Hank Aaron

CTL-E-6222 · Person · other · 1934–2021; major-league career 1954–1976

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07417 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6222.

Henry Louis Aaron, born February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama, was the baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's career home-run record and held it for more than three decades. Raised in the segregated South, he played for the semipro Mobile Black Bears and the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League before signing with the Braves organization. He reached the major leagues with Milwaukee in 1954, won the National League Most Valuable Player award and a World Series title in 1957, won batting titles in 1956 and 1959, and earned three Gold Glove Awards. The Braves moved to Atlanta after the 1965 season. Pursuing Ruth's record, Aaron and his family endured racist threats and harassment. On April 8, 1974, he hit his 715th home run. Traded to the Milwaukee Brewers, he retired after 1976 and later worked as a Braves executive and civil-rights supporter. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. He died on January 22, 2021, in Atlanta.

The record

• Also known as: Henry Louis Aaron, Hammerin' Hank, Hank Aaron (baseball)

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Scan Tail Wave 6 — 747 Program, Wave 13; sixth Scan Tail packet at the founder’s 40-record size). Gate A (2026-10-16): Gate A CLEAR (script + hand-checked 2026-10-16): no Hank Aaron entity, alias, or variant in the live graph (3,910 entities). ID CTL-E-6222 free at staging. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger — scan string #2407 (corpus-gap-candidates-2026-10-15.json), banked in the Scan Tail Wave 5 reserve (Appendix E), re-screened CLEAR against the live graph at 3,910 entities by this wave. The supply supplied the name only; every fact is sourced under CTL-GOV-004. SCOPE GATE: National record (Mobile, Milwaukee, Atlanta); no Chicago playing home. Carried for the graph's national Black sports canon; the Indianapolis Clowns Negro-league start is the record's Black-baseball anchor. Vital status: Born February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama (both opened sources). Died January 22, 2021 (Britannica Kids gives the full date; the Hall of Fame report gives Friday, Jan. 22, age 86). Deceased — verified. STATISTICS — Counted from opened sources only, 2026-10-16. Hall of Fame: 755 home runs, 2,297 RBI, 2,174 runs, 3,771 hits, .305 average; 715th home run April 8, 1974. Britannica Kids: 755 home runs, 1,477 extra-base hits, 2,297 RBIs, .305 average — it does NOT state a hits total, so no hits figure is attributed to it. The headline totals agree across both sources (755 / 2,297); no stat conflict on totals. FRAMING CONFLICT: the Hall of Fame page says Aaron signed with the Indianapolis Clowns in 1951 and signed with the Boston Braves the following year; Britannica Kids says his professional career began in 1952 with the Clowns and that in 1954 he joined the Boston Braves — the Braves had in fact moved to Milwaukee before 1954, and the Hall page itself places his 1954 debut in Milwaukee. The Clowns/Braves signing years are therefore carried as a conflict, not blended. MEDIA: photo HELD (HELD — candidate: National Baseball Hall of Fame photograph Aaron Hank 700-76_FL_NBL (header image on the opened Hall of Fame Aaron page). No license claimed or verified; HELD under CTL-PHOTO-001 pending a file-level record.); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-6222-hank-aaron.svg); video HELD (Checked the CTL Shorts Link Map (shorts-link-map-2026-10-15.json, 233 entries) by name and title on 2026-10-16: no Hank Aaron entry and no Aaron near-miss. Video HELD.); audio HELD (no rights-cleared matching-entity audio staged); map N/A. MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created chart (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record’s sourced statistics and timeline fact) | video = HELD (Checked the CTL Shorts Link Map (shorts-link-map-2026-10-15.json, 233 entries) by name and title on 2026-10-16) | audio = HELD (HELD: No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio exists at staging.)

Referenced by

• Toni Stone — related to → this record

Sources

• National Baseball Hall of Fame, Hank Aaron's consistent brilliance made him an icon (accessed 2026-10-16) — Born Feb. 5, 1934, Mobile, Ala.; died Friday, Jan. 22 (age 86); Indianapolis Clowns and Boston Braves signing; Milwaukee debut 1954; 1957 MVP and World Series; batting titles 1956 and 1959; three Gold Gloves; 715th home run Apr. 8, 1974 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium; career 755 home runs, 2,297 RBI, 3,771 hits, .305 average; elected to Hall of Fame 1982 — https://baseballhall.org/discover/aarons-consistent-brilliance-earned-him-fame-and-respect (primary source · build store)
• Britannica Kids, Hank Aaron (accessed 2026-10-16) — Born February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama; professional career began 1952 with Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League; 715th home run Apr. 8, 1974 broke Ruth's 714; retired after 1976 with .305 average, 755 home runs, 1,477 extra-base hits, 2,297 RBIs; Hall of Fame Jan. 13, 1982; Presidential Medal of Freedom 2002; died January 22, 2021; civil-rights activist; threats during the record chase — https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Hank-Aaron/352693 (build store)

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