Exactly one year after Eddie Mathews hit his 500th home run, Hank Aaron joined the club #OTD in 1968. Fans could hardly imagine the Hammer had another 255 ahead of him. | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The BEST Eddie Mathews Game-Used Bat you can own! This Adirondack 113A professional model baseball bat was used by Hall of Fame slugger Eddie Mathews between the 1952-57 MLB seasons. The Bat is hand-signed by Mathews with the inscription “HOF 78 512 HRs” added beneath the signature. Mathews was an incredible man and an incredible player and you can bid on this amazing Collectible in our Winter Game-Used Auction: https://bit.ly/3FhgT6F | Goldin

Exactly one year after Eddie Mathews hit his 500th home run off a Giants pitcher, another legendary Atlanta Braves slugger and future #HOFer reached the 500 mark while also playing against the Giants. Hank Aaron would go on to hit 255 more homers in his career. | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Eddie Mathews played for the Boston Braves. Eddie Mathews played for the Milwaukee Braves. Eddie Mathews played for the Atlanta Braves. Eddie Matthews in this week’s episode of Home Run Derby!! The Hammer would edge out Matthews 4-3 to pick up his third straight win. | Atlanta Braves Chop Live

🗣EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE! #ForTheA | Atlanta Braves