200 Home Runs[edit]

Membership in the 200 home run club is usually the standard for a decent home run hitting career. Throughout MLB history (as of August 2015), there have been 318 members of the 200 home run club. Prior to the 1920s, 200 home runs was unheard of. The all-time home run leader was Roger Connor who hit a mere 138 home runs in his career. The charter member of the 200 home run club was Babe Ruth who reached the mark on May 12th, 1923; he went on to hit an amazing total of 714 home runs in his career. The Babe was the first American League player to hit 200 homers. Cy Williams became the charter member of the 200 home run club for the National League on September 8th, 1926.

Records and Trivia[edit]

The youngest player in MLB history to hit 200 home runs is Mel Ott who reached the mark at 25 years, 144 days old. Ott is the youngest National League player to reach the mark. In the American League, Jimmie Foxx is the youngest player to hit 200 homers at the age of 25 years, 266 days old. Rico Carty is the oldest player to reach 200 home runs, he reached the mark at 39 years, 339 days old. Ryan Howard is the quickest player in Major League history to hit 200 homers, doing so in 658 games played and 2,405 at-bats. Mark McGwire was the quickest National League player to hit 200 home runs, doing so in 489 games played and 1,567 at-bats. In the American League, Juan Gonzalez reached the mark in the fewest amount of games (766). Babe Ruth reached the mark in the fewest amount of at-bats (2,580). Buddy Bell took the longest time to hit 200 home runs, he reached the mark in his 2,358th game and his 8,874th at-bat.

[[1]] All Time Home Run Leaders