On May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Babe Ruth hits his 714th home run, a record for career home
runs that would stand for almost 40 years.

On September 28, 1960, at Boston’s Fenway Park, Red Sox star
Ted Williams hit a home run in the last at-bat of his 21-year
career.

Williams once said it was his goal in life to “walk down the
street [and have] folks say ‘there goes the greatest hitter
who ever lived.’”

Perhaps most impressively, however, he hit .406 in 1941
(also on September 28)–he was the last man ever to hit .
400.

Theodore Samuel Williams (1918 – 2002)

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th
career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714
homers. A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history of
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, was with Aaron that night to
cheer when he hit a 4th inning pitch off the Los Angeles Dodgers’
Al Downing.

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin’ Hank."

On this day in 1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke
Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los
Angeles left-hander Al Downing in the fourth inning. The Braves
beat the Dodgers 7-4 before a crowd of nearly 54,000.

Henry “Hank” Louis Aaron (1934 – 2021)

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On May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Babe
Ruth hit his 714th home run, a record for career home runs that
would stand for almost 40 years. This was one of Ruth’s last games,
and the last home run of his career. Ruth went four for four on the
day, hitting three home runs and driving in six runs.

Babe Ruth touches home plate after his 714th and final home run
at Forbes Field it was his 3rd home run of the game!