I was there for Reggies. Was working PD security at that game. Young kid ended up with the ball. We escorted him and his Dad downstairs to the locker room after the game. He as so excited to meet Reggie. He gave him the ball and Reggie gave that kid everything under the sun with his personal signature on it. Took photos and he signed and sent them to him too. That ball meant a lot to Reggie.

Harry Kalas calling Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt’s 500 homers…two of the best third basemen ever and one of the best play by play announcers ever.

I love the game of baseball when I look back at these classic games. I go back to my time as a young man and watch a baseball game with my Dad. We both could spend hours watching and hearing my Dad, giving his point of view as if he were a manager and talking about strategy. Thank you, baseball, for giving the best memories that live always in me.

It's a tragic shame that Lou Gehrig fell just short of 500 home runs and 2000 RBIs due to a terrible illness that there's still no cure or really effective treatment for robbing him of his skills. It's too bad that a classy ballplayer in Fred McGriff also fell just short. That 1994 baseball strike ended up costing him the seven more home runs he needed to get to 500.

When Ruth hit his 500th the next closest guy was Rogers Hornsby with 263.

Most of these men were very close to the end of their career, but Aaron still had 255 to go.

Nothing quite as sweet as Griffeys swing

Very fun video. I was at spring training in 1987 when Schmidt was sitting at 495 home runs, I was 15. I was trying to get autographs when Schmidt ran by after warm-ups. He clearly did not want to sign. The 40-45 year-old guy right in front of me yells "Hey Schmiddy! 500 ball here!" It was in a zip-lock bag. Schmidt does a 180 and closely examines the ball, and signs it without saying a word (no other signings). I asked the guy if I could hold the ball...and there it was, in my fingers (on the seams. There was Ruth, Aaron, Williams, Mays, all of them, even Mel Ott. I absolutely stressed out that season, hoping that nothing would happen to Schmidt that he wouldn't get 5 more home runs and "ruin the ball". I wrote to him via the Phillies mid-season about that, and he sent me back a very kind letter that is sitting in a binder 20 feet away from me right now. That ball has to still exist, but I can't imagine what it would look like now. It was a thrill to hold it.

I was at 3 Rivers for Mike Schmitt's 500th. I talked my dad into going cause I said he was going to hit 500....he made us wait until late in the game...but came through. Good memory with my dad.

Great video, but the Eddie Murray HR was 1996, not 1986. I was there for that one. Camden Yards didn't open until 1992.

Griffey's swing was incredible 💯

“Sammy sosa earns that ticket to cooperstown” well we know how that turned out lol

Its crazy watching Mickie hit his 500th and barely being able to run the bases

Man that was some great baseball. Growing up in the 90's/00's

My wife, daughter, and I, were there for Thome’s. It was Jim Thome, bobble head day too. The Angels had a young pitcher from my hometown come in as a middle reliever too. Perfect fall day for a baseball game.

Thank you for putting this together. This was well worth watching.

The announcer for Eddie Murray's 500th home run was Hall of Famer George Kell for the visiting Detroit Tigers, and you can also hear a moment of celebration by his broadcast partner, Hall of Famer Al Kaline.

I think that Schmidt is one of the most underrated power hitters in the history of the game. His power was deceptive, and I loved that he got the green light on 3-0 (or just said to hell with it) to hit his 500th.

The dude who snagged the Bonds ball out of the water is a boss

Just imagine if Ken Griffey Jr and Frank Thomas or Albert Pujols didn’t get injured what there home runs totals would be probably high sevens or eight hundred who knows

Active HR Leaders: 407 - Giancarlo Stanton (15 seasons, age 34) 377 - Mike Trout (14, 32) 356 - Joey Votto (17, 40) 342 - Paul Goldschmidt (14, 36) 326 - Nolan Arenado (12, 33) 322 - Freddie Freeman (15, 34)

Eddie Murray was 1996, not 1986. I just noticed my error. ⚾️

"Sammy punches his ticket to Cooperstown!" Baseball HoF committee: "Hold our collective beers. & keep holding them for any1 who's got an asterisk in this vid."

What's amazing is how special that 500 club is because of how few players have joined that club over how many years and number of players that have come through the league. Thank you for an awesome video like this.

This is a Wonderful video...historically fun to watch...To think we have each moment captured on film, sound and photo to last a very long time...Long Live The Boys Of Summer

That was one of the coolest videos I have ever seen, and there are a lot of great baseball videos on UKposts. Thank you for this. Especially the old footage of Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, etc. I've never seen those clips. Super cool.

the subtle nod from bud black to reggie was awesome!

So awesome to see Derek Jeter congratulate Mickey Mantle as he rounded 3rd.

6:41 Murray’s was in 1996

Foxx doesn’t get nearly as much attention as he deserves

Nice compilation! All these guys were such amazing hitters and brought real excitement to baseball games.

Griffey Jr had the sweetest swing of all with the bat stroke remaining level through the strike zone the longest. Should've hit 800 at least if he would have as stayed at the Kingdome. Left with 400 wasn't 30..

Frank Thomas didn’t even get all of that ball that was low & hit out front. His size & strength was impressive.

Willie's 600th in San Diego, with the old towering wall of San Diego Stadium, and not a soul in the seats anyway...

