Tuesday, October 21, 2008

third annotation

my third annotation is http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/aaronha01.php

This a good website. This website is mostly about his baseball career and things like quotes, teammates, statistics, awards, him and his brother, and his records. Here is some information from this website:

Hank aaron is a great home run hitter that eventually beat Babe Ruth's home run record. Hank Aaron played center field and right field. His major league debut is April 13, 1954. Eight other baseball players that debuted in 1954 were Bill Skowron, Frank Lary, Don Zimmer, Wally Moon, Vic Power, camilo Pascual, Ryan Duren, and Harmon Killebrew. He is ranked second among the top 50 all time at RF. He bats right. He played for Milwaukee Braves from 1954 to 1965 then Milwaukee moved to Atlanta in 1966 and played for Atlanta Braves from 1966 to 1974, and played for Milwaukee Brewers from 1975 to 1976. Hank Aaron's uniform's number is 44 and he did hit 44 homer runs in a season three times. In 1963, Hank Aaron and Willie McCovey tied for the National League home run lead with 44. The two men were both born in Mobile, Alabama, both would eventually end up in the Hall of Fame, and as members of the 500-homer club. Each man wore #44 on his uniform.
On September 23, 1957, Aaron hit an 11th inning homer off Cardinal pitcher Billy Muffett to clinch the National League pennant for the Braves - their first in Milwaukee. He had better seasons, statistically, but for all he did to help the Braves win the World Series in 1957, that was his finest season.




Hank Aaron's teammates were Bill Bruton, Rico Carty, Ralph Garr, Robin Yount, Davey Johnson, Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock, Del Crandall, George Scott,and Don McMahon. When Hank wore number 44 his teammates would say he was too slender to wear a two digit number. His brother played for the Milwaukee Braves from 1962 to 1965 and played for the Atlanta Braves from 1968 to 1971 but he was not as successful. Tommie Aaron only hit 13 career home runs. Together Hank and Tommie have highest number of career home runs by brother with 768 and Hank and Tommie were the first siblings to appear in a League Championship series together as teammates in 1969. Hank's nicknames are Hammer, Hammerin' Hank, Bad Henry. His minor league experience is Aaron hit cross-handed with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League. After the Braves bought his contract, he hit .326 in the Northern League and .362 to lead the Sally League. When Bobby Thomson broke his ankle in spring training in 1954, Aaron became a major league regular at age twenty. On June 21, 1959, in San Francisco, Aaron hit three home runs and had six RBI in a victory over the Giants. He hit two-run homers in the 1st, 6th and 7th innings, off Johnny Antonelli, Stu Miller and Gordon Jones. It was the only time in his career that Hammerin' Hank hit three homers in a game.



Quotes from Hank Aaron from this website:

"I'm not a home run hitter." — Aaron, in 1957


"When you're hitting, all pitchers look alike. I don't care too much who's throwing or what he throws. When my timing is off, I have trouble. When it isn't, I don't."

Quotes about Hank Aaron from this website:

"He thinks there's nothing he can't hit. he'll have to learn there are some pitches no hitter can afford to go for. He still has something to learn about the strike zone." — Stan Musial, in 1957

You don't try to change a hitter like Aaron. In my book he's a better hitter than Willie Mays. He's going to get better, too. He'll be the one to beat for the batting championship for ten years, maybe more. He's the first NL player since Bill Terry with something better than an outside chance to hit .400 before he's through." — Pittsburgh manager Bobby Bragan, 1957

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