Here is the 500 home run club at the time Murray hit his 500th:
- Babe Ruth August 11, 1929
- Jimmie Foxx September 24, 1940
- Mel Ott August 1, 1945
- Ted Williams June 17, 1960
- Willie Mays September 13, 1965
- Mickey Mantle May 14, 1967
- Eddie Mathews July 14, 1967
- Hank Aaron July 14, 1968
- Ernie Banks May 12, 1970
- Harmon Killebrew August 10, 1971
- Frank Robinson September 13, 1971
- Willie McCovey June 30, 1978
- Reggie Jackson September 17, 1984
- Mike Schmidt April 18, 1987
- Eddie Murray September 6, 1996
Murray would retire in 1997 with 3,255 hits and 504 home runs. His 504 homers was second best for a switch-hitter, Mickey Mantle is at the top of the switch-hitter home run list with 536 homers. Murray would be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in in 2003 with 85.3% of the vote (423/496 ballots).
Murray's milestone came a year to the day of Cal Ripken's 2,131st consecutive game played, passing Lou Gehrig as MLB's Iron Man.
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For Further Reading
- Click here to access Eddie Murray's career statistics from Baseball Reference.com
- Click here to access the article Murray Collects 500th Hr, But Orioles Fall In 12 Innings by Stephen Nidetz from the Chicago Tribune website dated September 07, 1996
- Click Here to access the article Homeric Odyssey: Eddie Murray’s biggest ball has gone from milestone to afterthought by Dave McKenna from the Washington City Paper website dated January 26, 2007
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