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Charting A-Rod's rise to the 600-club

The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez(notes) hit his 600th home run Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays. He turned 35 a week ago and is on pace to pass Barry Bonds atop the career home run list.

Career home run leaders

Rk.

Player

Seasons

G

H

RBI

SO

BB

Avg.

OBP

HR

1

Barry Bonds

22

2986

2935

1996

1539

2558

.298

.444

762

2

Hank Aaron

23

3298

3771

2297

1383

1402

.305

.374

755

3

Babe Ruth

22

2503

2873

2213

1330

2062

.342

.474

714

4

Willie Mays

22

2992

3283

1903

1526

1464

.302

.384

660

5

Ken Griffey Jr.(notes)

22

2671

2781

1836

1779

1312

.284

.370

630

6

Sammy Sosa

18

2354

2408

1667

2306

929

.273

.344

609

7

Alex Rodriguez(notes)

17

2267

2633

1793

1807

1102

.303

.387

600

8

Frank Robinson

21

2808

2943

1812

1532

1420

.294

.389

586

9

Mark McGwire

16

1874

1626

1414

1596

1317

.263

.394

583

10

Jim Thome(notes)

20

2358

2185

1599

2372

1658

.277

.403

577