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Babe Ruth was the first player to reach 500 home runs and set a career home run mark of 714 that stood until 1974. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 500 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs in their careers. There are twenty-eight players who are members of the 500 home run club.
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.
A fifth club exists for relief pitchers that have recorded 300 saves over a career. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In addition, milestones achieved in a single season include hitting 50 home runs , [ 3 ] while three other single-season statistical clubs—the 20–20–20 club , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] 20–50 club , 30–30 club [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and 40–40 club — include ...
It was a wait, but Miguel Cabrera became the 28th player to reach 500 home runs. ... Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera joins exclusive 500-home run club. Cassandra Negley. August 22, 2021 at 3:46 PM ...
Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera joined the 3,000 hits/500 home runs club today with a first inning single against the Colorado Rockies. He is the 33rd player in MLB history to get ...
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.
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 ...
Murray is one of only seven players in MLB history to be in both the 3,000 hit club and the 500 home run club. [1] He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 in his first year of eligibility. [2] In the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (2001), Murray is described as the fifth-best first baseman in major league history.