Editing Hank Aaron (section)

====Prime of his career====
[[File:Hank Aaron 1960.png|thumb|upright|Aaron with the Milwaukee Braves in 1960]]
Aaron hit .314 with 27 home runs and 106 RBI in 153 games in 1955. He was named to the NL All-Star roster for the first time; it was the first of a record 21 All-Star selections and first of a record 25 [[All-star game|All-Star Game]] appearances.<ref name="aaron-bbref" /> In 1956, Aaron hit .328 and captured the first of two NL batting titles. He was also named ''[[The Sporting News]]'' NL Player of the Year. In 1957, Aaron won his only NL MVP Award, as he had his first brush with the triple crown. He batted .322, placing third, and led the league in home runs and runs batted in.<ref name="aaron-bbref" /> On September 23, 1957, in Milwaukee, Aaron hit a two-run walk-off home run against the St. Louis Cardinals, clinching the pennant for the Braves. After touching home plate he was carried off the field by his teammates. It is as of yet the only pennant-clinching walk-off home run in major league history in a non-playoff regular-season game. Milwaukee went on to win the [[1957 World Series|World Series]] against the [[New York Yankees]], the defending champions, four games to three.<ref name="greatath" /> Aaron did his part by hitting .393 with three homers and seven RBIs. On December 15, 1957, his wife Barbara gave birth to twins.<ref name="CB2" /> Two days later, one of the children died.<ref name="CB2" /> In 1958, Aaron hit .326 with 30 home runs and 95 RBI in 153 games. He led the Braves to another pennant, but this time they lost a seven-game [[1958 World Series|World Series]] to the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]]. Aaron finished third in the MVP race and he received his first of three [[Gold Glove Award]]s.<ref name="aaron-bbref" /> During the next several years, Aaron had some of his best games and best seasons as a major league player. On June 21, 1959, against the [[San Francisco Giants]], he hit three two-run home runs. It was the only time in his career that he hit three home runs in a game.<ref>[[#Stanton|Stanton]], p. 142.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Boxscore of Hank Aaron 3-Home Run Game At Retrosheet |url=https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B06210SFN1959.htm |accessdate=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Retrosheet]]}}</ref>

In 1963, Aaron nearly won the [[Major League Baseball Triple Crown|triple crown]]. He led the league with 44 home runs and 130 RBI and finished third in [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (.319).{{efn|His average was .319, .007 behind the leader, [[Tommy Davis (outfielder)|Tommy Davis]].}} In that season, Aaron became the third player to [[30–30 club|hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases]] in a single season, and the first player to record 40 home runs and 30 steals in a season.<ref name="aaron-bbref" /> He again finished third in [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|National League MVP]] voting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1963 Awards Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1963.shtml |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> The Braves moved from [[Milwaukee]] to [[Atlanta]] after the 1965 season. On May 10, 1967, he hit an [[inside-the-park home run]] against [[Jim Bunning]] in [[Philadelphia]]. It was the only inside-the-park home run of his career.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 10, 2017 |title=This date in Braves history: Hank Aaron's only inside-the-park homer |url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/this-date-braves-history-hank-aaron-only-inside-the-park-homer/mqOXgoa9PWyCJth5R6SF0M/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081822/https://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/this-date-braves-history-hank-aaron-only-inside-the-park-homer/mqOXgoa9PWyCJth5R6SF0M/ |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref> In 1968, Aaron was the first Atlanta Braves player to hit his 500th career home run, and in 1970, he was the first Atlanta Brave to reach 3,000 career hits.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yuhasz |first=Dennis |year=2005 |title=Hank Aaron Biography |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/hank_aaron_biography.shtml |website=[[Baseball Almanac]]}}</ref>