<P> The Braves returned to Atlanta, and on April 8, 1974, a crowd of 53,775 people showed up for the game--a Braves attendance record . The game was also broadcast nationally on NBC . In the fourth inning, Aaron hit home run number 715 off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing . Although Dodgers outfielder Bill Buckner nearly went over the outfield wall trying to catch it, the ball landed in the Braves' bullpen, where relief pitcher Tom House caught it . While cannons were fired in celebration, two college students sprinted onto the field and jogged alongside Aaron for part of his circuit around the bases, temporarily startling him . A very youthful Craig Sager actually interviewed Aaron between third and home for a television station, WXLT (now WWSB - Channel 40) in Sarasota . As the fans cheered wildly, Aaron's parents ran onto the field as well . Braves announcer Milo Hamilton, calling the game on WSB radio, described the scene as Aaron broke the record: "Henry Aaron, in the second inning walked and scored . He's sittin' on 714 . Here's the pitch by Downing . Swinging . There's a drive into left - center field . That ball is gonna be-eee...Outta here! It's gone! It's 715! There's a new home run champion of all time, and it's Henry Aaron! The fireworks are going . Henry Aaron is coming around third . His teammates are at home plate . And listen to this crowd!" Meanwhile, Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully addressed the racial tension--or apparent lack thereof--in his call of the home run: "What a marvelous moment for baseball; what a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia; what a marvelous moment for the country and the world . A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all - time baseball idol . And it is a great moment for all of us, and particularly for Henry Aaron...And for the first time in a long time, that poker face in Aaron shows the tremendous strain and relief of what it must have been like to live with for the past several months ." On October 2, 1974, Aaron hit his 733rd and final home run as a Braves player . Thirty days later, after Aaron decided not to retire, the Braves traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers for Roger Alexander and Dave May . The trade re-united Aaron with former teammate Del Crandall, who was now managing the Brewers . On May 1, 1975, Aaron broke baseball's all - time RBI record, previously held by Ruth with 2,213 . That year, he also played in his last and 24th All - Star Game (25th All - Star Game selection); he lined out to Dave Concepción as a pinch - hitter in the second inning . This All - Star Game, like the first one he played in 1955, was before a home crowd at Milwaukee County Stadium . </P> <P> Aaron hit his 755th and final home run on July 20, 1976, at Milwaukee County Stadium off Dick Drago of the California Angels, which stood as the MLB career home run record until it was broken in 2007 by Barry Bonds . Over the course of his record - breaking 23 - year career, Aaron had a batting average of . 305 with 163 hits a season, while hitting an average of just over 32 home runs a year and knocking home 99 runs batted in (RBIs) a year . He had 100 + RBIs in a season 15 times, including a record 13 in a row . </P> <P> After the 1976 season, Aaron rejoined the Braves as an executive . On August 1, 1982, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, having received votes on 97.8 percent of the ballots, second only to Ty Cobb, who had received votes on 98.2% of the ballot in the inaugural 1936 Hall of Fame election . Aaron was then named the Braves' vice president and director of player development . This made him one of the first minorities in Major League Baseball upper - level management . </P> <P> Since December 1980, he has served as senior vice president and assistant to the Braves' president . He is the corporate vice president of community relations for TBS, a member of the company's board of directors and the vice president of business development for The Airport Network . On January 21, 2007, Major League Baseball announced the sale of the Atlanta Braves . In that announcement, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig also announced that Aaron would be playing a major role in the management of Braves, forming programs through major league baseball that will encourage the influx of minorities into baseball . Aaron founded the Hank Aaron Rookie League program . </P>

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