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- Aaron's 15 seasons with 30+ HR are the major
league record.
- Aaron's
streak of 7 consecutive years with 30+ HR, from 1957-63, is tied for 9th all
time, while he also had a streak of 5 consecutive years, from 1969-73, and 3
consecutive years, from 1954-67.
- Aaron's
8 years with 40+ HR are tied for 2nd all time.
- Aaron
had back to back 40+ HR seasons, 1962-63.
- Aaron's
12 doubles in 1973 were the lowest in NL history, and the 2nd lowest in
major league history, by a player with 40+ HR.
- Aaron
had 2 of 11 seasons with 40+ HR & less than 100 RBI, 1969 & 1973.
- Aaron
had a 30-30 season in 1963.
- Aaron's
375 HRs during the 1960s were the 6th most ever in a decade.
- Aaron
had 4 years with a 1.000+ OPS.
- Aaron's
11 years with 100+ RBI are tied for 5th all time & are the NL record. He
had a streak of 5 consecutive years of 100+ RBI from 1959-63.
- Aaron
holds the major league record with 15 years of 100+ runs & his streak of
13 consecutive years with 100+ runs from 1955-67 is tied for the major
league record.
- Aaron
is 4th all time with 10 years with 100+ RBI & 100+ runs & is 1st in
NL history. His streak of 5 consecutive years with 100+ RBI & 100+ runs
from 1959-63 is tied for 7th all time.
- Aaron
hit 20+ HR for 20 consecutive years.
- Aaron
had 3 years with 200+ hits.
- Aaron
was 1 of 22 players with 250+ HR & 200+ SB.
- Aaron
was 1 of 5 players to have 300+ HR & 300+ doubles by the age of 30.
- Aaron
was a 5 time Babe Ruth Award winner.
- Aaron
was teammates with Eddie Mathews for 13 years, from 1954-66, which is tied
for the 2nd longest period that members of the 400+ HR were teammates.
- Aaron's
29 HR in 1968 are tied for 6th most by a player in the year in which he
reached 500 HR. Aaron was 5th in the league in the season that he reached
500 HR.
- Aaron
is tied for 3rd with 62 multi-HR games.
- It
took Aaron 2 years & 85 days to go from 400 HR to 500 HR, the 4th
shortest span in history.
- It
took Aaron 2460 games and 9566 AB to reach 3000 hits.
- Aaron
holds the record with 245 HR for the ages 35+.
- Aaron
was the 6th youngest player to reach 400 HR--32 years, 74 days.
- Aaron
was one of 13 players to hit an All Star Game HR in his home park--1972.
- Aaron's
733 HR with the Braves makes him one of 41 players to hit 300+ HR with a
single team.
- Aaron
was one of 5 players to have 300+ HR, 1000+ RBI & 1000+ R in his 1st 10
years.
- Aaron
was the only National Leaguer to reach 400 total bases in a season between
1949-1996.
- Aaron
combined with his brother, Tommie, to both hit HRs in the same inning, July
12, 1962.
- Aaron
was the 1st player to have 500 HR & 3000 hits. Willie Mays and
Eddie
Murray later accomplished this feat.
- Aaron
holds the National League record with 8 seasons of 40+ HR.
- Aaron
holds the National League record with 11 seasons of 100+ RBI.
- Aaron
was the first player ever to earn $200,000 in a season, 1972.
- Aaron
combined with Darrell Evans and Davey Johnson to become the 1st teammate
trio to hit 40+ HR in a season, 1973.
- Aaron
combined with Eddie Mathews for most career HRs by teammates, 863.
- Aaron's
record breaking HR occurred on April 8, 1974, off Al Downing of the Dodgers.
- Aaron
hit one inside the park HR - a drive to deep center off Jim Bunning, May 10,
1967, in Philadelphia.
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