Étiquette : hank aaron

How he wanted to be remembered

Henry “Hank” Aaron passed away Friday at the age of 86, and from all precincts of America came remembrances and odes to the legacy of the sports and civil rights icon. If the baseball legend were to write the first line of his own obituary, he made clear in his […]

The numbers behind his Hall of Fame career

Hank Aaron’s legendary career went far beyond numbers. But those numbers were incredible. Aaron, who passed away Friday at the age of 86, was one of the most feared hitters in baseball during his 23-year Hall of Fame career. Here are the stats that back that up: 2, 297 RBIs […]