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In the sport of Major League Baseball, a [[home run]] is the act of hitting the ball in such a manner, whether out of the park or in, (see [[inside the park home run]], that allows the batter to safely reach home and score.
In the sport of Major League Baseball, a [[home run]] is the act of hitting the ball in such a manner, whether out of the park or in, (see [[inside the park home run]]), that allows the batter to safely reach home and score.


[[Hank Aaron]] has done it the most times, 755, and [[Babe Ruth]] has done it the second most times, 714. Gaining on Ruth, however, is the active leader, [[Barry Bonds]], who as of August 8, 2004, has "gone yard" 687 times. Along with the three of them, [[Willie Mays]] (660 HRs) is the only other to have hit more than 600. In 2004, [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] became the 20th to have hit 500 (see [[500 home run club]]) and Gary Sheffield became the 38th to hit 400. Tino and Edgar Martinez, (not related), became the 99th and 100th to pass 300.
[[Hank Aaron]] has done it the most times, 755, and [[Babe Ruth]] has done it the second most times, 714. Gaining on Ruth, however, is the active leader, [[Barry Bonds]], who as of August 8, 2004, has "gone yard" 687 times. Along with the three of them, [[Willie Mays]] (660 HRs) is the only other to have hit more than 600. In 2004, [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] became the 20th to have hit 500 (see [[500 home run club]]) and Gary Sheffield became the 38th to hit 400. Tino and Edgar Martinez, (not related), became the 99th and 100th to pass 300.

Revision as of 19:53, 8 August 2004

In the sport of Major League Baseball, a home run is the act of hitting the ball in such a manner, whether out of the park or in, (see inside the park home run), that allows the batter to safely reach home and score.

Hank Aaron has done it the most times, 755, and Babe Ruth has done it the second most times, 714. Gaining on Ruth, however, is the active leader, Barry Bonds, who as of August 8, 2004, has "gone yard" 687 times. Along with the three of them, Willie Mays (660 HRs) is the only other to have hit more than 600. In 2004, Ken Griffey Jr. became the 20th to have hit 500 (see 500 home run club) and Gary Sheffield became the 38th to hit 400. Tino and Edgar Martinez, (not related), became the 99th and 100th to pass 300.

200 players have hit 228 or more home runs, while to be at 300th, you would need 175 home runs. To be the 400th best of all-time, you would need 142. The 500th most prolific career home run hitter, however only has 21 less, at 121.


The list

Listed are the top 100 home run hitters of all-time:

Rank Player (2004 HRs) Home Runs
1 Hank Aaron 755 2 Babe Ruth 714
3 Barry Bonds† (29) 687+
4 Willie Mays 660
5 Frank Robinson 586
6 Mark McGwire 583
7 Harmon Killebrew 573
8 Sammy Sosa†(24) 563+
Reggie Jackson 563
10 Mike Schmidt 548
11 Rafael Palmeiro†(14) 542+
12 Mickey Mantle 536
13 Jimmie Foxx 534
14 Willie McCovey 521
Ted Williams 521
16 Ernie Banks 512
Eddie Mathews 512
18 Mel Ott 511
19 Eddie Murray 504
20 Ken Griffey, Jr.†(20) 501+
21 Lou Gehrig 493
Fred McGriff†(2) 493+
23 Willie Stargell 475
Stan Musial 475
25 Dave Winfield 465
26 Jose Canseco 462
27 Carl Yastrzemski 452
28 Dave Kingman 442
29 Andre Dawson 438
30 Jeff Bagwell†(17) 436+
Frank Thomas†(18) 436+
32 Juan Gonzalez†(5) 434+
33 Cal Ripken Jr. 431
34 Billy Williams 426
35 Jim Thome†(33) 414+
Darrell Evans 414
37 Duke Snider 407
38 Gary Sheffield†(25) 404
39 Al Kaline 399
40 Andres Galarraga†(0) 398
Dale Murphy 398
42 Joe Carter 396
43 Graig Nettles 390
44 Johnny Bench 389
45 Dwight Evans 385
46 Harold Baines 384
47 Jim Rice 382
Frank Howard
49 Albert Belle 381
50 Tony Perez 379
Orlando Cepeda 379
52 Matt Williams†(0) 378
53 Norm Cash 377
54 Carlton Fisk 376
55 Manny Ramirez†(28) 375
Mike Piazza†(17) 375
57 Rocky Colavito 374
Alex Rodriguez†(29) 374
59 Gil Hodges 370
60 Ralph Kiner 369
61 Joe Dimaggio 361
62 Gary Gaetti 360
63 Johnny Mize 359
64 Yogi Berra 358
65 Larry Walker†(6) 357
66 Matt Williams†(0) 355
67 Lee May 354
68 Ellis Burks†(1) 352
69 Dick Allen 351
70 Chili Davis 350
71 George Foster 348
72 Ron Santo 342
73 Jack Clark 340
74 Boog Powell 339
Dave Parker 339
76 Don Baylor 338
77 Joe Adcock 336
78 Darryl Strawberry 335
79 Bobby Bonds 332
80 Hank Greenberg 331
81 Mo Vaughn†(0) 328
82 Willie Horton 325
83 Gary Carter 324
Lance Parrish 324
85 Carlos Delgado†(17) 321
Ron Gant†(0) 321
87 Cecil Fielder 319
88 Roy Sievers 318
89 George Brett 317
90 Ron Cey 316
91 Tino Martinez†(16) 315
92 Reggie Smith 314
93 Jay Buhner 310
94 Greg Luzinski 309
Al Simmons 309
96 Fred Lynn 306
97 Edgar Martinez†(8) 305
David Justice 305
99 Rogers Hornsby 301
100 Chuck Klein 300

† still active