Aaron broke the record of 714 home runs that had stood since Ruth circled the bases for the final time on May 25, 1935. And ...

1974 - Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth with his 715th home run off of Dodgers’ pitcher Al Downing at Fulton County Stadium. The ...

Alphabetically and arithmetically, what could be finer than having "Aaron, Hank" as the first name listed ... In the fourth inning, he ripped an Al Downing pitch into the Braves bullpen, where ...

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron, of the Atlanta Braves, broke Babe Ruth's home run record with his 715th career homer. Aaron the 'Hammer' would go on to finish his career with a total of 755 runs.

1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los Angeles ...

But that was not the case with Hank Aaron ... The New York Times interviewed and quoted Al Downing, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher off whom Aaron hit his landmark 715th homer: "Remember what ...

“Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron had finished the 1973 season just one shy of Ruth. He tied Ruth on Opening Day in Cincinnati. And when ...