On this date, on April 23, 1954, in a fourteen-inning game between the Milwaukee Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, Hank Aaron would hit his first of 755 career Home Runs. The rookie Aaron went 3-for-7, bashing his first home run in the sixth inning. In that game, he also scored an insurance run when Jim Pendleton, with the bases loaded, got a pinch-hit single in the top of the 14th as the Braves would win.
It took Bobby Thompson getting injured on March 13, 1954, Milwaukee Braves left fielder to make room for Hank Aaron. Hank Aaron would spend the rest of spring training impressing the Braves, and they'd sign him to an MLB contract, assigning him the number 5.
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References:
- Krell, David. April 23, 1954: Hank Aaron hits first career home run as Braves and Cardinals battle for 14 innings via SABR: https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-23-1954-braves-and-cardinals-go-14-innings-hank-aaron-belts-his-first-homer/
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