January 25, 1964 – On a chilly day in County Stadium , Henry Aaron and Eddie Mathews both signed their contracts with the Braves for 1964. Mathewson took a slight pay cut from 1963, dropping from $62,500 to $57,500 and Aaron signed on for $62,000 a large increase from his $53,000 in 1963. At the tim
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