It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

There is also a statue of him as an eighteen-year-old shortstop outside Carson Park in Eau Claire Wisconsin where he played his first season in the Braves' minor league system. 8 percent of the ballots second only to Ty Cobb who had received votes on 98. Although he batted cross-handed (i.

He also is in second place in home runs (755) and at-bats (12364) and in third place in games played (3298). Aaron is also in the top five for career hits with 3771 (third) and runs with 2174 which is tied for fourth with Babe Ruth.