MLB's All-Time HR List

78 · Jun 23, 2019

I was surprised to see Albert Pujols' name come up in a news story the other day. I thought he had long since retired. Nope, still plugging along with the Angels and now sixth on the all-time home run list at 646 and fourth in RBI. An amazing career.

I took note.

1) Bonds 762
2) Aaron 755
3) Ruth 714
4) Rodriguez 696
5) Mays 660

No one cares about this list anymore because of Bonds and A-Rod and you know what. Pujols' name has been linked a time or three, but maybe it's guilt by era association.

What a shame. Records were made to be broken. MLB's are among the most sacred. No one seems to care because of what the steroids era did to the game and its credibility.

jaywalker72 · Jun 23, 2019

78 said:
I was surprised to see Albert Pujols' name come up in a news story the other day. I thought he had long since retired. Nope, still plugging along with the Angels and now sixth on the all-time home run list at 646 and fourth in RBI. An amazing career.

I took note.

1) Bonds 762
2) Aaron 755
3) Ruth 714
4) Rodriguez 696
5) Mays 660

No one cares about this list anymore because of Bonds and A-Rod and you know what. Pujols' name has been linked a time or three, but maybe it's guilt by era association.

What a shame. Records were made to be broken. MLB's are among the most sacred. No one seems to care because of what the steroids era did to the game and its credibility.

Awesome ovation at Busch while the Angels were in St. Louis this past week -- standing ovation when he was first announced at bat - later he homered and they gave him a curtain call. Great moment.

Born2beagator · Jun 24, 2019

Aaron is king until a legitemate player beats him.

gatorz · Jun 24, 2019

Born2beagator said:
Aaron is king until a legitemate player beats him.

Agreed....Aaron, Ruth, Mays are the only legitimate players on that list. Those three accomplished what they did without the help of steroids and juiced up baseballs.

deuce · Jun 24, 2019

Is there an asterisk next to Bonds name?

According to MLB, he has the record.

What I have for breakfast is more relevant to me.

Gator by the Sea · Jun 24, 2019

The thread title reminded me of when I was in high school (all those years ago). Every year my coach would ask the team the same trivia question: to see if we could come up with the all-time home run leader for each letter of the alphabet. Some letters were easy (A=Aaron, R,=Ruth, etc), some not so much. But it was a good way to kill time. I just wonder how much the list has changed since the late ‘80s.

cover2 · Jun 24, 2019

Mays was such a great all around player as well as being able to hit with power and Aaron was great despite playing on a lousy teamI was fortunate to be able to see both play, Mays not quite as much. But Ruth has to be the king...

His numbers are incredible, especially if you consider his reputation for booze, beer, and female companionship (all of which were alleged to be both pre- and post-game rituals). I'd like to think that his stats could have been even greater if he were a little more concerned about good health and morals, but that wouldn't have been him.

Born2beagator · Jun 24, 2019

Also love that the red scum...er sox, traded him

gator1946 · Jun 24, 2019

Ruth's 714 was important. But the real magic number when I was a kid was 60. As I was growing up there were several runs on it, but the drama was in the length of the season. 162 games and you were done. Maris did it when I was 14 and it was a huge deal, even though the season was a few games longer. Mantle and Maris were both neck and neck until Mantle got hurt. I will never ever forgive the juicers for making that number less important than it should be.

Aaron's 755 was great. The thing is you knew it was going to happen. But Maris went partially bald trying to get 61. He got 61 on the LAST game of the season. How many boys do you think went to the sports page toward the end of the season and checked out the HR total when Maris was on his run. Answer, just about every one. There was no other number greater than the magic 60. Not a hitting streak. Not a thirty game winner. Not the possibility of a triple crown. Not a 400 batting average. Nothing.

Marine1 · Jun 24, 2019

Mays would have challenged Aaron if not for playing many years at Candlestick as well as missing nearly 2 full seasons during the Korean War in his prime. Seriously, he might have hit 800.

Best 5-tool player ever. 24 time all star, 12 golden gloves, led the league in HR’s 4 times, stolen bases 4 times as well.

Captain Sasquatch · Jun 24, 2019

Pujols' 11 year stint to start his career with St. Louis was otherwordly. Going out to Anaheim was such a bad decision.

Fun fact: Albert Pujols is also the all-time leader in GDP. He has grounded into 386 double plays in his career. :lol:

78 · Jun 24, 2019

Marine1 said:
Mays would have challenged Aaron if not for playing many years at Candlestick as well as missing nearly 2 full seasons during the Korean War in his prime. Seriously, he might have hit 800.

Best 5-tool player ever. 24 time all star, 12 golden gloves, led the league in HR’s 4 times, stolen bases 4 times as well.

If you asked me the best MLB player ever, Mays would be the answer.

I'm old enough to have seen him play, at Wrigley, in a Giants uni, a helluva long time ago.

jaywalker72 · Jun 24, 2019

alcoholica said:
I think he actually passed 60 in the same number of games as Ruth, but I think one was hit in a game that had to be replayed. Something weird like that. Maris ended up moving to G’ville.

Yes, and I believe their family had a pretty successful bottling or distribution company for Coca-Cola or something along those lines.

gardnerwebbgator · Jun 24, 2019

How many death threats did Bonds get while pursuing the record with a needle in his arm?

Aaron endured pure hell while chasing Ruth.

Concrete Helmet · Jun 24, 2019

Steroids can't help you hit a major league curveball.....Bonds is the legit King of HR...

Concrete Helmet · Jun 24, 2019

alcoholica said:
It's a legit point, but steroids can give you the ability to swing a bat with a higher swing weight, which means you can hit the ball harder, when swing speeds are equal. So yes, steroids won't help hand/eye coordination, but they can help you hit the ball harder and thus further.

Yes it's a catch 22 scenario....The same could be said as a fault of modern pitchers though....the faster the pitch(steroids) the further it flies if hit...

Captain Sasquatch · Jun 24, 2019

78 said:
If you asked me the best MLB player ever, Mays would be the answer.

I'm old enough to have seen him play, at Wrigley, in a Giants uni, a helluva long time ago.

I’d say Griffey, but that’s just an era thing. Mays was also a generational talent. Mantle could have been if it weren’t for the knee troubles. I think if Trout ever wises up and gets out of the black hole that is the Angels organization, he’ll be more widely recognized as the best all-around player of this generation.

78 · Jun 24, 2019

Captain Sasquatch said:
I’d say Griffey, but that’s just an era thing. Mays was also a generational talent. Mantle could have been if it weren’t for the knee troubles. I think if Trout ever wises up and gets out of the black hole that is the Angels organization, he’ll be more widely recognized as the best all-around player of this generation.

Junior had the sweetest swing of anyone I've seen. Terrific fielder, too. As always, difficult to compare great players from different eras.

deuce · Jun 24, 2019

GOAT: Roy Hobbs, without a doubt!

He just had bad luck with women in black.....

Marine1 · Jun 24, 2019

alcoholica said:
I think he actually passed 60 in the same number of games as Ruth, but I think one was hit in a game that had to be replayed. Something weird like that. Maris ended up moving to G’ville.

Babe hit his 60 in 154 games. Maris hit his 61 in 163 games. One extra game that season because of a rainout.

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