Bat used by Hank Aaron in the 1957 All-Star Game
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: user
content: Aaron, Hank
label: maker
content: Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This bat was used by Hank Aaron in the 1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, held at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
label: Description
content: Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (b.1934) first began playing professional baseball as a teenage shortstop for the Negro League's Indianapolis Clowns.
label: Description
content: Aaron joined Major League Baseball in 1952, signing a contract with the National League's Milwaukee Braves. Aaron played right-field for the Braves for almost the entirety of major league tenure, following the club in its move to Atlanta in 1966. In 1975 he returned to Milwaukee as a member of the city's new team, the Brewers, for his final season.
label: Description
content: On April 8, 1974, Aaron hit his record setting 715th home run, besting the mark set by Babe Ruth, who last set the record in 1935. Finishing his career with 755, "The Hammer" was baseball's home run king until 2007, when he was overtaken by Barry Bonds.
label: Description
content: Aaron's on-field exploits fill baseball's record books. Finishing his career with a .305 batting average, the 25 time all-star still holds records for most total bases (6,856) and RBI (2,297.) Besides being second in all-time home runs, Aaron is currently third all-time in hits (3,771) and in games played (3,298.)
label: Description
content: Aaron dealt with racism throughout his career. As he neared Ruth's mark, he received thousands of letters daily, much of it hate mail, including threats to his life. In 1976, Aaron was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP for outstanding achievement by an African American. Inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, Aaron was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush in 2002.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
label: event
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Thomas Tull
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0084.06
label: model number
content: A93
label: accession number
content: 2017.0084
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0084.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball bat
label: Object Name
content: bat, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 2 in; 87.63 cm x 5.08 cm