Hank Aaron Home Run Logs

Hank Aaron can be described simply and completely as the home run king. A lifetime of significant home runs including the passing of Willie Mays for all time National League leader and the passing of Babe Ruth to become baseball's all-time home run king.

"More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager." - Walt Alston
Hank Aaron

Significant Home Runs

1 04-23-1954 Vic Raschi St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis
100 08-15-1957 Don Gross Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati
200 07-03-1960 Ron Kline St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis
300 04-19-1963 Roger Craig New York Mets New York
400 04-20-1966 Bo Belinsky Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia
500 07-14-1968 Mike McCormick San Francisco Giants Atlanta
600 04-27-1971 Gaylord Perry San Francisco Giants Atlanta
649 06-10-1972 Wayne Twitchell Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia
700 07-21-1973 Ken Brett Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta
714 04-04-1974 Jack Billingham Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati
715 04-08-1974 Al Downing Los Angeles Dodgers Atlanta
755 07-20-1976 Dick Drago California Angels Milwaukee
Hank Aaron Significant Home Runs


Number six-hundred forty-nine (649) was hit on June 10, 1972 and it is significant because it passed Willie Mays and made Hank Aaron the all-time home run leader in the National League.

Home run number seven-hundred fourteen (714) tied Babe Ruth and seven-hundred fifteen (715) made Hank Aaron the all-time home run leader in the Major Leagues.

Eddie Mathews once said, "I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing — ten (10) years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there."