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Jim Thome Hits 600th Homer: Baseball’s Top 50 Home Run Leaders of All Time
Jim Thome Has Hit His 600th Home Run (Getty)
The Minnesota Twins‘ (and once long-time Cleveland Indians‘) Jim Thome has hit his 600th home run, putting him in one of the most exclusive clubs in baseball. Thome now has hit the eighth most home runs in baseball history. Only eight players ever have hit at least 600 homers.
Thome is a hero on this list, one of those players who emerged from the steroid era untainted by juicing rumors.
Take a look at the top 50 home run hitters in baseball history. Interesting, with definitely a few surprises.
Did you recall Ken Griffey, Jr. has the fifth most homers of all time, putting him right behind Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays? That is some seriously elite company.
Meanwhile, Alex Rodriguez, who has been battling multiple injuries over the last few years, is just 137 home runs from overtaking the No. 1 spot from Barry Bonds.
Is that Dave Kingman down there?
How about all these modern players on the list? Get this: 26 of the 50 players on this list played some part of their career in the 1990′s or later. Of course that is due in part to steroids, but not wholly.
1. Barry Bonds 762
2. Hank Aaron 755
3. Babe Ruth 714
4. Willie Mays 660
5. Ken Griffey, Jr. 630
6. Alex Rodriguez 626
7. Sammy Sosa 609
8. Jim Thome 600
9. Frank Robinson 586
10. Mark McGwire 583
11. Harmon Killebrew 573
12. Rafael Palmiero 569
13. Reggie Jackson 563
14. Manny Ramirez 555
15. Mike Schmidt 548
16. Mickey Mantle 536
17. Jimmie Foxx 534
18. Willie McCovey 521
18. Frank Thomas 521
18. Ted Williams 521
21. Ernie Banks 512
21. Eddie Mathews 512
23. Mel Ott 511
24. Gary Sheffield 509
25. Eddie Murray 504
26. Lou Gehrig 493
26. Fred McGriff 493
28. Stan Musial 475
28. Willie Stargell 475
30. Carlos Delgado 473
31. Dave Winfield 465
32. Jose Canseco 462
33. Carl Yatrzemski 452
34. Jeff Bagwell 449
35. Vladimir Guerrero 446
35. Chipper Jones 446
37. Dave Kingman 442
38. Andre Dawson 438
39. Albert Pujols 437
40. Juan Gonzalez 434
41. Cal Ripken, Jr. 431
42. Mike Piazza 427
43. Billy Williams 426
44. Jason Giambi 425
45. Darrell Evans 414
45. Andruw Jones 414
47. Duke Snider 407
48. Andres Gallaraga 399
48. Al Kaline 399
50. Dale Murphy 398
