500 Homerun Hitters Autographed First Day Cover Baseball (12) Mantle PSA SLAB

  
(MLB), the 500 home run club is a group of batters. Who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs. There are twenty-eight players who are members of the 500 home run club. Seven 500 home run club members- Hank Aaron. Are also members of the 3,000 hit club. In the past, membership in the 500 home run club was a guarantee of eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Although some believe the milestone has become less meaningful in recent years and many members have not been enshrined in Cooperstown. All 15 players who became members of the 500 home run club between 1929 and 1996 are members of the Hall of Fame. Of the 11 players who made the 500 homer club between 1999 and 2015 who are Hall of Fame eligible, only four have been enshrined in Cooperstown. Seven eligible club members- Barry Bonds. Have not been elected to the Hall. Bonds is one of only four members in the 700 home run club. And Rodriguez and Sosa are members of the 600 homer club.

All of whose other members are Hall of Famers except for the recently retired Albert Pujols. Who hit 703 career home runs and is not eligible until 2027. Bonds and Sosa made their first appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot in 2013. Bonds received only 36.2% and Sosa 12.5% of the total votes, with 75% required for induction. Eligibility requires that a player has "been retired five seasons" or be deceased for at least six months.

Some believe the milestone has become less important with the large number of new members; 10 players joined the club from 1999 to 2009. Additionally, several of these recent members - including all seven aforementioned eligible members - have had ties to performance-enhancing drugs.

Some believe that by not electing McGwire to the Hall the voters were establishing a "referendum" on how they would treat players from the Steroid Era. On January 8, 2014, Palmeiro became the first member of the club to be removed from the BBWAA. Hall of Fame ballot after failing to appear on at least 5.0% of ballots. On August 11, 1929, Babe Ruth. Became the first member of the club.

S record of 138 career homers. During the 1921 season, and was the first player to hit 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700 career home runs.

Ruth ended his career with 714 home runs, a record which stood from 1935 until Hank Aaron. Aaron's ultimate career total, 755, remained the record until Barry Bonds. Set the current mark of 762 during the 2007 season. The most recent player to reach 500 home runs is Miguel Cabrera. Who hit his 500th home run on August 22, 2021.

As of the end of the 2023 season, there are no active members of the club. Note that items with COAs come with individual COAs, sticker usually on back of item. I do not accept "Best Offer". Prices are reduced every 30 days until the item sells. Thanks for understanding this policy!

New items will be added the first of the month... Prices on existing items will be reduced at the end of each month. Additionally, I slip all autographed photos inside sturdy photo-protective sleeves. In most cases, using Jack Smalling's baseball address lists and other assorted address lists, I wrote to both active and retired baseball players, sending them letters, requests for signatures, and self-addressed-stamped envelopes. This is how I obtained thousands of autographs. I stand by every item I sell. All the old time autograph dealers know me and the professional authenticators will vouch for my reputation as well.

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Sincerely, Joe Binder, Downers Grove, Illinois.