Aaron passed the great Babe Ruth with his 715th home run in April of 1974, and needless to say was the man of the hour when this card would have come out in 1975.
Of course, the man was such a legend of the game that he’s more than just the 715th homer. It’s easy to forget that he totaled 3771 hits, 2174 runs, 2297 runs batted in and finished his career above .300 with a .307 number over his 23 seasons in the Major Leagues.
The man was an all-star 21 years in a row, while taking home the National League MVP in 1957, with seven top-5 finishes as well.
“Hammerin’ Hank” topped 20 homer 20 consecutive years, topped 100-RBIs eleven times, copped two batting titles and scored over 100 runs an incredible 15 times!
I love just bringing up his career on Baseball-Reference to gawk at the incredible numbers year after year, even decade after decade.
Just amazing.
