There have been others who were thought to have been the man to break Babe Ruth's career home run mark of 714. Some said it would be Jimmie Foxx, others swore Mickey Mantle was the guy. Willie Mays gave it a good run but it was Hank Aaron whose steady tally of season homers eventually eclipsed The Babe. Aged 39 in 1973, Hank hit 40 homers but ended the season one shy of tying Ruth. 1974 began with the eyes of every baseball fan on Hank Aaron. This would be the year the most hallowed record in sports would fall. He sent the first pitch he saw of the 1974 season into the stands for number 714 and then a few days later he set the new career record by hitting 715 off Al Downing. Every home run he hit from then on was the new record.

     During the last two seasons of Aaron’s career, which he returned to Milwaukee, where his career began, to play with the relatively new team - the Brewers of the American League. Aaron capped off his career by adding 22 home runs in the 1975 and 1976 seasons combined to finish what was then a MLB record 755 home runs. This Adirondack model 63A bat was made for Aaron during his final two seasons with the Brewers and is game ready. This un-cracked bat has some flaking to the original finish on the barrel. The model number “63A is stamped to the knob and Aaron’s number “44” is hand written in black marker on both the knob and barrel end. According to PSA/DNA’s LOA “The bat was originally obtained from Rick Napholz who was the assistant equipment manager for the Milwaukee Brewers during Aaron’s two years stint, 1975-1976, with the team.” This bat comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (1B05433).

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