Object Details
- depicted
- Aaron, Hank
- referenced
- Atlanta Braves
- Description
- This button either commemorates major league baseball player Henry Hank Aaron. The button likely refers to Aaron's setting MLB's home run record in 1974, or his retirement in 1976.
- 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.
- Hammerin' Hank 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.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lou Newman
- ca 1974
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.027
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.027
- Object Name
- button, baseball
- baseball button
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: Georgia, Atlanta
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Baseball
- level of sport
- Professional
- Record ID
- nmah_1427876
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-28b2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
