ATLANTA -- Baseball's Hall of Fame will unveil a bronze statue of Hank Aaron on May 23 on ... Monday on the 50th anniversary of Aaron's 715th home run, which topped the record held by Babe Ruth ...

Hank Aaron broke the career home run record held by Babe Ruth when he hit his 715th career homer against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Dowling on April 8, 1974. Fifty years later, Vin Scully's ...

ATLANTA — Hank Aaron refused to be intimidated by racist hate mail or threats during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record ... his record-breaking 715th homer on April 8, 1974.