[Sabertooth]

Hank Aaron played the early part of his career in Milwaukee before the Braves moved to Atlanta. IIRC, the ballpark in Milwaukee was a notorious pitcher's park.

Not so, Milwaukee County Stadium was a bandbox. Matthews and Adcock thrived there, as did Aaron. Later, the likes of Yount, Molitor, and Cooper enjoyed its confines.

Fulton County Stadium was such a hitters park that Davey Johnson hit 43 homers for the Braves in 1973, after never hitting more than 18 for the Orioles.

Hank Aaron might be the most under-appreciated player of all-time. While his peers, Mays and Mantle, grabbed the headlines, Aaron put up significantly better career numbers than either of them.

Not significantly better than Mays by any stretch. Mays was the best five tool player, bar none. He played a more difficult position than Aaron, had a better glove and arm, and played in more difficult hitters' parks in the Polo Grounds and Candlestone (some of the worst turf ever).

[CommerceComet]

In his career, Hank Aaron hit 385 HRs (50.99%) in his home park and 370 HRs (49.01%) in road parks. This is hardly evidence that his career stats were heavily influenced by his parks. Mays' numbers for comparison were 335 HRs (50.76%) at home against 325 HRs (49.24%) away.

Despite the reputation of Candlestick Park, during their playing days with the Giants both Mays and McCovey were slightly more likely to hit a homerun at home than they were to hit one on the road. Swirling, gusty winds will sometimes hurt, sometimes help a hitter. Candlestick had pretty modest dimensions.

Of course, Mays was a five-tool player but so was Aaron. What skill do you think Hank Aaron was lacking? Mays may have held the edge over Aaron in the field but Aaron was more dangerous with a bat. Mays and Aaron played at the same time against the same competition. In the triple crown statistics, Aaron (who played one more season) held a clear advantage over Mays (.305/755/2297 to .302/660/1903 respectively). That is a significant difference particularly when the "park effects" argument is baseless.