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Reggie Jackson hit a transformer on the roof of Tiger Stadium in the 1971 All Star Game with a monumental blast off of Doc Ellis. It didn't count in his career stats but none-the-less, he hit 563 homers. Just one of 17 players to eclipse the 500 homer mark in the last 51 years. At the time of Reggie's All Star Game homer, there were 9 players with 500 career homers.
Ruth with 714
Mays 642
Aaron 616
Mantle 536
Foxx 534
Teddy Ballgame 521
Eddie Matthews 512
Mel Ott 511
Ernie Banks 510
Two guys would join that club later in the year, bringing the total to 11. Harmon Killebrew on August 10th and Frank Robinson on September 13th. In the first 51 years after Babe Ruth made the home run fashionable in 1920, 11 ballplayers amassed 500. In the next 51 years, 17 more would do it. Some of them with a little help. As a young Yankee fan, I was amazed that of the top 11 home run hitters, 3 wore pinstripes. Ruth, Mantle and Gehrig (493). 500, 600 and 700 are all magical marks but there are some pretty good players....hall of famers.....with 450 or more including. Musial, Stargell, Winfield and Yaz.
Ruth with 714
Mays 642
Aaron 616
Mantle 536
Foxx 534
Teddy Ballgame 521
Eddie Matthews 512
Mel Ott 511
Ernie Banks 510
Two guys would join that club later in the year, bringing the total to 11. Harmon Killebrew on August 10th and Frank Robinson on September 13th. In the first 51 years after Babe Ruth made the home run fashionable in 1920, 11 ballplayers amassed 500. In the next 51 years, 17 more would do it. Some of them with a little help. As a young Yankee fan, I was amazed that of the top 11 home run hitters, 3 wore pinstripes. Ruth, Mantle and Gehrig (493). 500, 600 and 700 are all magical marks but there are some pretty good players....hall of famers.....with 450 or more including. Musial, Stargell, Winfield and Yaz.