MLB / Players

Hank Aaron

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 180 lb

BornFebruary 5, 1934 · Mobile, AL, USA

MLB debutApril 13, 1954

Final gameOctober 3, 1976

Seasons23 (1954–1976)

Milwaukee Braves 1954–1965; Atlanta Braves 1966–1974; Milwaukee Brewers 1975–1976

Percentile snapshot

1975 season — qualified batters

137

26.8

543

23.6

465

13.4

3.1

109

6.3

13.4

54.3

RBI

45.7

69.3

86.6

.234

7.9

OBP

.332

36.2

SLG

.355

24.4

OPS

.687

24.4

wRC+

96.7

29.9

OPS+

94.0

27.6

wOBA

.324

sWAR

0.1

7.9

of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

154.0

98.5

OPS+

155.5

98.5

sWAR

121.2

100

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1954	122	509	468	58	131	27	6	13	69	28	39	2	2	.280	.322	.447	.769	103.1	106.5	.339	1.3
1955	153	665	602	105	189	37	9	27	106	49	61	3	1	.314	.366	.540	.906	144.3	144.7	.394	5.2
1956	153	660	609	106	200	34	14	26	92	37	54	2	4	.328	.365	.558	.923	152.6	152.5	.398	5.7
1957	151	675	615	118	198	27	6	44	132	57	58	1	1	.322	.378	.600	.978	165.8	169.1	.416	7.3
1958	153	664	601	109	196	34	4	30	95	59	49	4	1	.326	.386	.546	.931	152.5	155.2	.401	5.9
1959	154	693	629	116	223	46	7	39	123	51	54	8	0	.355	.401	.636	1.037	178.6	183.5	.441	8.3
1960	153	664	590	102	172	20	11	40	126	60	63	16	7	.292	.352	.566	.919	151.0	156.6	.393	5.6
1961	155	671	603	115	197	39	10	34	120	56	64	21	9	.327	.381	.594	.974	155.1	162.0	.412	6.5
1962	156	667	592	127	191	28	6	45	128	66	73	15	7	.323	.390	.618	1.008	166.2	171.0	.433	7.5
1963	161	714	631	121	201	29	4	44	130	78	94	31	5	.319	.391	.586	.977	180.3	179.5	.425	8.4
1964	145	634	570	103	187	30	2	24	95	62	46	22	4	.328	.393	.514	.907	156.6	153.1	.403	5.8
1965	150	639	570	109	181	40	1	32	89	60	81	24	4	.318	.379	.560	.938	161.5	161.0	.410	6.1
1966	158	688	603	117	168	23	1	44	127	76	96	21	3	.279	.356	.539	.895	141.9	143.1	.386	5.0
1967	155	669	600	113	184	37	3	39	109	63	97	17	6	.307	.369	.573	.943	166.8	167.7	.413	6.8
1968	160	676	606	84	174	33	4	29	86	64	62	28	5	.287	.354	.498	.852	153.2	153.8	.380	5.4
1969	147	639	547	100	164	30	3	44	97	87	47	9	10	.300	.396	.607	1.003	175.3	177.4	.439	7.1
1970	150	598	516	103	154	26	1	38	118	74	63	9	0	.298	.385	.574	.958	145.2	147.9	.416	4.6
1971	139	573	495	95	162	22	3	47	118	71	58	1	1	.327	.410	.669	1.079	194.6	193.3	.466	7.3
1972	129	544	449	75	119	10	0	34	77	92	55	4	0	.265	.390	.514	.904	148.8	145.2	.405	3.8
1973	120	465	392	84	118	12	1	40	96	68	51	1	1	.301	.402	.643	1.045	176.4	176.7	.453	5.3
1974	112	382	340	47	91	16	0	20	69	39	29	1	0	.268	.341	.491	.832	125.6	127.3	.378	2.0
1975	137	543	465	45	109	16	2	12	60	70	51	0	1	.234	.332	.355	.687	96.7	94.0	.324	0.1
1976	85	308	271	22	62	8	0	10	35	35	38	0	1	.229	.315	.369	.684	103.5	101.5	.324	0.3

Career totals

3,298

3rd-most career G

13,940

3rd-most career PA

12,364

2nd-most career AB

2,174

4th-most career R

3,771

3rd-most career H

624

14th-most career 2B

168th-most career 3B

755

2nd-most career HR

RBI

2,297

Most career RBI of all time

1,402

27th-most career BB

1,383

129th-most career SO

240

263rd-most career SB

.3050

161st-highest career batting average

OBP

.3739

249th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5545

26th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9284

48th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1962-05-03	ATL @ PHI Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	2	3	13
1960-09-30	ATL @ PIT Gameday	6	3	4	2	0	2	5	12
1959-06-21	ATL @ SF Gameday	6	3	3	0	0	3	6	12
1966-06-08	ATL @ NYM Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	2	6	11
1968-07-07	HOU @ ATL Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	2	4	11

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1954-05-04	PIT @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954-05-07	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954-05-13	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954-05-14	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954-05-18	ATL @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1982 (BBWAA)

3× Gold Glove1× Most Valuable Player21× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.