Atlanta Salutes Hank Aaron button
date: label: date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: depicted
content: Aaron, Hank
label: referenced
content: Atlanta Braves
notes: label: Description
content: This button either commemorates major league baseball player Henry <i>Hank </i> Aaron. The button likely refers to Aaron's setting MLB's home run record in 1974, or his retirement in 1976.
label: Description
content: In 1954 Aaron left the Negro Leagues to join Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves (soon to become the Atlanta Braves: the team relocating in 1966.) He was traded to the Brewers in 1975, finishing his career the following season.
label: Description
content: <i>Hammerin' Hank</i> was one of the most dominant players in league history. He was a 25 time All-Star, finishing with a lifetime batting average of .305, having 3,771 hits and 2,297 R.B.I.s.
label: Description
content: His 755 home runs surpassed Babe Ruth's career total of 714, set in 1935 . Aaron held on to home run record until 2007, when it was surpassed by Barry Bonds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Georgia, Atlanta
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.027
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm