Hank Aaron (Baseball legends) [Paperback]

James Tackach (Author)

Book Description

Series: Baseball legends

A biography of Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791011992
• ISBN-13: 978-0791011997
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,873,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Baseball fans from 8 to 80 . A real treasure!, August 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hank Aaron (Baseball Legends) (Hardcover)

I highly recomend this quality of literature for all sports fans. Facts, dates, and personal life history are all included in a quality book which I read from cover to cover. I haver now directed my efforts to add the complete series of Baseball Legends to my library of great sports books.

5.0 out of 5 stars THE HOMERUN KING, March 31, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Hank Aaron (Baseball Legends) (Hardcover)

The book hank Aaron was published in 1992 and written by James tackach. This book was written to tell people about hank Aaron and his life as a person and professional baseball player. He was not just any player though; he was one of the greatest people ever to play the game. He started his career as a 22-year-old rookie and finished at the age 45. and this is his story.
He started out playing for the Milwaukee where he was abused for being African American and being exceptionally good. He was abused for going on track to beating babe ruths homerun record (who was not only of a white race but also was known as the homerun king at that time). He also won the outfield golden glove award for playing outstanding outfield. He not only played baseball for the Milwaukee braves he also went to the Atlanta braves and then backs to Milwaukee to play for the brewers (they changed their mascot).
Henry Aaron's stats or hank Aaron were amazing, he once had a .300 batting average for 14 games in a row and many people don't come across that. In his career he averaged 33 homeruns a season and 100 RBI's, which is astounding, but he became a legend and hero on April 8, 1974 when he beat babe Ruth's homerun record and became the homerun king. Hank had 715 and the babe had 714. This is what put Henry (hank) Aaron in the hall of fame and made him a hero to people everywhere.
Hank Aaron went on to end his career as the homerun king by hitting 755 homeruns and beating the babe by 41, and no one has beat him since.