Aaron hit a total of 13 major leaguehome runs, with eight of them coming in his first year of 1962. Along with his brother's then Major League record 755, they hold the Major League record for the most career home runs by two brothers (768). The only other brother of a 500-home run man to play in the majors was Rich Murray (brother of Eddie Murray), who hit four home runs in a brief major league career.
Aaron was married to Carolyn Davenporte on October 13, 1962. They had three children: Efrem; Tommie Jr.; and Veleeta.[1]
Posthumously the Richmond Braves established the Tommie Aaron Memorial Award for the team's most valuable player,[2] awarded annually until the affiliate relocated to Georgia for the 2009 season. The Braves' AAA club (now the Gwinnett Stripers), have retired his No. 23.
tommie, aaron, this, article, about, baseball, player, golfer, tommy, aaron, tommie, aaron, august, 1939, august, 1984, american, professional, baseball, player, coach, played, first, baseman, left, fielder, major, league, baseball, aaron, younger, brother, ha. This article is about the baseball player For the golfer see Tommy Aaron Tommie Lee Aaron August 5 1939 August 16 1984 was an American professional baseball player and coach He played as a first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball Aaron was the younger brother of Hall of Fame member Hank Aaron They were the first siblings to appear in a League Championship Series as teammates Tommie AaronAaron with the Atlanta Braves in 1968OutfielderBorn 1939 08 05 August 5 1939Mobile Alabama U S Died August 16 1984 1984 08 16 aged 45 Atlanta Georgia U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutApril 10 1962 for the Milwaukee BravesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 24 1971 for the Atlanta BravesMLB statisticsBatting average 229Home runs13Runs batted in94TeamsAs playerMilwaukee Atlanta Braves 1962 1965 1968 1971 As coachAtlanta Braves 1978 1984 Contents 1 Baseball 2 Career statistics 3 References 4 External linksBaseball EditBorn in Mobile Alabama Aaron was signed by the Milwaukee Braves on May 28 1958 at the age of 18 He played for both the Milwaukee Braves 1962 1963 1965 and the Atlanta Braves 1968 1971 During the course of his development as a player Tommie Aaron played for the Richmond Braves of the International League in the mid 1960s where he was International League MVP in 1967 After his playing days he worked for the organization as a minor league manager 1973 1978 and major league coach 1979 1984 Aaron hit a total of 13 major league home runs with eight of them coming in his first year of 1962 Along with his brother s then Major League record 755 they hold the Major League record for the most career home runs by two brothers 768 The only other brother of a 500 home run man to play in the majors was Rich Murray brother of Eddie Murray who hit four home runs in a brief major league career Aaron finished his career with a lifetime batting average of 229 13 HR 94 RBI and 102 runs scored in 437 games He died of leukemia in 1984 and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery of Mobile Alabama Aaron was married to Carolyn Davenporte on October 13 1962 They had three children Efrem Tommie Jr and Veleeta 1 Posthumously the Richmond Braves established the Tommie Aaron Memorial Award for the team s most valuable player 2 awarded annually until the affiliate relocated to Georgia for the 2009 season The Braves AAA club now the Gwinnett Stripers have retired his No 23 Career statistics EditCareer Hitting 3 G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS437 944 216 42 6 13 102 94 9 86 145 229 292 327 619References Edit Tommie Aaron Obituary www baseball almanac com Retrieved December 19 2016 Tommie Aaron Biography Atlanta Braves MLB com Retrieved February 19 2018 Baseball Reference com External links EditCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Tommie Aaron at The Deadball Era Tommie Aaron at Find a Grave Portals nbsp Baseball nbsp Biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tommie Aaron amp oldid 1178056573, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
