Hank Aaron Stats
How productive was Hammerin’ Hank every time he stepped up to the plate?
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Presented in this article are Hank Aaron’s real baseball stats per official at bat. How many runs, RBI’s and home runs (HR’s) did Hammerin’ Hank get per official at bat? Presenting the stats in this manner is meant to give you a clearer picture of what on average Hank Aaron accomplished for each official at bat he had in the major leagues.
How are the stats calculated out? Simply by dividing each stat listed by official at bats. Just like you do with hits for batting average. Here we are dividing total runs scored by total official at bats to get a player’s run average, total RBI’s by total official at bats for a player’s RBI average and total HR’s by total official at bats for a player’s HR average. For example: if a player has scored 1,000 runs in 5,000 official at bats his run average would be .200. If the player had 900 RBI’s his RBI average would be .180. And if he had 200 HR’s his HR average would be .040. So on average this player would have scored a run 20% of the time, driven in a run 18% of the time and hit a HR 4% of the time he recorded an official at bat in the major leagues.
Obviously the higher the averages the better the player was. Here is a rough guide to determine how a players averages stack up.
Run Average and RBI Average – anything over .150 is good. Anything above .200 is excellent, and the very best players in history have occasionally gone over .300 in some seasons.
HR Average – anything over .055 is good. Anything above .065 is really good and anything above .075 means one of the best HR hitters of all time.
Here are the Hammerin’ Hank’s raw numbers (AB’s/runs/RBI’s/HR’s) 12364/2174/755/2297.
Hank Aaron’s Career Numbers
Run Average – .176
RBI Average – .186
HR Average – .061
So on average Hank Aaron scored a run 17.6% of the time, drove in a run 18.6% of the time and hit a HR 6.1% of the time he stepped up to the plate and had an official at bat in the major leagues. Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s longtime career home run record in 1974 and held the mark until Barry Bonds broke it in 2007. Bonds record will forever be tainted due to his steroid use.
Hammerin’ Hank was one of the most consistent players in major league history. He hit at least 20 home runs from age 21 right through age 40. A great model of consistency.
Henry Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
