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Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron

1954–1976  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 180 lb  ·  b. 1934 Mobile, AL

Career 3,298 G · 3,771 H · 755 HR · 2,297 RBI · .305 AVG

Seasons leading his league
34
20 best in baseball 14 league only
139 Top-5 finishes
12 Title seasons
9 Categories led
1963 Best season

Spanning 1955–1971, peaking at 6 titles in 1963.

Clubs 500 Home Run Club 600 Home Run Club 3,000 Hit Club 200 Hit Seasons ×3 30-30 Seasons
Team records #1 Braves career HR #1 Braves career RBI #1 Braves career H #1 Braves career R #1 Braves career OPS #3 Braves 1971 HR #3 Braves 1959 H #4 Braves 1957 RBI #4 Braves 1971 OPS #5 Braves career AVG
Led in Total Bases for 3 straight seasons (1959–1961) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 48th League titles 34
  • 38th Best in baseball 20
  • 19th Top-5 finishes 139

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Total Bases 8 1st 3 yrs (1959–1961) 1957 369 1959 400 1960 334 1963 370 1956 NL 340 1961 NL 358 1967 NL 344 1969 NL 332 1958 #3 1962 #3 1968 #2 1971 #2
Doubles 4 1st 2 yrs (1955–1956) 1955 NL 37 1956 NL 34 1961 NL 39 1965 NL 40 1959 #2 1967 #2
Slugging Percentage 4 1st — 1959 .636 1963 .586 1971 .669 1967 NL .573 1956 #3 1957 #3 1958 #3 1960 #2 1961 #3 1962 #2 1965 #2 1969 #2
Runs Batted In 4 1st — 1957 132 1960 126 1963 130 1966 127 1959 #3 1967 #3 1971 #3
Home Runs 4 1st 2 yrs (1966–1967) 1957 44 1963 NL 44 1966 NL 44 1967 NL 39 1959 #3 1960 #2 1962 #2 1969 #2 1971 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. 3 1st — 1959 1.037 1963 .977 1971 1.079 1957 #3 1961 #3 1962 #2 1965 #2 1967 #3 1969 #2
Runs 3 1st — 1963 121 1967 113 1957 NL 118 1956 #3 1958 #3 1961 #3 1966 #2
Hits 2 1st — 1956 200 1959 223 1955 #2 1957 #2 1958 #3 1961 #3 1963 #2
Batting Average 2 1st — 1959 .355 1956 NL .328 1963 #3 1964 #3 1965 #2
Outfield Fielding Percentage — #2 — 1968 #2
Outfield Assists — #2 — 1956 #2 1967 #3
First Base Range Factor — #3 — 1972 #3
Walks — #3 — 1963 #3 1966 #3
Triples — #2 — 1956 #2
On-Base Percentage — #2 — 1959 #2 1963 #2 1964 #3 1971 #3
Stolen Bases — #2 — 1963 #2

Title Seasons

12 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1971 2 OPS 1.079 SLG .669
1969 1 TB 332
1967 4 HR 39 R 113 SLG .573 TB 344
1966 2 HR 44 RBI 127
1965 1 2B 40
1963 6 HR 44 RBI 130 R 121 OPS .977 SLG .586 TB 370
1961 2 2B 39 TB 358
1960 2 RBI 126 TB 334
1959 5 AVG .355 H 223 OPS 1.037 SLG .636 TB 400
1957 4 HR 44 RBI 132 R 118 TB 369
1956 4 AVG .328 H 200 2B 34 TB 340
1955 1 2B 37

