What years did Hank Aaron play?

Hank Aaron played in Major League Baseball from 1954 to 1976.

Was Hank Aaron a pitcher?

No. Hank Aaron was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Hank Aaron hit?

Hank Aaron hit 755 career home runs with 3,771 hits.

What teams did Hank Aaron play for?

Hank Aaron played for 2 teams: the Atlanta Braves (1954–1974) and the Milwaukee Brewers (1975–1976).

How many MVP awards did Hank Aaron win?

Hank Aaron won 1 MVP award, in 1957.

What awards did Hank Aaron win?

Hank Aaron won the MVP award (1957) and 3 Gold Gloves (1958, 1959, and 1960). He was selected to 21 All-Star Games.

What were Hank Aaron's career stats?

In 3,298 games, Hank Aaron had 3,771 hits, 755 home runs, 2,297 RBI, 2,174 runs, and 240 stolen bases, with a .305 batting average.

What position did Hank Aaron play?

Hank Aaron played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Hank Aaron and how much did he weigh?

Hank Aaron was listed at 6 feet and 180 pounds.

How many home runs did Hank Aaron hit each season?

Hank Aaron's home runs by season: 13 in 1954, 27 in 1955, 26 in 1956, 44 in 1957, 30 in 1958, 39 in 1959, 40 in 1960, 34 in 1961, 45 in 1962, 44 in 1963, 24 in 1964, 32 in 1965, 44 in 1966, 39 in 1967, 29 in 1968, 44 in 1969, 38 in 1970, 47 in 1971, 34 in 1972, 40 in 1973, 20 in 1974, 12 in 1975, and 10 in 1976. His most in one season was 47, in 1971.

What was Hank Aaron's career batting average?

Hank Aaron batted .305 over his career, with 3,771 hits in 12,364 at bats.

How many RBI did Hank Aaron have?

Hank Aaron drove in 2,297 runs in his career.

How many All-Star Games did Hank Aaron make?

Hank Aaron was selected to 21 All-Star Games.

Hank Aaron

Outfielder · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1954-1976)

Hank Aaron was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1954 to 1976 for the Milwaukee Braves, the Atlanta Braves, and the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 23 seasons. In 3,298 career games, he hit .305 with 3,771 hits, 755 home runs, and 2,297 RBI. Hank Aaron was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 and was a 21-time All-Star, an MVP, and a 3-time Gold Glove. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 78,640.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 24, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1982

AVG .305

HR 755

RBI 2,297

H 3,771

OPS .928

PIV 78,640

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 180 lb
Born: 2/5/1934 in Mobile, AL, USA
Died: 1/22/2021 in Atlanta, GA, USA
MLB Debut: 1954-04-13
Last Game: 1976-10-03
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1982 (BBWAA)
Awards: 21× All-Star · MVP · 3× Gold Glove

Full name: Henry Louis Aaron

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Career Batting Statistics

Hank Aaron — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
3,298	12,364	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	240	1,402	1,383	.305	.374	.555	.928	78,640

Career AVG .305 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — +20.8% above league average.

Career OBP .374 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — +16.9% above league average.

Career SLG .555 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — +47.4% above league average.

