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Seven 500 home run club members—Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez and Miguel Cabrera—are also members of the 3,000 hit club. In the past, membership in the 500 home run club was a guarantee of eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame, although some believe the milestone has become ...
This can be accomplished either by hitting the ball out of play while it is still in fair territory (a conventional home run) or by an inside-the-park home run. Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [a] He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007.
This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the Major Leagues.Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club.
It was a wait, but Miguel Cabrera became the 28th player to reach 500 home runs. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Cabrera's path to 500 home runs began in his first MLB game on June 20, 2003. He hit a walk-off homer to center field for a Florida Marlins win in the bottom of the 11th.
On September 24, 1940, Foxx became the second member of the 500 home run club when he hit a sixth-inning home run off George Caster. [2] For nearly 67 years, he held the record for the youngest major leaguer to reach 500 home runs. His 534 home runs are currently 19th all time, and his 1,922 RBI are tenth all time.
Bonds is the only player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs and steal 500 bases. That said, among members of this club, his 40-40 season is arguably the least impressive based on the pure numbers.
On June 17, 2007, Thomas hit his 496th career home run against the Washington Nationals, giving him his 244th home run as a DH, breaking the record previously held by Edgar Martínez. [27] On June 28, 2007, Thomas hit the 500th home run of his career, becoming the 21st major league player to do so.