Known as "Hammerin' Hank", this Hall of Famer hit 58 home runs in 1938
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What if Hammerin' Hank were batting behind Cabrera?  Dec 11, 2012 ... We all know what Miguel Cabrera did this year for [] ... Greenberg would go on to have a Hall of Fame career, hitting 58 home runs in 1938,...
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Hank Greenberg - Wikipedia  Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus" or "The ... A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, he was one of the premier power ... Greenberg was the first major league player to hit 25 or more home runs in a .... Nonetheless, Howard Megdal has calculated that in September 1938,...
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J! Archive - Show #3533, aired 2000-01-05  This seat of Chaves County, New Mexico is known for the 1947 crash of a weather .... Known as "Hammerin' Hank", this Hall of Famer hit 58 home runs in 1938...
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Hank Greenberg Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com  Henry Benjamin Greenberg (Hammerin' Hank) ... View Hank Greenberg Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). ... Tigers 6, Indians 3: Detroit hit a pair of tie-breaking home runs before rains delayed. .... 13 Yrs, 1394, 6098, 5193, 1046, 1628, 379, 71, 331, 1274, 58, 26, 852, 844 .313 ..... 1938 AL 58 (1st)
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Hank Greenberg -- Hit 58 home runs for the Detroit Tigers in 1938  ... Negro Leagues  Hall of Fame   Obituaries   South Carolina   Contact  ... Nickname: Hammerin' Hank Born: Jan. 1, 1911 in ... 13, 1394, 5193, 1628, 331, 1276, 58 .313 ... In his career, Greenberg hit .313 with 331 home runs and 1276 RBI. This came ... Greenberg called the notion "crazy stories" throughout his life.
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San Diego Padres - Baseball Hall of Fame Players  Dave Winfield won seven Gold Gloves, six Silver Slugger awards, American ... him in right field, the position he played for most of his major league baseball ... By 1978, he had proven his worth to the Padres and they made him the team's captain. ... 2,973 games played; 3,110 hits; 540 doubles; 465 home runs; 1,834 RBIs...
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Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (12/18/1886-7/17/1961 ... - Pinterest  Famous Georgians ... During a major league record 27-yr baseball career, he pitched in 1966 and ... Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Tris Speaker - three of the best baseball players of all .... He still holds several records, highest career batting average (.366 or .367, ..... I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times.
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Throwback: Hank Aaron Hits 755th And Final Home Run Of His Career  Jul 20, 2015 ... July 20, 1976: Hank Aaron hits his 755th and final career home run in a 6-2 ... He entered the 1976 season with MLB records of 745 home runs,...
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Question Box - NYTimes.com  Feb 19, 1990 ... ... league players who have hit 50 or more home runs in a season, are ... 1930 56 84 Ralph Kiner 1949 54 61 Willie Mays 1965 52 71 George Foster 1977 52 107 Ralph Kiner 1947 51 81 John Mize 1947 51 42 Willie Mays 1955 51 60 ... only six times more than he hit homers in his asterisk-crossed season.
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Hank Aaron - Wikipedia  Aaron is in second place in home runs (755) and at-bats (12,364), and in third place in games played (3,298). At the time of his retirement, Aaron held most of...
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Henry Aaron hits home run No. 715 | Baseball Hall of Fame  On April 8, 1974  42 years ago this week  Aaron's fourth-inning home run off the ... hit his 715th home run before a sellout crowd of 53,775 at Atlanta-Fulton...
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Aaron hits his 715th home run - Apr 08, 1974 - HISTORY.com  On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run and breaks the long-standing record held by Babe Ruth. Aaron's...
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Hank Aaron - Wikipedia  Inducted, 1982. Vote, 97.83% (first ballot). Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer", or "Hammerin' Hank", is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National ... Aaron holds the MLB records for the most career runs batted in (RBI) (2,297),...
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Hank Aaron Biography - ESPN  Birth DateFebruary 5, 1934; Hall of FameInducted in 1982 ... Minor Leagues; Milwaukee Braves (1954-65); Atlanta Braves (1966-74); Record ... 3,771 hits, 2,297 RBI, three Gold Gloves, a World Series championship and an MVP award. Aaron's home run record has since been broken by Barry Bonds, but he remains one of...
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Hank Aaron - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com  Jan 26, 2015 ... Aaron also holds the career marks for runs batted in (2,297), extra base ... (36), RBI (115), and batting average (.362) to become the league's Most Valuable Player. .... The Braves became the first team to have three players hit 40 or ... On August 1, 1982 Hank Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of...
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Mickey Mantle - Wikipedia  Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931  August 13, 1995), nicknamed "The Commerce Comet" and "The Mick", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New ... He hit 536 MLB career home runs, batted .300 or more ten times, and is the career...
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Williams, Ted | Baseball Hall of Fame  Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 1966 ... Williams led the AL in home runs four times, and his .634 career slugging percentage is second ... WalksBB. 2021. Batting AverageBA .344. OPSOPS. 1.116. On Base %OBP .482. Slugging %SLG .634. See more stats on baseball-reference.com ... Ted Williams Elected to Hall of Fame.
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World Baseball Hall of Fame - Members  Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and ... Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement, and ... During his pro career, Cobb hit 117 home runs and had a batting average of .336. .... Mantle was arguably the greatest offensive threat of any center fielder in...
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101 fun nicknames in baseball history | Newsday  Mar 29, 2010 ... Thousands of people played baseball, but only 101 can make our list ... in Commerce, Okla., never did get around to calling him "The Mick. ... who won the 1934 World Series with a lineup of all-star nicknames: ... Considered by some the natural all-time home run king, his autobiography is "I Had a Hammer.
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Yankees Retired Numbers | New York Yankees  Baseball's greatest slugger and the most colorful figure in the game's history. ... Added 15 home runs in World Series competition as he led the Yankees to seven ... Drove in at least 100 runs for 13 straight seasons (1926-38) and established an ... Beginning with Lou Gehrig's number 4 in 1939, the Yankees have retired 15...
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Hank Aaron Timeline - Hank Aaron's 755 Home Runs  07-03-1960 | Aaron hits his 200th career home run. ... 04-08-1974 | Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record for career home runs when he hits number 715 off the Los Angeles ... 10-03-1976 | Aaron plays in his final Major League ballgame.