Career OPS .928 vs. league average .696 across their career seasons — +33.4% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Hank Aaron Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1954	ML1	NL	122	468	58	131	27	6	13	69	2	28	39	.280	.261 (+7%)	.333 (-3%)	.390 (+14%)	.723 (+6%)	391.8
1955	ML1	NL	153	602	105	189	37	9	27	106	3	49	61	.314	.258 (+21%)	.332 (+10%)	.393 (+37%)	.726 (+25%)	2869.5
1956	ML1	NL	153	609	106	200	34	14	26	92	2	37	54	.328	.258 (+27%)	.331 (+10%)	.397 (+40%)	.728 (+27%)	3014.3
1957	ML1	NL	151	615	118	198	27	6	44	132	1	57	58	.322	.257 (+25%)	.323 (+17%)	.391 (+53%)	.715 (+37%)	4430.5
1958	ML1	NL	153	601	109	196	34	4	30	95	4	59	49	.326	.257 (+26%)	.324 (+19%)	.394 (+38%)	.719 (+30%)	3605.4
1959	ML1	NL	154	629	116	223	46	7	39	123	8	51	54	.355	.256 (+38%)	.323 (+24%)	.392 (+62%)	.715 (+45%)	5508.8
1960	ML1	NL	153	590	102	172	20	11	40	126	16	60	63	.292	.255 (+14%)	.323 (+9%)	.387 (+46%)	.711 (+29%)	3207.1
1961	ML1	NL	155	603	115	197	39	10	34	120	21	56	64	.327	.258 (+26%)	.328 (+16%)	.399 (+49%)	.727 (+34%)	3954.6
1962	ML1	NL	156	592	127	191	28	6	45	128	15	66	73	.323	.257 (+25%)	.326 (+20%)	.393 (+57%)	.719 (+40%)	4727.8
1963	ML1	NL	161	631	121	201	29	4	44	130	31	78	94	.319	.246 (+29%)	.308 (+26%)	.371 (+58%)	.680 (+44%)	5382.4
1964	ML1	NL	145	570	103	187	30	2	24	95	22	62	46	.328	.250 (+31%)	.312 (+26%)	.377 (+36%)	.690 (+31%)	3552.7
1965	ML1	NL	150	570	109	181	40	1	32	89	24	60	81	.318	.245 (+29%)	.310 (+22%)	.371 (+51%)	.682 (+37%)	4017.9
1966	ATL	NL	158	603	117	168	23	1	44	127	21	76	96	.279	.248 (+12%)	.309 (+15%)	.376 (+43%)	.685 (+30%)	3591.7
1967	ATL	NL	155	600	113	184	37	3	39	109	17	63	97	.307	.242 (+27%)	.306 (+20%)	.357 (+60%)	.663 (+42%)	4603.4
1968	ATL	NL	160	606	84	174	33	4	29	86	28	64	62	.287	.236 (+21%)	.298 (+18%)	.340 (+46%)	.638 (+33%)	3636.0
1969	ATL	NL	147	547	100	164	30	3	44	97	9	87	47	.300	.248 (+21%)	.320 (+24%)	.369 (+64%)	.689 (+45%)	4882.7
1970	ATL	NL	150	516	103	154	26	1	38	118	9	74	63	.298	.253 (+18%)	.325 (+18%)	.385 (+49%)	.711 (+35%)	3609.0
1971	ATL	NL	139	495	95	162	22	3	47	118	1	71	58	.327	.249 (+31%)	.316 (+29%)	.365 (+83%)	.682 (+58%)	5454.2
1972	ATL	NL	129	449	75	119	10	0	34	77	4	92	55	.265	.243 (+9%)	.310 (+25%)	.353 (+45%)	.664 (+36%)	3304.5
1973	ATL	NL	120	392	84	118	12	1	40	96	1	68	51	.301	.256 (+17%)	.325 (+24%)	.378 (+70%)	.703 (+48%)	3684.7
1974	ATL	NL	112	340	47	91	16	0	20	69	1	39	29	.268	.256 (+4%)	.324 (+5%)	.369 (+33%)	.693 (+20%)	1215.5
1975	ML4	AL	137	465	45	109	16	2	12	60	0	70	51	.234	.257 (-9%)	.327 (+1%)	.374 (-5%)	.701 (-2%)	-61.5
1976	ML4	AL	85	271	22	62	8	0	10	35	0	35	38	.229	.255 (-10%)	.320 (-2%)	.360 (+2%)	.681 (avg)	56.8
Career · 23 seasons			3,298	12,364	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	240	1,402	1,383	.305	—	—	—	—	78,640

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Hank Aaron — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	69	11	25	4	1	6	16	5	13	.362

