ESPN's Hall of 100 -- Ranking the all-time greatest MLB players
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron, RF
Career: 1954-76, Braves, Brewers
Fun fact: Most career RBIs (2,297)
He dealt with hate mail, oppressive media scrutiny and the ghost of Babe Ruth en route to setting baseball's career home run record of 755. Along the way, Aaron "expressed no more agitation than a man brushing aside a housefly," wrote Sports Illustrated's Ron Fimrite. Amazingly, Aaron never surpassed 47 homers in a season.
He just kept showing up for work each day, quietly wielding that hammer. --Jerry Crasnick
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