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500+ CLUB

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Hank Aaron, 755
Babe Ruth, 714
Willie Mays, 660
Frank Robinson, 586
Harmon Killebrew, 573
Reggie Jackson, 563
Mike Schmidt, 548
X Mark McGwire, 539
Mickey Mantle, 536
Jimmie Foxx, 534
Ted Williams, 521
Willie McCovey, 521
Eddie Mathews, 512
Ernie Banks, 512
Mel Ott, 511
Eddie Murray, 504

400+


Lou Gehrig, 493
Willie Stargell, 475
Stan Musial, 475
Dave Winfield, 465
X Barry Bonds, 460
Carl Yastrzemski, 452
Dave Kingman, 442
Andre Dawson, 438
X Jose Canseco, 438
Billy Williams, 426
Darrell Evans, 414
X Ken Griffey Jr. 411
X Cal Ripken Jr. 409
Duke Snider 407

PLAYERS CLOSING IN

X Fred McGriff, 398

X-DENOTES ACTIVE PLAYER


HONORABLE MENTION

Al Kaline, 399
Dale Murphy, 398
Joe Carter, 396

SPECIAL MENTION

Roger Maris



Mark McGwire's 70HR Bat (1998)


Bat and Ball From
Mark McGwire's 62 HR (1998)


Sammy Sosa's 62HR Bat (1998)


Bat and Ball From
Roger Maris's 61HR (1961)


Bat and Ball From
Babe Ruth's 60HR (1927)


Date Year Event
8/11 1929 At League Park in Cleveland, Babe Ruth hits Willis Hudlin's first delivery in the second inning over the RF fence to record his 500th career HR; the Bambino has more than twice the number of round trippers than Phillies Cy Williams who is #2 on the all-time with 237.
9/24 1940 At Shibe Park, Bosox Jimmie Foxx blasts his 500th career HR against A's pitcher George Caster; it was one of 4 HRs hit in the inning setting an AL mark.
8/1 1945 At the Polo Grounds, Mel Ott hits his historic 500th career HR of off Boston Brave hurler Johnny Hutchings during a 9-2 Giant victory; he is the third MLer to accomplish this career milestone.
6/17 1960 Ted Williams hits his 500th career HR off Wayne Hawkins of the Indians.
9/13 1965 Giant's Willie Mays becomes the fifth player in ML history to hit 500 career HRs; his historic shot comes at the Astrodome against Don Nottebart in a 5-1 SF win.
5/14 1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th career HR off of Stu Miller helps the Yankees defeat the O's 6-5; he is the sixth MLer to reach this plateau.
7/14 1967 Former Brave Eddie Matthews hits homerun #500 as an Astro against Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park becoming the seventh MLer to reach this plateau.
7/14 1968 Brave's Hank Aaron hits homerun #500 off Giant Mike McCormick becoming the eighth MLer to reach this level.
5/12 1970 At Wrigley Field, Cub's Ernie Banks hit his 500th career HR off of Brave Pat Jarvis.
8/10 1971 Harmon Kilebrew becomes the tenth player to join the 500 HR club as he hits both #500 and #501 off Mike Cuellar of the Orioles.
9/13 1971 O's Frank Robinson joins the 500 HR club with a round tripper against the Tigers.
6/30 1978 On an 0-2 pitch from Atlanta Braves pitcher Jamie Easterly, Giant's Willie McCovey launches his 500th career HR over the LF fence at Fulton County Stadium.
9/17 1984 On the seventeenth anniversary of his first ML round-tripper, Reggie Jackson connects off of KC pitcher Bud Black in the bottom of the seventh inning for his 500th career HR; it proves to be only run the Angels would score in a Royals 10-1 victory.
4/18 1987 At Three Rivers Stadium, Mike Schmidt becomes the 14th player in MLB history to hit 500 career HRs; his three-run ninth inning shot is cheered by the Pittsburg fans and his teammates in 8-6 Phillies win.
9/06 1996 O's Eddie Murray becomes the 15th player in MLB history to hit 500 HRs when he goes deep on Tiger pitcher Felipe Lira ; he joins only Hank Aaron and Willie Mays to reach this milestone and also have 3000 hits.
8/06 1999 Mark McGwire hits his 500th career HR off of Padre Andy Ashby becoming the 16th MLer and the fastest to reach this milestone; the St. Louis slugger is first to accomplish the feat a year after reaching the 400 HR plateau.


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