Playoff Batting by Year

Hank Aaron — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1969	NLCS	ATL	3	14	3	5	2	0	3	7	0	1	.357
1958	WS	ML1	7	27	3	9	2	0	0	2	4	6	.333
1957	WS	ML1	7	28	5	11	0	1	3	7	1	6	.393

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Hank Aaron — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1646	5966	1081	1811	385	1117	.304
Away	1650	6392	1093	1958	370	1180	.306

Last 10 Games — Batting

Hank Aaron — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1976-10-03	MIL	DET	L	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
1976-09-29	MIL	BAL	W	4	1	1	1	0	0	0
1976-09-22	MIL	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976-09-20	MIL	NYY	W	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
1976-09-17	MIL	NYY	L	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976-09-16	MIL	BOS	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
1976-09-15	MIL	BOS	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
1976-09-09	MIL	NYY	L	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
1976-08-27	MIL	CHW	L	4	0	1	0	1	0	1
1976-08-24	MIL	TEX	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Hank Aaron — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	210	203	1791	117	20	152
2B	43	34	102	99	7	25
3B	7	5	4	12	0	0
OF	2760	2735	5539	201	117	41

Season-by-Season Fielding

Hank Aaron — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1954	ML1	OF	116	113	223	5	7	0
1955	ML1	2B	27	26	86	84	6	23
1955	ML1	OF	126	125	254	9	9	2
1956	ML1	OF	152	152	316	17	13	4
1957	ML1	OF	150	150	346	9	6	0
1958	ML1	OF	153	153	305	12	5	0
1959	ML1	3B	5	5	2	10	0	0
1959	ML1	OF	152	149	261	12	5	3
1960	ML1	2B	2	0	1	0	0	0
1960	ML1	OF	153	153	320	13	6	6
1961	ML1	3B	2	0	2	2	0	0
1961	ML1	OF	154	154	377	13	7	3
1962	ML1	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1962	ML1	OF	153	153	340	11	7	1
1963	ML1	OF	161	161	267	10	6	1
1964	ML1	2B	11	8	14	15	1	2
1964	ML1	OF	139	134	270	13	5	5
1965	ML1	OF	148	148	298	9	4	2
1966	ATL	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
1966	ATL	OF	158	157	315	12	4	5
1967	ATL	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1967	ATL	OF	152	152	321	12	7	3
1968	ATL	1B	14	14	88	7	2	8
1968	ATL	OF	151	143	330	13	3	2
1969	ATL	1B	4	3	32	2	0	3
1969	ATL	OF	144	142	267	11	5	3
1970	ATL	1B	11	10	73	4	1	6
1970	ATL	OF	125	125	246	6	6	1
1971	ATL	1B	71	70	629	38	3	56
1971	ATL	OF	60	59	104	2	2	0
1972	ATL	1B	109	106	968	66	14	79
1972	ATL	OF	15	15	28	4	3	0
1973	ATL	OF	105	105	206	5	5	0
1974	ATL	OF	89	89	142	3	2	0
1975	ML4	OF	3	3	2	0	0	0
1976	ML4	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Hank Aaron Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	210
Second Base	43
Third Base	7
Left Field	315
Center Field	308
Right Field	2174
Designated Hitter	201

Awards & Honors

Hank Aaron — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1974	Player of the Week	Week of 1974-04-12
1973	Player of the Week	Week of 1973-07-20
1973	Player of the Week	Week of 1973-08-17
1973	Player of the Week	Week of 1973-09-07
1971	TSN All-Star	OF
1970	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1970	TSN All-Star	OF
1969	TSN All-Star	OF
1967	TSN All-Star	OF
1965	TSN All-Star	OF
1963	TSN All-Star	OF
1963	TSN Player of the Year
1960	Gold Glove	RF
1959	Gold Glove	RF
1959	TSN All-Star	OF
1958	Gold Glove	RF
1958	TSN All-Star	OF
1957	Most Valuable Player
1956	TSN All-Star	OF
1956	TSN Player of the Year

