Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Hank Aaron

Box Score of 500th Home Run by Hank Aaron

Curt Simmons once said, "Trying to throw a fastball by Henry Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster." Someone forgot to tell San Francisco pitcher Mike McCormick that and during the third inning Hank Aaron made him pay, smacking his 500th career home run to become the eighth player in history to reach the milestone.

"I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face." - Hank Aaron

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Ron Hunt
2b 3 0 0 0

     Bob Schroder
2b 2 1 1 0

     Ty Cline
cf-1b 4 0 1 1

Willie McCovey
1b 3 0 1 0

Bobby Bonds
cf 1 0 0 0

Jim Ray Hart
3b 4 0 1 0

Jesus Alou
lf 4 1 2 0

Dave Marshall
rf 4 0 1 0

Jack Hiatt
c 4 0 0 0

Hal Lanier
ss 2 0 1 0

     Willie Mays
ph 1 0 1 0

Mike McCormick
p 1 0 0 0

     Bobby Bolin
p 0 0 0 0

     Frank Johnson
ph 1 0 0 0

     Ron Herbel
p 0 0 0 0

     Jim Davenport
ph 1 0 0 0

     Joe Gibbon
p 0 0 0 0

     Dick Dietz
ph 1 0 1 1

     Ray Sadecki
pr 0 0 0 0

Totals 36 2 10 2

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Felipe Alou
cf 4 1 1 0

Felix Millan
2b 4 1 2 0

Hank Aaron
rf 4 1 2 3

Joe Torre
c 4 0 2 0

Tommie Aaron
lf 4 0 1 0

Deron Johnson
1b 4 0 1 0

Sonny Jackson
ss 4 1 1 0

Marty Martinez
3b 3 0 1 1

Ron Reed
p 4 0 1 0

Cecil Upshaw
p 0 0 0 0

Totals 35 4 12 4

Double Plays: San Francisco 2, Atlanta 1.
Doubles: Jackson, Lanier, D.Johnson.
Errors: Hart, Marshall.
Home Run: H.Aaron.
Left on Base: San Francisco 8, Atlanta 8.
Stolen Base: F.Alou.
Triple: Schroder.

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	10	2
Atlanta	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	x	4	12	0

Pitching Notes

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Mike McCormick
2.2 6 3 3 0 0

     Bobby Bolin
1.1 3 1 1 0 0

     Ron Herbel
2 1 0 0 0 0

     Joe Gibbon
2 2 0 0 1 1

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Ron Reed
8.2 9 2 2 1 4

Cecil Upshaw
.1 1 0 0 0 0

Losing Pitcher: McCormick.
Save: Upshaw.
EWinning Pitcher: Reed.

Game Notes

Attendance: 34,283.
Length of Game: 2:19.
Umpires: Gorman, Sudol, Weyer, Williams.

Two sets of brothers played during this historic occassion: The Alou brothers who were on opposing teams and the Aaron brothers who were on the same team!

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