Welcome to the 500 Home Run Club
Welcome to the 500 Home Run Club®, LLC, the exclusively authorized,
internationally recognized organization founded to celebrate the awe
inspiring achievements of the greatest home run hitters in baseball
history. The club operates with the endorsement and support of both
Major League Baseball and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Baseball Is Having a Power Surge, but Nobody Knows Why
If you looked through the annual home run leader-boards, the 2000 season would not stick out as particularly noteworthy. Sammy Sosa led Major League Baseball with a relatively modest 50 homers after consecutive seasons in which he and Mark McGwire each hit more than 60… |
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Written by Patrick Kuhl
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 |
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On Oct. 1, 1986, at the old Arlington Stadium in Texas, Dave Kingman hit his 35th home run of the season for the Oakland Athletics.
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Tim Tebow's foray into baseball came with an immediate endorsement from one of the greatest hitters the sport has ever seen...
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The line of fans to see Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr.’s Baseball Hall of Fame plaques early Monday snaked through the plaque gallery, up a ramp and almost to the A.
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Buck O'Neil, Chairman of the Board Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
"It's quite an honor to hit 500 major league home runs because very few athletes are fortunate enough to play at that level or stay healthy long enough to achieve this great feat. Every player remembers how they felt when they hit their first home run when they were a kid ; then again in high school, college, and organized baseball... you light up like a Christmas tree. But only a few can say they reached the 500 home run mark, and that's something really special." |
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NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM
BUCK O'NEIL
Chairman of the Board | |
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Jeff Idelson, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
"e;Earning a spot in Baseball's vaunted 500 Home Run Club is incredibly difficult, as evidenced by the exclusivity of its membership: 25. The men who have achieved that mark, had the unique ability to wait for their pitch and drive it out of the ballpark, with authority. They are truly baseball's Power Brokers." |
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NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
JEFF IDELSON
President | |
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Commissioner Selig on the "500 Home Run Club"
"Throughout the long history of the Major League Baseball there are only have been 20 players who hit 500 or more home runs. These players are members of an ultra-exclusive organization called the "500 Home Run Club"and represent the games greatest sluggers. Their achievements are marked by ability,power, endurance, and longevity, and they will be remembered and revered for all time."
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ALLAN H. (BUD) SELIG
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Licensing Available
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