Question 1

True or false: Aaron was traded from the Milwaukee Braves to the Atlanta Braves in 1966.

Accepted Answer

False. The Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta before the 1966 season, and Aaron stayed with the franchise.

Question 2

True or false: Hank Aaron finished his MLB career with 755 home runs.

Accepted Answer

True. Hank Aaron's 755 career home runs were the most in MLB history from 1974 until Barry Bonds passed him in 2007.

Question 3

True or false: Hank Aaron once hit a game-winning home run in the World Series to clinch the title.

Accepted Answer

False. He hit a walk-off homer in Game 4 of the 1957 World Series, but that only tied the series; the Braves clinched in Game 7 without a clinching Aaron homer.

Question 4

True or false: Hank Aaron hit more than 30 home runs in every season from 1955 to 1973.

Accepted Answer

False. He hit 27 homers in 1955, 26 in 1956, and exactly 30 in 1958. The requirement was more than 30, so the stretch is false.

Question 5

True or false: Hank Aaron never struck out more than 100 times in a single season.

Accepted Answer

True. His highest strikeout total was 97 in 1965. He was famously contact-oriented throughout his career.

Question 6

True or false: Hank Aaron never led the National League in home runs in a single season.

Accepted Answer

True. Despite his 755 career homers, he led the NL in home runs only once, in 1957 with 44.

Question 7

True or false: Aaron's final career home run came in 1976, off a pitcher named Dick Drago.

Accepted Answer

True. Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final career home run on July 20, 1976, off California Angels pitcher Dick Drago.

Question 8

True or false: Aaron was the first player to reach 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases.

Accepted Answer

False. He had 3,771 hits but only 240 stolen bases; Willie Mays achieved 3,000 hits and 300 steals first.

Hank Aaron Trivia Questions