Hank Aaron Aaron led the league in runs (115), hits (208), doubles (36), RBI (125), total bases (338), and batting average (.362). He won the league's Most Valuable Player Award. and had such a dominant year that one sportswriter was prompted to say, "Henry Aaron led the league in everything except hotel accommodations." Aaron's time with the Braves did not come without problems. He was one of the first African Americans to play in the league. The 1950s were a period of racial segregation in parts of the United States, especially the southeastern portion of the country. When Aaron traveled around Jacksonville,
Aaron S. Stern buried in Cincinnati's United Jewish Cemetery, Walnut Hills. Aaron S. Stern Aaron S. Stern (June 1853 Bloomington, IL - April 3, 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio) was the owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team through , when he sold it to John T. Brush. The club won the 1882 American Association pennant. Although personally generous, as an owner he was considered a penny-pincher, cutting salaries and costs in order to keep the team afloat. Aaron S. Stern co-owned a large clothing firm in Cincinnati, Stern, Lauer and Shohl. In 1906 he quit the business and moved to New York City,