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  1.                                  wasnΓÇÖt just a slugger: 
  2.                                  Hank won two National
  3.                                  League batting titles and
  4.                                  three Gold Gloves Awards
  5.                                  for his excellent play in
  6. rightfield. He also led the Milwaukee Braves
  7. to back-to-back National League pennants 
  8. in 1957 and 1958.
  9.  
  10. In addition to his best-known record (755 
  11. lifetime homers), Hank set 11 other career 
  12. marks, including most runs batted in (RBIs), 
  13. total bases, and extra-base hits. He is 
  14. second on the all-time list in at-bats and
  15. runs scored (tied with Babe Ruth) and ranks
  16. third in hits and games played. 
  17.  
  18. Hank retired from baseball in 1976. In 
  19. 1982, he was inducted into the National