Aaron passed his home runs records to Bonds

Hank Aaron's career total of 755 home runs held the Major League record for more than three decades. It makes sense why he was called legendary. Barry Bond, however, surpassed him in 2007 when he hit his 756th home run at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. Aaron, a modest man, yet praised Bond for this accomplishment.

Hank Aaron was admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, on August 1, 1982, six years later. He received 97.8% of the vote, placing him only behind Ty Cobb, who had received 98.2% of the vote, at the time.The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run on August 7, 2007, breaking Hank Aaron's record, which had stood for more than 30 years. Bonds, who had previously set the single-season record for home runs in 2001, also became the new career home run king.

The general atmosphere and level of enthusiasm around the home run chase, though, were very different this time. Bonds had long faced accusations of using performance-enhancing drugs and anabolic steroids, which were prohibited by the league. Bonds would subsequently say that his trainer may have given him steroids without his knowledge, despite his earlier denial of such accusations.