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The 500 Homerun Club
When Babe Ruth hit his 500th homerun in 1929, he essentially established the 500 Homerun Club, as no other player had ever hit 500 homeruns. In fact, he had twice as many homeruns as the next big homerun hitter of that era. Today, the 500 Homerun Club is considered to be the cutoff mark between a good homerun hitter and a great homerun hitter.
As of the beginning of the 2009, there are 25 players in the 500 Homerun Club, with Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron ahead of the Babe.
| Rank |
Player |
Home Runs |
Date of 500th |
Seasons |
Teams |
| 1 | Barry Bonds | 762 | 4/17/2001 | 1986-2007 | Pittsburgh, San Francisco |
| 2 | Hank Aaron | 755 | 7/14/1968 | 1954-76 | Milwaukee/Atlanta, Milwaukee (AL) |
| 3 | Babe Ruth | 714 | 8/11/1929 | 1914-35 | Boston (AL), NY (AL), Boston (NL) |
| 4 | Willie Mays | 660 | 9/13/1965 | 1951-73 | NY/San Francisco, NY (NL) |
| 5 | Ken Griffey, Jr. | 630 | 6/20/2004 | 1989-2010 | Seattle, Cincinatti |
| 6 | Alex Rodriguez | 626* | 08/04/2007 | 1994- | Seattle, Texas, NY (AL) |
| 7 | Sammy Sosa | 609 | 4/4/2003 | 1989- | Texas, Chi (AL), Chi (NL), Baltimore |
8 | Jim Thome | 600* | 9/16/2007 | 1991- | Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago (AL) |
| 9 | Frank Robinson | 586 | 9/13/1971 | 1956-76 | Cincinatti, Balto, LA, California, Cleveland |
| 10 | Mark McGwire | 583 | 8/5/1999 | 1986-2001 | Oakland, St. Louis |
| 11 | Harmon Killebrew | 573 | 8/10/1971 | 1954-75 | Washington/Minn Kansas City |
| 12 | Rafael Palmiero | 569 | 5/11/2003 | 1986-2006 | Chi (NL), Baltimore Texas |
| Rank |
Player |
Home Runs |
Date of 500th |
Seasons |
Teams |
| 13 | Reggie Jackson | 563 | 9/17/1984 | 1967-87 | KC/Oakland, Balto, NY (AL), California |
| 14 | Manny Ramirez | 555 | 5/31/2008 | 1993-2011 | Cleveland, Boston (AL), LA (NL) |
| 15 | Mike Schmidt | 548 | 4/18/1987 | 1972-89 | Philadelphia (NL) |
| 16 | Mickey Mantle | 536 | 5/14/1967 | 1951-1968 | NY (AL) |
17 | Jimmie Foxx | 534 | 9/24/1940 | 1925-42, 1944-45 | Philadelphia (AL), Boston (AL) |
| 18 | Willie McCovey | 521 | 6/30/1978 | 1959-80 | San Francisco, San Diego |
18 | Ted Williams | 521 | 6/17/1960 | 1939-42, 1946-60 | Boston (AL) |
| 18 | Frank Thomas | 521 | 6/28/2007 | 1990- | Chicago (AL), Oakland, Toronto |
| 21 | Ernie Banks | 512 | 5/12/1970 | 1953-71 | Chi (NL) |
| 21 | Eddie Mathews | 512 | 07/14/1967 | 1952-1968 | Bos (NL)/MIL/ATL, HOU, DET |
| 23 | Mel Ott | 511 | 8/1/1945 | 1926-47 | NY (NL) |
| 24 | Gary Sheffield | 509* | 4/17/2009 | 1988- | MIL, SD, FLA, LAD, ATL, NYY, DET, NYM |
| 25 | Eddie Murray | 504 | 9/6/1996 | 1977-97 | Balto, LA, NY (NL), Cleveland, California |
*- As of 7/9/11
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Congratulations to Yankee Mariano Rivera, the all-time saves leader!
Quote: "I swing big with everything I got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." - Babe Ruth. 
