Hank Aaron

7/14/1968
Brave's Hank Aaron hits homerun #500 off Giant Mike McCormick becoming the eighth MLer to reach this level.

Babe Ruth

At League Park in Cleveland, Babe Ruth hits Willis Hudlin's first delivery in the second inning over the RF fence to record his 500th career HR; the Bambino has more than twice the number of round trippers than Phillies Cy Williams who is #2 on the all-time with 237.

Barry Bonds*

4/17/2001
In the eighth inning Barry Bonds hits a two run HR off Dodger pitcher Terry Adams becoming the 17th player to jon the elusive home run club.

9/13/1965
Giant's Willie Mays becomes the fifth player in ML history to hit 500 career HRs; his historic shot comes at the Astrodome against Don Nottebart in a 5-1 SF win.

9/13/1971
O's Frank Robinson joins the 500 HR club with a round tripper against Tigers pitcher Fred Scherman.

4/04/2003
Sammy Sosa, became the 18th player to reach 500 Home Runs, with a solo shot off Reds reliever Scott Sullivan in the seventh inning.

8/6/1999
Mark McGwire hits his 500th career HR off of Padre Andy Ashby becoming the 16th MLer and the fastest to reach this milestone; the St. Louis slugger is first to accomplish the feat a year after reaching the 400 HR plateau.

8/10/1971
Harmon Kilebrew becomes the tenth player to join the 500 HR club as he hits both #500 and #501 off Mike Cuellar of the Orioles.

9/17/1984
On the seventeenth anniversary of his first ML round-tripper, Reggie Jackson connects off of KC pitcher Bud Black in the bottom of the seventh inning for his 500th career HR; it proves to be only run the Angels would score in a Royals 10-1 victory.

5/11/2003
Palmeiro's blast - a three-run shot came off Cleveland's Dave Elder on a full count during his fifth at-bat with two outs in the seventh inning.

4/18/1987
At Three Rivers Stadium, Mike Schmidt becomes the 14th player in MLB history to hit 500 career HRs; his three-run ninth inning shot comes off Pittsburg's Dan Robinson in a 8-6 Phillies win.

5/14/1967
Mickey Mantle's 500th career HR off of Stu Miller helps the Yankees defeat the O's 6-5; he is the sixth MLer to reach this plateau.

At Shibe Park, Bosox Jimmie Foxx blasts his 500th career HR against A's pitcher George Caster; it was one of 4 HRs hit in the inning setting an AL mark.

6/30/1978
On an 0-2 pitch from Atlanta Braves pitcher Jamie Easterly, Giant's Willie McCovey launches his 500th career HR over the LF fence at Fulton County Stadium.

6/17/1960
Ted Williams hits his 500th career HR off Wayne Hawkins of the Indians.

5/12/1970
At Wrigley Field, Cub's Ernie Banks hit his 500th career HR off of Brave Pat Jarvis.

7/14/1967
Former Brave Eddie Matthews hits homerun #500 as an Astro against Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park becoming the seventh MLer to reach this plateau.

8/1/1945
At the Polo Grounds, Mel Ott hits his historic 500th career HR of off Boston Brave hurler Johnny Hutchings during a 9-2 Giant victory; he is the third MLer to accomplish this career milestone.

9/6/1996
O's Eddie Murray becomes the 15th player in MLB history to hit 500 HRs when he goes deep on Tiger pitcher Felipe Lira ; he joins only Hank Aaron and Willie Mays to reach this milestone and also have 3000 hits.

*Denotes Active Players

Current as of June 19th 2005