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 | 22 | 2671 | 2781 | 1836 | 1779 | 1312 | .284 | .370 | 630 | |
6 | Sammy Sosa | 18 | 2354 | 2408 | 1667 | 2306 | 929 | .273 | .344 | 609 |
7 | 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 | 20 | 2358 | 2185 | 1599 | 2372 | 1658 | .277 | .403 | 577 |