1959 (.636), 1963 (.586), 1971 (.669)
• NL runs scored leader: 1957 (118); 1963 (121); 1967(113)
• Lou Gehrig Memorial Award: 1970
• NL hits leader: 1956 (200), 1959 (223)
• NL doubles leader: 1955 (37), 1956 (34), 1961 (39), 1965 (40)
• Three home runs in one game: June 21, 1959
• Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: 1982
• Third in career hits (3,771)
• Only player to hit at least 30 home runs in 15 seasons
• Only player to hit at least 20 home runs in 20 seasons
• Hit 40 home runs in a season 8 times
• First player to reach 3,000 hits and 500 home runs
• 21 All-Star appearances