500 home run club

In Major League Baseball, the 500 Home Run Club is an informal term applied to the group of players who have hit 500 or more career home runs. The first member of the 500 Home Run Club was Babe Ruth in 1929.

Every player with at least 500 homers who is eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame has been inducted except for Mark McGwire.

The members

Names in bold indicate an active player.

Rank	Player	HR	Date of 500th	Age at 500th	Opposing Pitcher	Date of 600th	Age at 600th	Opposing Pitcher	Date of 700th	Age at 700th	Opposing Pitcher	Teams (500th HR in bold)	Seasons
1	Barry Bonds*	762	04/17/2001 (box)	36 y 267 d	Adams	08/09/2002 (box)	38 y 16 d	Wells	09/17/2004 (box)	40 y 55 d	Peavy	PIT, SFG	1986-2007
2	Hank Aaron	755	07/04/1968 (box)	34 y 160 d	McCormick	04/27/1971 (box)	37 y 81 d	Perry	07/21/1973 (box)	39 y 166 d	Brett	MIL/ATL, MIL	1954-1976
3	Babe Ruth	714	08/11/1929	34 y 186 d	Hudlin	08/21/1931	36 y 196 d	Blaeholder	07/13/1934	39 y 157 d	Bridges	BOS, NYY, BSB	1914-1936
4	Willie Mays	660	09/13/1965 (box)	34 y 116 d	Nottebart	09/22/1969 (box)	38 y 139 d	Corkins				NYG/SFG, NYM	1951-1973
5	Sammy Sosa*	609	04/04/2003 (box)	34 y 143 d	Sullivan	06/20/2007 (box)	38 y 220 d	Marquis				CWS, CHC, BAL, TEX	1989-2005, 2007
6	Ken Griffey, Jr.	597	06/20/2004 (box)	34 y 212 d	Morris							SEA, CIN	1989-
7	Frank Robinson	586	09/13/1971 (box)	36 y 22 d	Scherman							CIN, BAL, LAD, CAL, CLE	1956-1976
8	Mark McGwire*	583	08/05/1999 (box)	35 y 297 d	Ashby							OAK, STL	1986-2001
9	Harmon Killebrew	573	08/10/1971 (box)	35 y 42 d	Cuellar							WAS/MIN, KCR	1954-1975
10	Rafael Palmeiro**	569	05/11/2003 (box)	38 y 229 d	Elder							CHC, BAL, TEX	1986-2005
11	Reggie Jackson	563	09/17/1984 (box)	38 y 122 d	Black							KCA/OAK, BAL, NYY, CAL	1967-1987
12	Mike Schmidt	548	04/18/1987 (box)	37 y 203 d	Robinson							Philadelphia Phillies	1972-1989
13	Mickey Mantle	536	05/14/1967 (box)	35 y 206 d	Miller							New York Yankees	1951-1968
14	Jimmie Foxx	534	09/24/1940	32 y 336 d	Caster							PHA, BOS, CHC, PHI	1925-1942, 1944-1945
15	Alex Rodriguez	522	08/14/2007 (box)	32 y 8 d	Davies							SEA, TEX, NYY	1994-
16	Willie McCovey	521	06/30/1978 (box)	40 y 171 d	Easterly							SFG, SDP, OAK	1959-1980
	Ted Williams	521	06/17/1960 (box)	41 y 292 d	Hawkins							Boston Red Sox	1939-1942, 1946-1960
18	Frank Thomas	516	06/28/2007 (box)	39 y 32 d	Silva							CWS, OAK, TOR	1990-
19	Jim Thome	513	09/16/2007 (box)	37 y 20 d	Moseley							CLE, PHI, CWS	1991-
20	Ernie Banks	512	05/12/1970 (box)	39 y 101 d	Jarvis							Chicago Cubs	1953-1971
	Eddie Mathews	512	07/14/1967 (box)	35 y 274 d	Marichal							BSB/MIL/ATL, HOU, DET	1952-1968
22	Mel Ott	511	08/01/1945	36 y 152 d	Hutchings							New York Giants	1926-1947
23	Eddie Murray	504	09/06/1996 (box)	40 y 195 d	Lira							BAL, LAD, NYM, CLE, CAL	1977-1997

Closest Active Players

Player	HR	Teams (Current team in bold)	Seasons
Manny Ramírez	497	Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox	1993-
Gary Sheffield*	482	Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers	1988-

Stats as of May 9 2008.

See also

• List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters
• List of lifetime home run leaders through history

See also related lists

• List of Major League Baseball players with 2000 hits
• List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
• List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
• List of Major League Baseball players with 3000 hits and 500 home runs
• Top MLB leaders in base on balls (walks)
• Top 15, and List of active MLB players in the Top 50 in strikeouts
• List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 on-base percentage
• List of Major League Baseball players with a .500 slugging percentage
• List of Major League Baseball players with a .900 on-base plus slugging

External links

500hrc.com