ATLANTA (AP) — The baseball great and one-time home run king Hank Aaron has died.
The Atlanta Braves said he died peacefully in his sleep early Friday.
No cause was given.
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Aaron endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era.
“Hammerin’ Hank” set a wide array of records during a 23-year career spent mostly with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, including RBIs, extra-base hits and total bases.
But the Hall of Famer will be remembered for one swing above all others, the one that made him baseball’s home-run king., died early Friday.
Hank Aaron was 86.
Over the following 22 seasons, Aaron would earn 25 All-Star nods, with three Gold Gloves, a pair of batting titles, a World Series Championship in 1957 (a season in which he was also the MVP), and set a new Major League record with 755 home runs.https://t.co/9MKZa2HBMg
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