MICHAEL...........JACK...............SCHMIDT!!!! I can still hear Harry the K to this day

It's hard to believe that Ted Williams head and brain are in a cryo chamber of some sorts waiting to be reanimated

They all had amazing swings. Aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. Legends. Big pappi my favourite though. 😎👍🙌

My dad saw Hank Aaron’s 500th. I’ve still got the ticket stub and commemorative card signifying the achievement.

Crazy after 1986 500th home run i believe it was Reggie Jackson had to wait 13 years for the next one in 1999

Appreciate your content, old school and new school baseball. Keep it up!

This is beautiful man thanks to the person who put this together for us

So awesome to watch this...I started keeping track of this stat when the kid hit 500.

Willie Mays, he would have the all time record if he did not play at candlestick park the wind held of balls to left and center and blew them out to right, lefties like Bonds had Bonds had a great swing though

Love love love this video! Well done, thank you for sharing!

Stanton is the closest active player to 500. Trout should be there in a few seasons too.

That Jimmie Foxx homer looked pretty illegal. :) He was half way to the mound.

The most nostalgic video I've seen in a long, long time

The Ruth footage his his All Star game HR. Just FYI

The Mays clip is his 600th homer. I still have my ticket stub to that 1969 Padres game. His 500th was in 1965, 4 years before the Padres were invented.

Sheffield is so good, he stepped into the batters box as a Padre but hit the hr as a Met.

Every time I see that home run hit by Reggie Jackson. I immediately think that that should’ve happened as a Yankee!

It’s amazing to think Ted Williams ended up w/521, and lost 6 years of his prime to serve our country, he would’ve been over 700

Thank you for such a nice video. This was baseball the way it was meant to be played. I really miss those days. No bat flipping, no standing at the plate to admire the flight of the ball. No showboating or other kinds of hey-everyone-look-at-me nonsense.

3:04 - Eddie Matthews 500th called by Harry Kalas! cool!!.. and of course 6:05 - My man Schmitty!

Mays' 600th, not 500th

Harry Kalas got to call both Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt's 500th homeruns. Matthews hit his when he was with the Astros and Harry was the Astros announcer at the time. He joined the Phillies in 1971.

Gives David Ortiz an asterisk, but yet, the HGH stories around him didn't affect his HOF bid. ha

Eddie Murray was 1996 not 1986

Man...im crying...and there is no crying in baseball

Chip Carey with the freezing cold take on Sosa's home run.

Amazing that Wrigley Field hasn't changed much

The battles in the stands for the baseballs got progressively more intense as the years went on lol.

You know it's not a real sport when your legend has a body like babe ruth did.

Griffey jr the goat and.frank thomas two of the greatest

Thome is the man!

Kinda sad how Miggy fell of his last several seasons (injuries didnt help) or his career numbers could of been even more incredible like reaching 2000 RBIs...still one of the all time great hitters.

Babe ruth footage has more pixels than the ones fron the 70's lol

Crazy how Eddie Murray hit his 500th home run in Camden Yards in 1986 considering Camden Yards didn’t open until 1992. TL;DR Eddie Murray did it in 1996

I love pujols stance. Nothing fancy just straight power

I was there when Matthews the milk man hit his 780 home runs was a crazy night

Mantle got a here-hit-it pitch lol. Sometimes favors were done for the moment

Hey, I Loved These Guys. ME TOO MOM

Gary Sheffield, Frank Thomas, Rafael Palmeiro Never led the league in home runs

I Love Your Video 📸 The Old Ballpark Keep Up The Great Work

Rumor has it there’s still a scrum going after Reggie’s ball.

After Eddie Murray, excluding Ken Griffey Jr., it’s just a giant 🤦‍♂️

Love this!

That was a nasty pitch that David Ortiz torched

I’m a tigers fan, but Harry Kalas call of Mike Schmidt’s is the greatest call to me…

I no joke, started to tear up n cry. @10:03. Im 42, and man. There was Michael Jordan, But! There was also Ken Griffey Jr! In my day. I played both basketball n baseball too.

If Griffey had not been injured so much he would have been the all-time leader. I saw him hit his 450th Home run in Cincinnati in 2001. He didn’t hit number 500 until three years later

Schmidt hit his 500th in Pittsburgh for the Phillies. Mccutcheon just hit his 300th in philly for the pirates.

Nice video. The one thing that amazes me the most is that not even one opposing team member congratulated any of them.

That footage is not of Ruth's 500th home run. On August 11, 1929 Cincinnati was playing New York, not Boston. Pittsburgh was playing Brooklyn, not Philadelphia.

Mantle looks like he's in so much pain playing with that torn acl for so long

The camera angles from back then behind the batter 😂 crazy

Great video!

Digging the asterisks. Well done.

hank aaron. the real hr king

Everybody loves Griffey's swing, so do i...but Manny's was just as sweet, in my book!

Man I loved thome when he was woth the Os, sucks he didn't hit 500 with us.

Love this content

I named almost all of them in order !! The only ones I missed were guys I forgot about.

Ken Griffey Jr, still the sweetest swing ever in MLB.

Some of those stadiums looked like the entire outfield seating were the bleachers lol

I was on vacation and had tickets to the game Eddie Murrayhit his 500th but the weather was bad, I could have easily come back a day early. Needless to say I kicked myself in the butt for that one.

Most of these guys will never see Coopertown.

Theme’s was so cool. Won the game.

I love the * for bonds lmfao. Perfect

Mickey Mantle was struggling a little on the trip around the bases. Drink in moderation, kids.