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One of the all-time baseball greats. Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86, daughter says ATLANTA He is the one man that Muhammad Ali said he idolized more than myself. He became known to the world as Hammerin Hank. Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86, according to Aarons daughter. Born in Mobile, Alabama, on Feb. 5, 1934, Henry Louis Aaron was one of eight children born to Herbert and Estella Aaron. We will have continuing coverage of the legends impact in Georgia and history, throughout the day on Channel 2 Action News His family was so poor they could not afford baseball equipment, so he began honing his baseball skill by hitting bottle caps with sticks. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/braves-legend-hank-aaron-dies-age-86-according-former-city-official/JXDCLYDFFVHNPC2KRNX2KBKIEM/
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Intruder posted:Unless I'm reading this wrong Hank Aaron was younger when he hit 755 than Barry was when he hit 756 I don't know the answer to the age question, but here are some stat comparisons between the two (knowing that Bonds was on "the clear" for a portion of his career): Games Barry Bonds 2,986 Hank Aaron 3,298 images At Bats Barry Bonds 9,847 Hank Aaron 12,364 images Plate Appearances Barry Bonds 12,606 Hank Aaron 13,941 images Batting Average Barry Bonds .298 Hank Aaron .305 images Home Runs Barry Bonds 762 (Record) images Hank Aaron 755 RBIs Barry Bonds 1,996 Hank Aaron 2,297 (Record) images Hits Barry Bonds 2,935 Hank Aaron 3,771 images Runs Barry Bonds 2,227 images Hank Aaron 2,174 Stolen Bases Barry Bonds 514 images Hank Aaron 240 Doubles Barry Bonds 601 Hank Aaron 624 images Triples Barry Bonds 77 Hank Aaron 98 images On Base Percentage Barry Bonds .444 images Hank Aaron .374 Slugging Percentage Barry Bonds .607 images Hank Aaron .555 On-Base + Slugging Percentage Barry Bonds 1.051 images Hank Aaron .928 Walks Barry Bonds 2,558 (Record) images Hank Aaron 1,402 WAR Barry Bonds 162.4 images Hank Aaron 142.6
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Carter gonna outlive everybody, except Betty White and Keith Richards. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1352670896301989891
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Glad that era is gone (except for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, etc.) https://twitter.com/schwarz/status/1352662189639938048
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Presto posted:About 10 or 15 years ago the Smithsonian American history museum had a baseball exhibit, and they had some of Hank's hate mail on display, and it was something else let me tell you. It's really disturbing that any MFers would be so bent on hatred.
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