Award Voting History

Hank Aaron — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1973	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	35.0	336	0
1972	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	12.0	336	0
1971	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	180.0	336	0
1970	Most Valuable Player	NL	17th	16.0	336	0
1969	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	188.0	336	2
1968	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	19.0	280	0
1967	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	79.0	280	0
1966	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	57.0	280	0
1965	Most Valuable Player	NL	7th	58.0	280	0
1964	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	22.0	280	0
1963	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	135.0	280	1
1962	Most Valuable Player	NL	6th	72.0	280	0
1961	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	39.0	224	0
1960	Most Valuable Player	NL	11th	49.0	336	0
1959	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	174.0	336	2
1958	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	166.0	336	0
1957	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	239.0	336	9
1956	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	146.0	336	0
1955	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	36.0	336	0
1954	Rookie of the Year	NL	4th	1.0	24	1

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Hank Aaron: the record in brief

Hank Aaron played a first major league game on April 13, 1954 and a last one on October 3, 1976. Aaron played for the Milwaukee Braves (1954 to 1965), the Atlanta Braves (1966 through 1974), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1975 to 1976). The bio lists Aaron as an outfielder who both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6-foot-0 and 180 pounds. Aaron was born on February 5, 1934, in Mobile, AL, USA. Aaron died on January 22, 2021, in Atlanta, GA, USA. Aaron's full given name, per the bio, is Henry Louis Aaron.

In 3,298 games and 12,364 at bats, Aaron batted .305 with 3,771 hits; the totals also include 755 home runs, 2,297 runs batted in, and 240 stolen bases. Aaron's career OPS of .928 combines a .374 on-base mark with .555 slugging. Set against a .252 league average for the same years, Aaron's .305 average sits 20.8% above it. 1971 was Aaron's biggest home run year, with 47.

Frequently Asked Questions about Hank Aaron

What years did Hank Aaron play?: Hank Aaron played in Major League Baseball from 1954 to 1976.
Was Hank Aaron a pitcher?: No. Hank Aaron was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Hank Aaron hit?: Hank Aaron hit 755 career home runs with 3,771 hits.
Is Hank Aaron in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Hank Aaron was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
What teams did Hank Aaron play for?: Hank Aaron played for 2 teams: the Atlanta Braves (1954–1974) and the Milwaukee Brewers (1975–1976).
How many MVP awards did Hank Aaron win?: Hank Aaron won 1 MVP award, in 1957.
What awards did Hank Aaron win?: Hank Aaron won the MVP award (1957) and 3 Gold Gloves (1958, 1959, and 1960). He was selected to 21 All-Star Games.
What were Hank Aaron's career stats?: In 3,298 games, Hank Aaron had 3,771 hits, 755 home runs, 2,297 RBI, 2,174 runs, and 240 stolen bases, with a .305 batting average.
What position did Hank Aaron play?: Hank Aaron played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Hank Aaron and how much did he weigh?: Hank Aaron was listed at 6 feet and 180 pounds.
How many home runs did Hank Aaron hit each season?: Hank Aaron's home runs by season: 13 in 1954, 27 in 1955, 26 in 1956, 44 in 1957, 30 in 1958, 39 in 1959, 40 in 1960, 34 in 1961, 45 in 1962, 44 in 1963, 24 in 1964, 32 in 1965, 44 in 1966, 39 in 1967, 29 in 1968, 44 in 1969, 38 in 1970, 47 in 1971, 34 in 1972, 40 in 1973, 20 in 1974, 12 in 1975, and 10 in 1976. His most in one season was 47, in 1971.
What was Hank Aaron's career batting average?: Hank Aaron batted .305 over his career, with 3,771 hits in 12,364 at bats.
How many RBI did Hank Aaron have?: Hank Aaron drove in 2,297 runs in his career.
How many All-Star Games did Hank Aaron make?: Hank Aaron was selected to 21 All-Star Games.