Batting

  led the league   23 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 ML1 NL 122 468 58 131 27 6 13 69 28 39 2 .280 .322 .447 .769
1955 ML1 NL 153 602 105 189 37 9 27 106 49 61 3 .314 .366 .540 .906
1956 ML1 NL 153 609 106 200 34 14 26 92 37 54 2 .328 .365 .558 .923
1957 ML1 NL 151 615 118 198 27 6 44 132 57 58 1 .322 .378 .600 .978
1958 ML1 NL 153 601 109 196 34 4 30 95 59 49 4 .326 .386 .546 .931
1959 ML1 NL 154 629 116 223 46 7 39 123 51 54 8 .355 .401 .636 1.037
1960 ML1 NL 153 590 102 172 20 11 40 126 60 63 16 .292 .352 .566 .919
1961 ML1 NL 155 603 115 197 39 10 34 120 56 64 21 .327 .381 .594 .974
1962 ML1 NL 156 592 127 191 28 6 45 128 66 73 15 .323 .390 .618 1.008
1963 ML1 NL 161 631 121 201 29 4 44 130 78 94 31 .319 .391 .586 .977
1964 ML1 NL 145 570 103 187 30 2 24 95 62 46 22 .328 .393 .514 .907
1965 ML1 NL 150 570 109 181 40 1 32 89 60 81 24 .318 .379 .560 .938
1966 ATL NL 158 603 117 168 23 1 44 127 76 96 21 .279 .356 .539 .895
1967 ATL NL 155 600 113 184 37 3 39 109 63 97 17 .307 .369 .573 .943
1968 ATL NL 160 606 84 174 33 4 29 86 64 62 28 .287 .354 .498 .852
1969 ATL NL 147 547 100 164 30 3 44 97 87 47 9 .300 .396 .607 1.003
1970 ATL NL 150 516 103 154 26 1 38 118 74 63 9 .298 .385 .574 .958
1971 ATL NL 139 495 95 162 22 3 47 118 71 58 1 .327 .410 .669 1.079
1972 ATL NL 129 449 75 119 10 0 34 77 92 55 4 .265 .390 .514 .904
1973 ATL NL 120 392 84 118 12 1 40 96 68 51 1 .301 .402 .643 1.045
1974 ATL NL 112 340 47 91 16 0 20 69 39 29 1 .268 .341 .491 .832
1975 ML4 AL 137 465 45 109 16 2 12 60 70 51 0 .234 .332 .355 .687
1976 ML4 AL 85 271 22 62 8 0 10 35 35 38 0 .229 .315 .369 .684
Career — — 3,298 12,364 2,174 3,771 624 98 755 2,297 1,402 1,383 240 .305 .374 .555 .928

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1954 ML1 NL OF 116 113 1031.0 223 5 7 0 235 .970 1.97
1955 ML1 NL OF 126 125 1109.2 254 9 9 2 272 .967 2.09
2B 27 26 236.1 86 84 6 23 176 .966 6.30
1956 ML1 NL OF 152 152 1349.1 316 17 13 4 346 .962 2.19
1957 ML1 NL OF 150 150 1356.1 346 9 6 0 361 .983 2.37
1958 ML1 NL OF 153 153 1361.0 305 12 5 0 322 .984 2.07
1959 ML1 NL OF 152 149 1326.2 261 12 5 3 278 .982 1.80
3B 5 5 42.0 2 10 0 0 12 1.000 2.40
1960 ML1 NL OF 153 153 1376.1 320 13 6 6 339 .982 2.18
2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.50
1961 ML1 NL OF 154 154 1367.0 377 13 7 3 397 .982 2.53
3B 2 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 4 1.000 2.00
1962 ML1 NL OF 153 153 1339.2 340 11 7 1 358 .980 2.29
1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1963 ML1 NL OF 161 161 1446.0 267 10 6 1 283 .979 1.72
1964 ML1 NL OF 139 134 1171.1 270 13 5 5 288 .983 2.04
2B 11 8 62.0 14 15 1 2 30 .967 2.64
1965 ML1 NL OF 148 148 1309.1 298 9 4 2 311 .987 2.07
1966 ATL NL OF 158 157 1355.1 315 12 4 5 331 .988 2.07
2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1967 ATL NL OF 152 152 1348.0 321 12 7 3 340 .979 2.19
2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1968 ATL NL OF 151 143 1291.1 330 13 3 2 346 .991 2.27
1B 14 14 103.0 88 7 2 8 97 .979 6.79
1969 ATL NL OF 144 142 1247.2 267 11 5 3 283 .982 1.93
1B 4 3 26.0 32 2 0 3 34 1.000 8.50
1970 ATL NL OF 125 125 1060.0 246 6 6 1 258 .977 2.02
1B 11 10 81.0 73 4 1 6 78 .987 7.00
1971 ATL NL 1B 71 70 615.0 629 38 3 56 670 .996 9.39
OF 60 59 516.0 104 2 2 0 108 .981 1.77
1972 ATL NL 1B 109 106 932.0 968 66 14 79 1,048 .987 9.49
OF 15 15 118.0 28 4 3 0 35 .914 2.13
1973 ATL NL OF 105 105 857.2 206 5 5 0 216 .977 2.01
1974 ATL NL OF 89 89 664.0 142 3 2 0 147 .986 1.63
1975 ML4 AL OF 3 3 21.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 0.67
1976 ML4 AL OF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
Career — — OF 2,760 2,735 24024.2 5,539 201 117 41 5,857 .980 2.08
— — 1B 210 203 1758.0 1,791 117 20 152 1,928 .990 9.09
— — 2B 43 34 304.1 102 99 7 25 208 .966 4.67
— — 3B 7 5 51.0 4 12 0 0 16 1.000 2.29