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Top 500 Home Run Hitters Of All TimeIn the sport of 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 ended the 2004 season with 703 homers. 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 Jim Thome and Gary Sheffield became the 37th and 38th to hit 400. Tino Martinez and Edgar Martinez (not related) became the 99th and 100th to pass 300, also in 2004. Five other players reached 300 homers later in 2004. To make the top 200 (including ties) on the all-time list, a player would need 234 or more home runs, while 179 homers would tie for 300th. To be the 400th best of all-time, you would need 148. The 500th most prolific career home run hitter, however, only has 24 less, at 124. See also: 500 home run club The list Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 200 or more home runs, as of the end of the 2004 season. Players in bold face were active as of the end of the 2004 season. Three listed players, Edgar Martinez, Robin Ventura, and Todd Zeile, retired at the end of the 2004 season. The players' home run totals are accurate through the end of the 2004 season. Eventually it should include all of the top 500 home run hitters of all time. bold indicates still active 1-- There have been two players named Frank Thomas. The active player has played since 1990 with the White Sox. The earlier player with 286 HRs played from 1951 to 1966 with the Pirates, Reds, Cubs, Braves, Mets, Phillies and Colt .45s (now Astros). other active players with 20+ home runs in 2004: Jos Cruz, Jr. (21), 175; Phil Nevin (26), 174; Paul Konerko (41), 170; Bobby Abreu (30), 166; Eric Chavez (29), 163; Derrek Lee (32), 162; Mike Cameron (30), 161; Jermaine Dye (23), 161; Mike Sweeney (22), 161; Albert Pujols (46), 160; Lance Berkman (30), 156; Jorge Posada (21), 156; Richard Hidalgo (25), 155; Carlos Lee (31), 152; Derek Jeter (23), 150; Geoff Jenkins (27), 149; Adrian Beltre (48), 147; Carlos Beltrn (38), 146; Mike Lowell (27), 135; David Ortiz (41), 130; Pat Burrell (24), 127; J.D. Drew (31), 127; Aramis Ramirez (36), 126; Alfonso Soriano (28), 126; Matt Lawton (20), 125; Johnny Damon (20), 120; Torii Hunter (23), 119; Adam Dunn (46), 118; Jose Guillen (27), 110; Sean Casey (24), 109; Jacque Jones (24), 109; Corey Koskie (25), 101; Aubrey Huff (29), 98; Erubiel Durazo (22), 90; Vernon Wells (23), 81; Alex Gonzalez (23), 76; Melvin Mora (27), 76; Craig Wilson (29), 76; Brad Wilkerson (32), 72; Carlos Pea (27), 67; Hank Blalock (32), 64; Mark Teixeira (38), 64; Corey Patterson (24), 57; Michael Young (22), 56; Joe Crede (21), 52; Carlos Guillen (20), 49; Casey Blake (28), 47; Pedro Feliz (22), 47; Hideki Matsui (31), 47; Juan Uribe (23), 47; Miguel Cabrera (33), 45; Travis Hafner (28), 43; Kevin Mench (26), 43; Aaron Rowand (24), 40; Eric Byrnes (20), 38; Wily Mo Pea (26), 32; Jason Bay (26), 30; Victor Martinez (23), 25; Bobby Crosby (22), 22.
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