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Stats Main: 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.

500+ Home Run Club
1 thru 12
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
6Alex 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)
9Frank 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

500+ Home Run Club
13 thru 25
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 Ramirez555 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
21Ernie 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