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The most home runs in a derby was 25, in the Jackie Jensen vs. Ernie Banks contest (14–11), while the fewest was four, in the Hank Aaron vs. Duke Snider contest (3–1). [ 3 ] Jensen's 14 home runs against Banks were the most a player hit in a single contest.
Aaron established the record for most seasons with thirty or more home runs in the National League. On April 27, 1971, Aaron hit his 600th career home run, the third major league player ever to do so. [49] On July 13, Aaron hit a home run in the All-Star Game (played at Detroit's Tiger Stadium) for the first time. [50]
This was his longest and last tenure as announcer. [3] He spent two years as the number-two announcer behind longtime Astros voice Gene Elston (another native Iowan). After Elston was criticized for his lackluster call of the 1986 NL West clinching no-hitter by Mike Scott, he was let go, and Hamilton became the Astros main announcer from 1987 ...
The Atlanta Braves will mark the 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s 715th home run on Monday. ATLANTA (AP) — Hank Aaron refused to be intimidated by racist hate mail or threats during his ...
Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run 50 years ago. An Athens author's book relives the night, when he was 24-year-old sports editor watching history Athens author's new book relives the night
This was Bonds' 734th career homer (26th for the season), which broke Hank Aaron's record for National League home runs. (Aaron hit his last 21 homers as an American League player.) Eventually on August 4, 2007, Flemming was able to call Bonds' record-tying 755th home run in San Diego on the radio against the San Diego Padres. On July 14, 2006 ...
Hank Aaron refused to be intimidated by racist hate mail or threats during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record. Aaron's teammates, including Dusty Baker, worried on his behalf even as the ...
REUTERSIt never took Hank Aaron long to circle the bases after he had hit another of the home runs that became both his signature and his burden. Even on that April night in 1974 when he smote his ...